Laïta Nutrition’s specialised nutrition expertise

With over 35 years of experience in the development and manufacturing of complex nutritional products for the adult and infant markets, Laïta Nutrition is firmly established as a leading force in the field of specialized nutrition. As a third-party manufacturing (TPM), Laïta is able to offer to its customers cutting-edge sub-contracting services for specialized nutrition products. These services allow for the creation of products that meet specific nutritional needs, tailored to different life periods or particular medical conditions. This branch of nutrition aims to offer customized solutions, responding to the unique demands of infant nutrition, clinical nutrition and functional nutrition for adults.

The three key sectors in which Laïta Nutrition excels

Laïta Nutrition focuses its expertise on three main sectors: infant nutrition, clinical nutrition and functional nutrition for adults. These areas allow the company to support its clients at stage of life, from early childhood through to later life.

Infant nutrition is dedicated to babies and young children, with formulas that cover all stages of infant development, including special formulas such as anti-regurgitation solutions. Clinical nutrition aims to provide nutritional solutions for people who need specific nutritional requirements, and thus respond to problems such as malnutrition or metabolic disorders, with specific products such as high protein drinks and gelled water for patients suffering from dysphagia. Last but not least, functional nutrition for adults is for active people, pregnant women and senior citizens, with products designed to improve their daily lives.

As a TPM specialist, Laïta offers its clients subcontracting services for products in these three sectors.

Comprehensive expertise to satisfy your every need

Laïta Nutrition is widely renowned for its specific know-how in product development and industrialisation, as well as its bespoke approach to customer support. A team of highly experienced formulators and technicians are on hand to anticipate clients’ needs, proposing innovative solutions while maintaining the utmost commitment to confidentiality.

Laïta Nutrition offers its expertise to companies that do not have the appropriate industrial capacity or facilities.

A proven project management methodology, broken down into five key steps, to transform your ideas into successful products launches. With Laïta Nutrition, the customer is supported from start to finish by a designated project manager. The project manager is responsible for keeping development costs under close control, making sure the delivery schedule runs like clockwork, and providing the client with a tailored, turnkey service.

Laïta Nutrition offers a range of white label products, which can accelerate the product development and launch processes depending on the needs expressed by the client.

A bespoke, dependable, co-piloted methodology

The first step is the pre-study, an essential phase in the development process. This initial phase lays the foundations for the project, defining its key parameters (nutritional objectives, packaging options etc.), assessing its economic viability and drawing up a provisional production calendar. This rigorous analysis enables Laïta to calculate a solid provisional budget and a detailed development schedule. Once this process is complete, the project can move forward into the conception phase.

The conception phase is crucial to establishing the right formulation and defining the manufacturing process. The project team works on developing the formula, testing the product on pilot equipment, and analyzing the regulatory framework. These actions lead to the creation of samples, confirming that the project’s viability aligns with the established objectives. At this stage, a decision is taken regarding the project’s progression toward industrialisation. If all of the requirements are met, an industrial trial request is signed and the project enters the pre-industrialisation phase.

The pre-industrialisation phase is devoted to validating the formulation and upscaling the process to industrial level. The project team tests the recipe on Laïta’s industrial equipment, tests its shelf life and adjusts the cost estimates based on the results obtained. This crucial step in the process serves to confirm the industrial feasibility of both the formula and the process. It lays the groundwork for full-scale industrialization.

The industrialisation phase focuses on optimising the production process and formulation of your product, in preparation for industrial-scale production runs. There are multiple objectives in play at this point: fine-tuning the process and the formulation, finalising the financial aspects, confirming reproducibility and drafting the product specifications. This ensures that the nutritional profile, the process and the product are all fully validated, with stable results confirmed by industrial testing.

Finally, the launch phase marks the culmination of the project. This is when packaging materials are created and delivered, and Laïta provides support for the commercial launch. The project team validates the product specifications, finalises the details of the packaging and associated costs, and completes the necessary documentation on the client’s behalf. The team also conducts technical and regulatory compliance checks, approves the artwork and aligns the delivery process with the regulatory documents. All of this ensures that the product is ready to enter the market, backed up with rigorous monitoring to ensure continuous compliance with technical specifications, and adaptations to any future regulatory changes.

Conclusion

Laïta Nutrition provides comprehensive, bespoke customer support every step of the way, from conception to market launch of subcontracted products, spanning all of the critical phases involved in the development of specialized nutritional products. Thanks to advanced technical process and cutting-edge capacities, Laïta Nutrition is the perfect partner for brands who are looking to innovate in the field of nutrition, while ensuring optimal quality and safety conditions. In the highly specialized fields of infant nutrition, clinical nutrition and functional nutrition for adults, Laïta Nutrition is dedicated to meeting the specific needs of each client at every stage of life.