Recently, the "2025 International Food Safety and Health Conference" co-organized by the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology (CIFST) and the International Federation of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) was held in Beijing. As a leading domestic dairy industry enterprise, Feihe Dairy has deeply participated in this industry event with the latest research and application results of brain nutrition in early life, using scientific and technological innovation to protect the healthy growth of Chinese babies and help promote the construction of "Healthy China 2030".

  Leading the cutting-edge research on brain nutrition in early life, Feihe's scientific and technological achievements have attracted attention

  As an international event with great authority and influence in the field of global food safety and health, this conference is themed "Technology empowers to lead new changes in food safety and health", focusing on the application of emerging technologies, mining of new resources, breakthroughs in standards and regulations, and cross-disciplinary integration in the field of global food safety and health. Among them, special topics such as "Mining and Application of New Mass Protein Resources", "Early Life Nutrition and Health: Forum on Science and Technology Innovation and Industrial Development", and "Development and Application of New Functional Ingredients" focus on the technological innovation of brain nutrition and infant powder production in early life, and provide suggestions for the high-quality development of the global food and dairy industry.

  In the conference's "Development and Application of New Functional Ingredients", Li Jufang, senior researcher at Feihe Dairy, shared cutting-edge scientific research results from dimensions such as "Core Nutritions that Promote Brain Development in Early Life and Its Application" from the perspectives of the early life brain development process and characteristics, breast-emulsified nutrients that promote brain development, and Feihe Xing Feifan Zhuorui products to promote brain development, which attracted widespread attention from industry experts and guests.

  Li Jufang pointed out that 1,000 days of life are the key window period for brain development. Differentiation of nerve cells is the beginning of brain development. The shaping of neural networks is the foundation of brain development. Nutrition is an important environmental factor that can profoundly affect brain development. Good nutrition can promote the healthy development of the early brain to a greater extent.

  Based on long-term in-depth research in the fields of brain nutrition and breast milk in early life, Feihe infant formula milk powder Xingfeifan Zhuorui innovatively combines fifteen active brain nutrition formulas, including five cerebral phospholipids with scientific ratios, DHA and ARA with a golden ratio of 1:1.7, 6-fold breast milk oligosaccharides, 2.5 times choline and high-quality lutein, etc., through comprehensive nutritional and accurate ratio product solutions, it provides strong nutritional support for baby's brain development. Feihexing Feifan Zhuorui was officially launched in January 2022, with sales exceeding 100 million in five months on the market. In September 2023, it jumped to the largest offline "ultra-high-end +" product. As of September 2024, it jumped to the first place in offline omni-channel milk powder category.

  Li Jufang said on the spot that the results of the evaluation of children's behavioral development under different feeding methods showed that there was no significant difference in the intelligence age and development IQ of the five major development modules of large movements, fine movements, adaptability, language and social behavior.

  Technology strength creates excellent quality and provides more scientific and healthier nutritional options

  The "Healthy China 2030 Plan Outline" clearly proposes to "strengthen early childhood development" and lists it as one of the core tasks to improve the health level of maternal and child. Against this background, the healthy development of children's brains has attracted great attention from all walks of life. As a leading enterprise in the milk powder industry, Feihe has been deeply engaged in breast milk research and has established the largest breast milk database in China covering more than 20,000 samples, covering a mother-child health cohort of 6 major regions, 11 provinces, and 22 cities, laying a scientific foundation for the research and development of a new generation of infant formula milk powder.

  At the same time, Feihe took the lead in the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Key R&D Program project, and cooperated with top institutions such as Harvard BCH, Tsinghua University Brain and Intelligent Laboratory, Peking University School of Medicine, Capital Medical University, etc. to carry out brain development and functional nutrition research, and promote the upgrade of formula milk powder to functionalization and precision. In early 2025, Feihe also made a breakthrough in releasing the world's leading "Dairy Protein Fresh Extraction Technology", subverting the traditional cheese production and extraction methods, helping dairy quality to achieve "change lanes and overtake", and leading the industry into a new historical period of "fresh milk protein".

  Official data shows that Feihe added 153 new domestic and foreign authorized patents in 2024, with a total of 659 domestic and foreign authorized patents, covering multiple fields such as core composition of infant formula formula, core production technology, and functional raw material research and development. With the excellent product quality empowered by technology, Feihe has achieved the highest sales of infant formula in China for six consecutive years by 2024, and has ranked first in the world for four consecutive years in infant formula in the world, demonstrating the hard-core strength of Chinese dairy companies in the global market.

  Adhering to the concept of "using technology to nourish life", Feihe continues to make efforts to make full-life cycle nutrition products, gradually building a full-life cycle nutrition product map from infant formula milk powder, children's milk powder, teenage cheese to adult functional nutrition products, providing more scientific and healthier nutritional choices for the segmented population. In the future, Feihe Dairy will continue to play the responsibility of the industry's leading enterprises, and lead the high-quality development of China's dairy industry with its technological innovation strength and excellent product quality, and protect the nutrition and health of the people.

[Editor in charge: Feng Kong]