Ger Ryan
New Product Development Manager Kendal Nutricare
Ger Ryan is R&D New Product Development Manager at Kendal Nutricare, with over 15 years of experience in infant formula research, product development and dairy ingredient innovation across Kendal Nutricare and Nestlé R&D. He holds a degree in Industrial Biochemistry and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Limerick, with doctoral research focused on the physicochemical and functional properties of bovine milk protein isolate and associated hydrolysates. Ger has published across infant formula manufacture, protein hydrolysates, oligosaccharide composition and clinical outcomes, and membrane filtration, and has extensive experience translating dairy science into early-life nutrition applications.
Seminars
- Explore how naturally occurring milk-derived bioactives can be integrated into infant formula by leveraging the intrinsic composition of dairy ingredients
- Examine the production and integration of functional oligosaccharides, including galacto-oligosaccharides and sialylated structures, from lactose-rich whey permeate
- Review the integration of milk fat–derived lipid structures, including sn-2 palmitate–rich triglycerides and milk fat globule membrane components such as phospholipids and gangliosides
- Consider the recovery and application of immunoglobulins, immune-active proteins and selected low-molecular-weight milk constituents, including polyamines, from milk and dairy ingredient streams
