The origin...
Alika Nutrition is the result of a passionate professional quest to improve nutrition for various stakeholders.
Our goal is to deliver healthy food products by combining excellent nutritional profiles with ease of use and versatility.
The founding of our company was prompted by several facts:
- Many years ago, one of the founders was intrigued as a physician when she saw her father's muscle mass gradually decrease as he aged, without any serious underlying disease.
The term ' sarcopenia' to describe the age-related loss of muscle mass was first introduced in 1988. One of the risk factors for sarcopenia is a deficiency of protein.
- Protein deficiency can also be problematic for older adults who follow a one-sided diet based primarily on sweet comfort foods. This can be the case for both independently living older adults and those in nursing homes.
The key here is optimising daily protein intake and this is where Alika Nutrition can help by providing the ingredients for a nutritious meal.
- Another important fact occurred a few years ago when one of the founders became a doctor for a Belgian non-profit organization that carries out medical humanitarian missions in Africa.
The diet of a large part of the African population is often one-sided and insufficient. We also noticed that mission members often bring all kinds of food from home (with the associated logistical problems) and this simply out of uncertainty about what could be purchased locally.