Transcript of Nutrition - Opportunities for Startups - Dr. Swaminathan Subramaniam
1. Nutrition + Design How nutrition can reshape how we manage
our health
2. Let us discuss Defining the space Traditional notion
Emerging notion (wellness) Medical nutrition Wellness nutrition The
science behind does nutrition really work? Nutrition versus pharma
Business models and challenges
3. Nutrition categories Supplements Nutra-ceuticals Meal
replacements IV, tube, oral Medical (or therapeutic) nutrition
4. Major chronic diseases linked to lifestyle (nutrition)
Diabetes Obesity Hypertension Cardiovascular disease Anemia
Cancer
6. Basis for competition Brand Marketing to healthcare
practitioners Innovation
7. Value proposition Hard to get nutritional components
Complete nutrition hard to feed Optimal situation sp nutrition
Nutrition with sp wellness benefits Nutrition with sp therapeutic
benefits
8. Regulation USFDA FSSAI Safety is paramount; claims have to
be supported; Therapeutic claims regulated like a drug
9. Emerging science Microbiome
10. Nutrition applications Customized nutrition In between
exercise versus during exercise Personalized nutrition
Nutrigenomics Integrated nutrition Pharma
11. The nutrition value chain Strategic Partners Discovery to
Claims Development to Manufacturing Distribution and Sales
Suppliers ingredients, packaging Innovators Technologies, novel
ingredients, R&D institutions Healthcare/ wellness
ecosystem;
12. Driving a tectonic shift Wellness orientation Prevention
orientation Lifestyle based approach Ageing Preference for natural
products
13. Some suppositions some possibilities - 1 Nutrition works
Mediterranean diet and CVD Not possible to get ideal nutrition
through diet alone Customization at the level of the individual is
possible but may not be feasible immediately or is it? Price versus
value how does the customer read
14. Some suppositions some possibilities - 2 Soft science soft
claims versus hard science hard claims Is natural source important
why? Combinatorial nutrition
15. The big problems Showing value Integrating with the rest of
the health ecosystem Educating customers
16. Business topics What role for start-ups? Effective
ingredient combinations IP protected Integration plays wearable
devices Nutrition support consumer education, genomics Delivery
systems IP protected Format/packaging concepts solving a problem
relating to taste masking or stability Business model
innovation