Inspiring Science

for Better Food. Better Health. Better World. At Mérieux NutriSciences, we bring over 50 years of scientific and entrepreneurial expertise to address the evolving needs of the food industry.

In a world where global challenges are constantly reshaping how food is produced, marketed, and consumed, our clients require more than just accurate analytical results – they need high-value, science-driven solutions that make food systems safer, healthier, and more sustainable.

What began with microbiology and consulting has evolved into a broad portfolio of services. Today, our scientific expertise spans chemistry, education, certification, research, labelling, and sensory analysis, enabling us to deliver comprehensive support tailored to each client.

From product development to market compliance, we provide end-to-end solutions that help our clients bring safe, high-quality food to consumers around the world.

With a presence on five continents, a global network of 140+ accredited laboratories, and a team of over 10,000 dedicated employees, we are committed to driving positive change in the food ecosystem.

We strongly believe that together, we are shaping a future built on: BETTER FOOD. BETTER HEALTH. BETTER WORLD.

From BETTER FOOD…

Our story began with food and an invisible threat: Salmonella.

When Dr John H. Silliker founded his first laboratory in Chicago in 1967, who would have known that he would become a preeminent figure in the fight against Salmonella and food safety?

Building on his long-lasting curiosity for this complex microorganism and his entrepreneurial vision, he turned his two-floor laboratory into the largest independent food testing and consulting network worldwide.  

He used science to develop practical and innovative solutions to answer food industry challenges. His work and vision continue to influence many generations of scientists and food experts as well as still guide our innovation-driven approach today.

To BETTER HEALTH…

In the 1990’s, we opened a new chapter that would become Mérieux NutriSciences, with our food safety mission embracing a full commitment towards consumers’ health.

This evolution came from the merge between Dr Silliker’s vision and the Mérieux family’s dedication to improve public health through a global and cross-disciplinary approach.

From Marcel Mérieux, student of Louis Pasteur and founder of Institut Mérieux, the Mérieux family has always sought ways to address human health challenges through solutions and initiatives which serve patients and consumers across the world. 

For over 125 years, the Mérieux family have pushed the boundaries of science in the fields of infectious diseases, cancer and nutrition, and every day, we are proud to take this vision forward.

While food remains our primary focus, we have extended our mission for Better Health into additional areas of expertise in some territories, such as:

Because we know that behind every product, there are people, and there is life. You do everything to give your consumers your very best, so we are committed to helping you make your products healthy, tasty and sustainable. Together, we can protect and improve health worldwide.

This commitment, as well as our founders’ curiosity, daring spirit, and dedication to human well-being, inspire our daily actions and decisions at every level of the company.

This is Our Commitment to You:

As a scientifically-driven company, we care by asking the right questions and gathering the right team of experts who understand your specific needs, your market, your legal environment, and your chain of value. We care by working alongside you to come up with innovative and practical solutions that make sense for your business.

We believe that to constantly improve our services, we need to turn every situation into a learning opportunity that will allow us to serve you better and to further us as a full-solution provider for the food industry.

We are where you are, which gives us a better understanding of your needs and your market requirements. Being close to you allows us to assist you locally in your daily operation and provide quick and reliable results.

As we have built a network of over 140 laboratories across Europe, North America, South America, Africa & Middle East and Asia Pacific, we can also support your global ambitions while ensuring you get rapid, reliable, repeatable and impartial results from one location to another.

From routine testing, to special projects, to consultation and training, our goal is to deliver solutions that can be trusted to drive business decisions.

To give consistent and reliable results, we share the same method all over the world:

  • A unified quality management system accredited under the recognized ISO 17025 standard.
  • Full sample-to-result traceability.
  • A multi-step competency program to ensure equal interpretation of results between all labs.
  • Active participation in several respected food laboratory proficiency programs.

We continually invest in agile and state-of-the-art facilities to meet customer needs and provide the best solutions to them. Our people are our greatest assets. We invest in experts and high degree scientists and train them to be well-versed in multi-faceted areas. With them, we are where the action is – participating in many research programs and trade organizations, such as AOAC, ILSI, GFSI and many more, to help shape and advance the scientific knowledge of our community.

To a BETTER WORLD.

Today, we have grown into an international company, recognized for our expertise, with a strong commitment to protecting and improving consumers’ health. However, we aim to do more by developing solutions that will also serve the planet and support the transformation of the industries we serve.

Food, health and the environment are part of the same complex ecosystem, and to act on it, we are using our scientific and entrepreneurial expertise, and cultivating the daring mindset that has inspired our founders.

We put sustainability at the heart of what we do by:

  • Pushing initiatives that contribute to making our company more sustainable.
  • Investing in research to find new ways to ensure not only the safety but also the sustainability of food products.
  • Developing partnerships and collaboration to innovate better and faster.
  • Adding new expertise and services to our portfolio, to support clients with product improvement and transparency, responsible supply chain management, sustainable packaging and sustainability performance management.

As new challenges rise, we are working towards our commitment to a better world because we know that together, we can build innovative and sustainable approaches that will help feed the growing world population while preserving our planet.