The "IDF Elie Metchnikoff Prize 2007" has been established by IDF in partnership with Institut Pasteur Paris and International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP).

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) represents the dairy sector worldwide and provide the best global source of scientific expertise and knowledge in support of the development and promotion of quality milk and milk products to deliver consumers with nutrition, health and well-being. IDF is represented in 50 countries covering about 75% of world milk production. For more details, visit: http://www.fil-idf.org


The Institut Pasteur is a world-wide non-profit private foundation dedicated to the prevention and treatment of diseases through biological research, education and public health. For more details, visit: http://www.pasteur.fr/english.html

The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) aims at engendering and disseminating information on high quality, multidisciplinary, scientific investigation in the fields of probiotics and prebiotics, and at advancing the development of scientifically substantiated, health-promoting probiotic and prebiotic products worldwide. For more details, visit: http://www.isapp.net