Nutrivita Foods is a member of PlumpyField® Network (www.plumpyfield.com) bringing together food industry partners producing the Plumpy range of products in partnership with NUTRISET in France. Today PlumpyField® with its untiring commitment to fight malnutrition, has 12 members from developing countries, as well as a not-for-profit organization based in the United States of America.
Members of this network manufacture and market RUTF and RUSF products developed by Nutriset under a franchising system.
The founding principle of the PlumpyField® network established by Nutriset was to ensure improved availability and accessibility of products for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition, and willingness to support the nutritional autonomy of countries affected by malnutrition.
Members of the network stand together and meet the following principles:
- A genuine and reliable local partner, both commercially viable and sustainable
- A guarantee for customers in terms of the quality of the locally manufactured products
- The professional ethics of the local partner in terms of its relations with the humanitarian sector
- Awareness of and compliance with correct use of the locally available products
- Member’s commitment to make the product available
- Usage authorizations from Nutriset to the network members about patents, trademarks and distinguishing features related to products under the PlumpField® Network
- Transfer of know-how, on both commercial (including logistics and supply chain) and technical (production process, assistance for the implementation of quality system, follow-up and training, etc.) aspects
- Augmenting and Maintaining knowledge through continuous training
- Sharing and transfers of know-how between the network members, improvement of systems and enhancement of specific skills
- Access to Research and Development programmes and to improvements in terms of technology, management and human nutrition
- Joint research programs, studies of distribution systems and other key management practices
