IT’S TIME TO
BREAK THE MOULD

“Our philosophy is not to import solutions into the developing world,
but to add value to society and industry locally.”

Dr Steve Collins (MBE), Founder & Director

IT’S TIME TO
BREAK THE MOULD

“Our philosophy is not to import solutions into the developing world, but to add value to society and industry locally.”

Dr Steve Collins (MBE), Founder & Director

VALID Nutrition develops innovative food products to address malnutrition.

Ready-to-Use Foods

We develop innovative nutritious foods to address malnutrition.

Publications

We build evidence on how to better address malnutrition.

Research

We develop new food product formulations that use more locally available ingredients.

Twitter

#aidevelopment #sustainabledevelopment #localisation Here's a timely and constructive article from The New Humanitarian's Editor - Jessica Alexandar. https://t.co/1NwwP3Q8eU
#malnutrition #RUTF Interesting opinion article in Newsweek (below). VALID agrees - "Children are suffering now - and it is inexcusable to let proven solutions sit on the shelf - especially when the funding is on the table." https://t.co/DyWT1xMgmn
Sadly, Somalia is on the brink of famine. We must address the bigger lessons this time around - the need to reform an aid system that delivers short-term solutions but fails to end what is an unjust, imbalance of power. https://t.co/5t1R49JlZ3

Our Partners

Dr Steve Collins reflects on the opportunities and problems associated with the USD$250 million contribution announced by Administrator, Samantha Power of USAID – a positive catalyst for change?

VALID commissioned and achieved peer-review of a professional report to quantify objectively the overall climate impact profile of the amino-acid enhanced, plant-based RUTF recipe. It has found that the overall global warming potential impacts of the plant-based RUTF recipe are 47%-52% less than the milk-peanut based recipe.

Dr Steve Collins gives a hugely informative and enlightened interview to ENN podcast while discussing his candid Reflections on the UN Global Action Plan on Wasting.