At NIZO’s clinical research centre, a team of scientists with nutrition, clinical and microbiome expertise is dedicated to researching your food ingredients or products and finding answers to any strategic and/or research questions your company may have. Adding one or more NIZO consultants to your research team will save you time and resources in critical areas of the clinical trial process.

NIZO’s research focus is always on the health benefits of your product. Our research method is based on the ‘reversed approach’: first we define the potential health benefit of your product or ingredient. Then we design the research development plan. We do clinical research in the following areas of application:

• Infection resistance
• Immune function
• Metabolic health
• Gut barrier function
• Skin health

We offer:

• Strategic advice on developing a comprehensive development plan for your product or ingredient
• Study-specific advice on most efficient design and outcomes of your trial to substantiate a potential health claim
• Food clinical trials for your product

Strategic advice

• Overall ambitions for your food or ingredient: your long-term goals
• Health claim substantiation strategies
• Advice on research pipeline, including in vitro assays
• Evaluation of potential benefits and regulatory environment

We can be of help in any stage of product development.

Study-specific advice

• Scientific literature review and data mining
• Study design and protocol development:
  • data needed for regulatory dossier
  • insight into biological pathways
• Scientific advice on clinical and biomarker outcome parameters
• Advice on interpreting and presenting the data

We will be happy to extend our research services to meet your needs.