Ni-Q provides a standardized, shelf-stable human donor milk product, HDM-Plus™, specifically designed for premature and low birth weight infants, delivering a minimum of 24 calories per ounce without synthetic additives or preservatives. The company employs FDA-approved handling and triple-testing protocols to ensure the highest safety and nutritional quality, addressing the critical need for accessible, high-quality nutrition when maternal breast milk is unavailable.
Funding
$2.8M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Premature and low birth weight infants require specialized nutrition to support their development, but obtaining sufficient quantities of mother's own breast milk is not always possible. Existing donor milk options may lack standardization in caloric content or contain synthetic additives and preservatives.
Solution
Ni-Q provides HDM-Plus™, a standardized, shelf-stable human donor milk product designed to meet the nutritional needs of premature and low birth weight infants. HDM-Plus™ delivers a minimum of 24 calories per ounce without the use of synthetic additives or preservatives. The company employs FDA-approved handling and sterilization processes, along with forensic-level triple-testing protocols, to ensure product safety and nutritional quality. This provides a readily available and consistent source of human milk when mother's own milk is unavailable.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes hospitals, neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), and other healthcare providers that care for premature and low birth weight infants.
Features
- Standardized to a minimum of 24 calories per ounce
- Shelf-stable packaging for operational efficiency
- No synthetic fortifiers, preservatives, or artificial ingredients
- Food-grade homogenization process
- Forensic-level testing of each donation pre-production
- FDA-approved handling, sterilizing, and storage processes
- Temperature-controlled receiving facility to minimize freezing and preserve nutritional content