To reach the EU raw milk quality standards, Mengniu adopts internationally advanced experiences to pasture farms management, leading to over 60 items of innovation in breeding technology.
About 4020 square kilometers high-quality forage is produced every year by developing grassland cultivation and fighting against desertification.
With over 1.7 million dairy cows distributed in nearly 800 domestic partner farms, Mengniu delivers an average of 23,000 tons of fresh milk per day.
R&D
● Mengniu has 9 R&D institutions located in China, f example, Hohhot, Beijing Shanghai, and United States, Nederland, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia.
● Till June 2023, Mengniu has over 400 R&D employees, 80% of them have a master degree above, while 45 of whom are docts.
● Mengniu’s R&D researchers are graduated from Cnell University, Ohio State University, Cambridge University, University of Copenhagen, Peking University, China Agricultural University, Jiangnan University and other universities.
R&D
Industry-University-Research Cooperation
● Mengniu cooperates with R&D institutions and universities, including Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Jiangnan University, Cnell University, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and etc.
● In 2023, the global think tank was established with me than 100 experts, including 10 academicians, from dairy processing, nutrition and health, biotechnology, intelligent manufacturing and other fields.
● Mengniu has yielded fruitful results in key research fields, f example, improving raw milk quality, studying sensy science, innovating package materials and techniques, improving nutrition and maintain healthy, adopting biotechnology and etc., by making breakthroughs in maternal and infant nutrition research, strain screening and localization, raw milk bio-enrichment technology, and dairy deep processing technology and oter sections.
R&D
● Mengniu has 4262 domestic patents, and 22 PCT international patents.
● Mengniu has undertaken 17 key national and provincial scientific research programs, leaded participated in 69 items of standards fmulation and revision.
● Mengniu has obtained 122 pieces of scientific and technological awards, including 2 national science and technology progress awards.
● Mengniu’s strains resource bank has nearly 17,000 strains, and its Youyi C product has 30 patents, among which the Lactobacillus paracasei PC-01 has won the China patent silver award, making Mengniu to be the only China dairy industry obtaining this award.
● In July 2022, Mengniu developed the key technology f the enzymatic synthesis of structural fat MLCT and novel OPO.
● On 8 October, 2023, Mengniu, the only China local enterprise among the first batch approved enterprises, was approved by National Health Commission f the human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) technology.
Quality Assurance
4Q quality management system
Centering on consumer demand and featuring risk prevention function, Mengniu's 4Q quality management system (4Q refers to quality plan, quality control, quality assurance, and quality support) combines eight international standards with global best practices. The system, characterized by “one model, two centers, and three driving forces”, embeds quality management in all activities along the entire value chain from supplier to consumer, aiming to ensure the safety, nutrition and wholesomeness of all products and making Mengniu the preferred brand by consumers.
Quality Plan
Quality Plan takes the corporate mission as the guiding principle. It proposes quality visions, formulates quality policies and objectives, identifies quality management boundaries and product-produce processes, determines the framework and specific requirements for quality control, quality assurance, and quality support through analyzing the needs and expectations of stakeholders, internal and external environment, risks and opportunities, achieving sustained excellence in quality management.
Quality Control
Taking production produce as the main line, QC manages the whole industry chain through market management, design and development, procurement management, milk source management, production process, logistics and warehousing, sales management, customer communication and other business activities, so as to fully implement the core content of quality plan, making sure that all business processes meet quality management requirements.
Quality Assurance
Centering management process required for products production, and based on risk management, QA takes compliance, inspection and other management activities as guarantees, seeks improvement through the whole industry chain’s quality reviews, to ensure effective implementation and continuous improvement of quality plan and quality control requirements.
Quality Support
Quality Support aims to provide necessary resource support, ensuring the efficient operation of the whole chain’s quality management. QS supports the efficient operation of quality plan, quality control, and quality assurance and meets needs of quality requirements through performance management, talent-development, and application of information tools.