Nutreco Exploration, or NutEx, is a small business entity, created at the end of 2021, which develops novel and proprietary ultra- specialties and empowers the development of innovative functional feeds. Through what it produces, but also how it operates, NutEx is a major tool to help us tackle our purpose of Feeding the Future in a sustainable way.
First, NutEx’s investments into ultra-specialties (feed additives) that target animal performance, health and welfare is key to helping Nutreco achieve our purpose, because these products can enable customers produce more nutritious protein more sustainably. In the past, Nutreco pursued growth in this space by acquiring feed additive companies and investing in our own internal R&D, but we have found that this is not enough. We need to approach ultra-specialties in a more transformative way – looking for solutions to the unmet needs of farmers and establishing completely new avenues for business development.