Nestlé Health Science develops in partnership with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation “Gut-Friendly Recipes,” a free new online recipe finder tool with 500+ recipes
Gut Friendly Recipes offers dietitian-approved recipes for people with digestive issues, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients, and for general nutritious eating
“What can I eat?” That’s the number one question that people with chronic digestive issues ask the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation in the U.S.A.
The new Gut Friendly Recipes a free, online, recipe finder with more than 500 easy recipes for gut-friendly and nutritious meals, helps to answer that question. The easy-to-navigate recipe finder was launched on January 31, 2023 by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and Nestlé Health Science.
The platform which uses a machine-learning algorithm and nutrition data to generate personalized meal plans, was developed by Nestlé Research using its expertise in digital health and nutritional science. The recipe selection and educational components are managed by the Foundation.
www.gutfriendlyrecipes.org offers a broad selection of delicious recipes for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients, people with chronic digestive issues, and for anyone seeking nutritious and gut-friendly meals. The recipe finder is designed for use by patients, caregivers, nutritionists, dietitians, and physicians caring for patients with IBD or other digestive and gastrointestinal issues who need help with meal choices and planning what foods they can eat. All recipes offered are evidence-based and approved by dietitians for gut-friendly eating.
The site allows users to select from recipes for multiple diet types, including the Crohn’s Disease Exclusion Diet, as well as Low FODMAP, Mediterranean, and Specific Carbohydrate Diet. Users can also filter recipes according to specific dietary exclusions, including dairy, gluten, meat, and many more, as well as filter to exclude specific ingredients, such as peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, and more. In addition, users can create 7-day gut-friendly meal plans, save favorite recipes, find ingredient substitutions, and more.
“People who have chronic digestive problems can often feel at a loss about what they can eat,” said Amir Sakandas, global category head at Nestlé Health Science. “As dietary therapy has become a credible treatment option for people with digestive issues, including for Crohn’s Disease, the Gut-Friendly Recipe site encourages an evidence-based approach to recipes including resources for patients following the Crohn’s Disease Exclusion Diet which is now in The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN’s) guidelines.”
“We’re thrilled to partner with Nestlé Health Science to launch Gut Friendly Recipes, a comprehensive free digital tool that will make preparing tasty and gut-healthy meals easier than ever before,” said Michael Osso, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. “People dealing with IBD or other chronic gut issues often have to carefully consider what they can or cannot eat. As the nation’s leading organization dedicated to advancing IBD research and improving patient quality of life, we know that our patient community will absolutely benefit from the delicious and dietitian-approved healthy meal options on Gut Friendly Recipes. We also hope that this recipe finder will be a trusted, easy-to-use tool for not only IBD patients, physicians, and nutritionists, but for everyone with an interest in gut-friendly eating.”
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Gut Friendly Recipes is available online at www.gutfriendlyrecipes.org.
For more information about how Nestlé Health Science works with Crohn’s Disease patients, please visit www.mymodulife.com
About Nestlé Health Science (NHSc)
Nestlé Health Science, a leader in the science of nutrition, is a globally managed business unit of Nestlé. We are committed to redefining the management of health, offering an extensive portfolio of science-based consumer health, medical nutrition, pharmaceutical therapies, and vitamin and supplement brands. Our extensive research network provides the foundation for products that empower healthier lives through nutrition. Headquartered in Switzerland, we have more than 12,000 employees around the world, with products available in more than 140 countries.
About the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation is the leading non-profit organization focused on both research and patient support for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with the mission of curing Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and of improving the quality of life of the millions of Americans living with IBD. The Foundation’s work is dramatically accelerating the research process through investment in research initiatives, while also providing extensive educational and support resources for patients and their families, medical professionals, and the public. For more information, visit crohnscolitisfoundation.org, call 888-694-8872, or email info@crohnscolitisfoundation.org.
