We’re thrilled to announce our Edesia Nutrition Grants program—a bold new initiative to fuel research and local production to tackle malnutrition at its roots.
Founded in 2010, Edesia is a non-profit, social enterprise, comprised of 150 people from 25 countries that operates around the clock producing specialized foods that target the different stages of malnutrition. We partner with humanitarian aid organizations like USAID, UNICEF and WFP who distribute our products all over the world.
Every 11 seconds a child dies from severe malnutrition
As food prices rise and fall, we adjust formulas; as roads get treacherous, we find new routes; when factories get bombed, we help rebuild. Nothing stops us from going where we can do the most good. That is why top agencies from USAID, UNICEF, and World Food Programme partner with Edesia – they know we’ll deliver.
Plumpy’Nut is a life-saving peanut-based paste made from milk powder, peanuts, soy, oil, sugar, and vitamins and minerals. It does not require water or refrigeration, can be administered at home, and can rehabilitate a child under five in just eight weeks. Every week, we produce 800 metric tons of Plumpy’Nut and other miracle foods to help treat and prevent malnutrition globally.
Our nutrient-rich foods have saved 25 million lives in 65 countries to date. With malnutrition rates going up not down, we are poised to double our capacity and get life-saving foods to 10 million children per year.
Edesia is a member of a network of independent producers of Ready-to-use Therapeutic and Supplemental Foods across the globe. Most PlumpyField partners manufacture locally, in countries and regions where Plumpy’Nut and other products are most needed – Ethiopia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Madagascar, India, Haiti, and Nigeria. Edesia works closely with these partners, believing that local supply is an important component of a healthy supply ecosystem – complementing the supply that comes from industrialized countries like the United States. It contributes to economic development and long-term sustainability in the Global South.
Watch Navyn brief the United Nations Security Council, chaired by Secretary Blinken on ending famine and global food insecurity.
Follow the journey of our life-saving foods, from farm to factory, to the children we reach.