Vini Mini at EditieNL

Editie NL made an item about Vini Mini and preventing food allergies

Editie NL approached us to make an item about the importance of giving peanuts and eggs early and often to prevent food allergies.

We were happy to help! Here is the link to the news item and a summary below.

Food allergy is a growing problem

5-7% of children have a food allergy and this number has doubled in the past 10 years.

Food allergies can be prevented

Editie NL continues by saying that 85% of food allergies can be prevented by giving allergens early and often

Mission Vini Mini: prevent food allergies!

After our own experience and research showed that many food allergies can be prevented, we made it our mission to help as many Minis and their parents as possible. We want to prevent serious allergic reactions in Minis and we want to make it easier for parents. This way, all parents and their Minis get the chance for a healthy, happy and carefree start without food allergies!

Vini Mini products: the healthy, easy and reliable way to give peanuts to your baby

Vini Mini aims to provide a solution with healthy, easy and reliable nutritional supplements for babies, based on scientific research and physician guidelines.

We offer food supplements that allow you to easily, reliably and healthily provide allergens to your Mini. We now offer peanut food supplements and are developing food supplements for other allergens together with universities and doctors.

Differences with peanut butter

Because our mission is to prevent food allergies, it is important to us that all parents start giving their Mini peanuts on time. Whether this is with peanut butter or our products; we gladly leave that choice up to you. On our website you will find schedules for introducing peanut butter. We even made a 100% Dutch peanut butter with the Pindakaaswinkel!

Differences between peanut butter and our products:

1. Our products are personalized to the needs and risk profile of your Mini. For high-risk Minis we have developed my first peanut in 6 steps and for all other Minis my first peanut in 3 steps .
2. Our products are precisely measured and based on guidelines from pediatric allergists and pediatric dieticians. This means you can never give too much (or too little) to your Mini.
3. Our products do not contain traces of other allergens (nuts)
4. Our products are high in protein, so you only need to give half as much as you would with peanut butter
5. We set aside 10% of our proceeds for parents who need our products but cannot afford them.

In addition, our products are made from 100% high-quality peanuts and contain no salt, sugar or other additives (such as some types of peanut butter).

The Dutch Nutrition Center indicates that giving peanuts and eggs to babies at an early age is important

The Nutrition Centre was asked for their opinion on giving peanuts and eggs early and which products you can use for this.

In 2019, we collaborated with HAS for our products and the Nutrition Centre awarded the Food Innovation Bachelor Award to a HAS student that year. The product was a ready-made snack instead of a supplement, but the goal was also to give peanuts and eggs to babies in small steps. The Nutrition Centre was very enthusiastic about this: "We hope to find these products on the shelves soon."

Following this award, we had a meeting with the Nutrition Centre and they indicated that there were 2 areas for improvement:

• Make a product that you can add to your own snacks instead of ready-made snacks. >They have also become supplements that every parent can easily add to their child's daily snack.
• Make a product that is available and affordable for everyone. >That's why we reserve 10% of our proceeds for parents who would like to buy our products, but can't afford it.

We have therefore picked up the points for improvement and incorporated them into the development of our products. That is why it is great that the Nutrition Centre indicates that these products can be an alternative for parents who want to give peanuts to their Mini in a reliable and easy way.

Thank you Voedingscentrum and Editie NL for this beautiful item!