Danone

As a well-known multinational food and beverage company, Danone operates in three business areas that focus on health, rapid growth, and trendsetting: specialized medical nutrition, basic dairy and plant-based products, and waters and beverages. Danone's mission is to "bring health through food to as many people as possible," guided by the framework "One Planet. One Health." It actively develops its business in China.

Since entering the Chinese market in the 1980s, Danone has achieved significant growth in China, employing more than 8,000 people, with 8 factories and 1 open research center.

Many of Danone's well-known brands, such as Aptamil, Nutrilon, Mizone, Nutricia, Neocate, Nutrison, and Evian, are favored by Chinese consumers and have become leaders in infant formula, vitamin drinks, cow's milk protein allergy management, and enteral nutrition.

Danone's business philosophy of balancing social progress and commercial success has also been recognized by authoritative third-party organizations. In 2026, Danone was named a "Top Employer" for the ninth consecutive year, ranking in the top ten. Currently, all Danone business divisions globally have obtained B Corp certification, making Danone a world-leading certified B Corp organization.

Danone is always committed to "rooting in China, serving China, and benefiting the world." It not only continuously introduces high-quality, green, and healthy products from around the world to China to meet the diverse consumption needs of Chinese consumers but also relies on local R&D and production to bring more high-quality products "created in China, made in China."

In China, Danone is dedicated to taking practical actions to support China's poverty alleviation and common prosperity strategies. Since 2018, Danone has invested nearly 10 million yuan in cash, products, and services to support the development of impoverished areas in China. In environmental protection, Danone China takes practical actions to support the achievement of the national dual-carbon goals and jointly build a "Beautiful China." Danone's factories in China actively promote projects such as energy-saving, water-saving, and photovoltaic power generation to vigorously promote carbon emission reduction.

Early Life Nutrition
Danone has over a century of exploration and research in early life nutrition, dating back to 1896. The company's products mainly focus on infant formula, children's growth formula, and pediatric medical nutrition. Major brands include Aptamil, Cow & Gate, Karicare, Neocate, NeoSure, and NeoBey series.

Over the years, multiple brands under Danone China Early Life Nutrition have gradually developed into trusted milk powder brands in the eyes of Chinese mothers. Since Aptamil officially entered the Chinese market in 2014, it has become the best-selling foreign milk powder brand in China. The Chinese market has the world's richest product line of Aptamil, based on a century of scientific research, continuously innovating for breakthroughs, and committed to leading every future of babies.

Neocate officially entered China in 2006, first introducing the concept of diagnosis and treatment for food allergies to Chinese doctors and consumers. Today, Danone Early Life Nutrition's pediatric medical nutrition business has the most comprehensive allergy product line in the field of food allergies and has consistently maintained a leading market share in allergy treatment. NeoSure was officially introduced to the Chinese market in 2015, and is currently a high-energy complete nutritional formula covering ages 0-10, dedicated to providing nutritional support for infants and young children with growth retardation to help them catch up in height and strength. The NeoBey series officially entered China in 2003 and is currently a phenylketonuria (PKU) special medical food covering all age groups. As a pioneer in rare genetic metabolic diseases, Danone Early Life Nutrition's pediatric medical nutrition business will continue to innovate, building the most comprehensive one-stop solution in China, benefiting more children with rare genetic metabolic diseases including methylmalonic acidemia.

Danone China Early Life Nutrition also actively leverages official cross-border e-commerce channels to introduce high-quality innovative products from around the world, gathered through global research, into the Chinese market, bringing more diverse nutritional choices to Chinese consumers. The cross-border e-commerce products under Danone China Early Life Nutrition come from multiple countries and regions including Hong Kong China, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand, covering brands such as Aptamil, Cow & Gate, Karicare, Neocate, and NeoSure.

In recent years, Danone China Early Life Nutrition has continuously increased investment to enhance local infant formula production capacity in China. In the past few years, Danone Early Life Nutrition invested to establish Danone Specialized Nutrition (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. and Danone Specialized Nutrition (Changsha) Co., Ltd., further investing in and developing local infant formula factories. Meanwhile, we are committed to embedding green, energy-saving, and carbon reduction into operational details. Danone Early Life Nutrition's China factories achieved full carbon neutrality in 2024.

Waters and Beverages
Danone China Beverages mainly produces Mizone vitamin drinks. Over the past nearly two decades, Mizone, as a pioneer and leader in vitamin drinks, has been committed to providing healthy, delicious, and nutritious hydrating beverages. With vitamin-rich and low-sugar formulas, it brings a more energetic and positive lifestyle to Chinese consumers, helping them maintain a good mental and physical state anytime, anywhere. In recent years, Mizone has developed rapidly, continuously maintaining a leading position in the vitamin drink category.

Danone China Beverages has been deeply cultivating the Chinese market for over 20 years, committed to continuously providing consumers with high-quality and safe products. Currently, this business operates 5 self-owned factories in China, with a total of 17 production lines, an annual production capacity of over 2 million tons, and more than 5,000 employees.

Adult Medical Nutrition
Danone Nutricia Adult Medical Nutrition business entered China in 1994. Based on technology, leveraging our technology and resources, we provide adult patients with evidence-based professional medical nutrition products to meet their specific needs.

In China, we mainly produce and operate enteral clinical nutrition drugs (ECN) under the Nutricia brand, Flocare enteral nutrition infusion systems (Medical Device), and foods for special medical purposes (FSMP). Danone Nutricia's corporate mission is to "make real medical nutrition products for the Chinese people," and it has created well-known medical nutrition brands such as Nutrison, Peptisorb, Neocate, Supportan, Nutrison, Flocare, NeoSure, and Cubitan.