Sociedade Brasileira de Alimentação e Nutrição

What Sociedade Brasileira de Alimentação e Nutrição does

Sociedade Brasileira de Alimentação e Nutrição (SBAN) is a Brazilian non-profit scientific society founded on July 31, 1985, at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (USP). Its stated mission is to stimulate and disseminate knowledge in the field of food and nutrition, promote exchange among researchers and professionals in the sector, and maintain scientific interchange with national and counterpart foreign associations. The society operates from Rua Pamplona 1119 in São Paulo's Jardim Paulista district, has a stated team of approximately 8 employees, and is governed by a 3-year rotating Board of Directors — currently the 2025-2028 board led by President Tamara Lazarini — with a 5-member Supervisory Council (Conselho Deliberativo).

SBAN's product surface is a portfolio of scientific content and member services rather than a technology platform. Core assets include the Nutrire peer-reviewed journal (published via Springer/BioMed Central, achieving a Web of Science impact factor of 1.0 in 2025), the Canal SBAN YouTube channel, the "Alimente-se com Ciência" blog, official position statements, technical documents, the Série SBAN book series with Editora Manole, and recurring national congresses held since 1987 (most recently the 16th edition in August 2022). The society is formally affiliated with the American Society for Nutrition (Affiliate Membership), the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) as an Adhering Body, and the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición (SLAN).

The business model is non-profit membership-driven. SBAN earns revenue from annual individual membership dues tiered at R$170 (undergraduate), R$280 (postgraduate), and R$345 (professional), plus corporate Pessoa Jurídica memberships at R$9,100 per year. Supplementary revenue comes from congress and event participation (including member-discounted access to partner events such as Ganepão, PENSI, and Sabará) and from the Springer-distributed Nutrire journal. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via the sban.org.br website member area, with a press office (Agência ComunicanDU) supporting earned media. Corporate member logos span major food and nutrition industry players (Ajinomoto, Coca-Cola, Danone Nutricia, Herbalife, Nestlé, Unilever, dsm-firmenich, ABICAB, and PMAN), and the society represents approximately 1,200 nutrition researchers across Brazilian universities.

Name

Sociedade Brasileira de Alimentação e Nutrição

Legal name

Sociedade Brasileira de Alimentação e Nutrição

Website

https://sban.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SBAN is a Brazilian non-profit scientific society founded in 1985 at the University of São Paulo, representing approximately 1,200 nutrition researchers. It publishes the Nutrire journal, organizes recurring national congresses, and offers tiered individual and corporate memberships to researchers, nutritionists, students, and food industry organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Scientific Association (Nutrition)

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Food Systems & Value Chain Development for Nutrition (BPADAJAG)

Keywords

• Scientific society
• Nutrition research
• Professional membership
• Academic publishing
• Scientific congresses

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from individual (student, professional) and corporate (Pessoa Jurídica) members, ranging from R$170 to R$9,100 per year depending on category.
2. Congress and Event Participation: Revenue from organizing and hosting national congresses (e.g., 16th, 15th, 14th National Congress), scientific events, webinars, and courses. Discounts on event tickets are offered to members.
3. Scientific Journal (Nutrire): The Nutrire journal, published via Springer/BioMed Central, achieves its first impact factor of 1.0 via Web of Science, serving as a platform for scientific publication in food and nutrition.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Sociedade Brasileira de Alimentação e Nutrição (SBAN) is a non-profit scientific society that stimulates and disseminates knowledge in food and nutrition through annual memberships (for students, professionals, and corporate entities), the peer-reviewed Nutrire journal, national congresses, position statements, technical documents, the Série SBAN book series, the Canal SBAN YouTube channel, and the Blog SBAN "Alimente-se com Ciência." It serves nutrition researchers, nutritionists, students, and food-industry corporate members, and maintains scientific exchange with international bodies (ASN, IUNS, SLAN).

Product overview

Sociedade Brasileira de Alimentação e Nutrição (SBAN) is a nonprofit scientific society that publishes academic journals (Revista Nutrire), operates digital content platforms (Canal SBAN YouTube channel, Blog SBAN), and produces various scientific publications including position statements, technical documents, technical notes, commented scientific articles, and the Série SBAN book series. The society organizes national congresses (Congressos Nacionais SBAN) and maintains an exclusive member area (Área do Associado) offering member-only content and event discounts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SBAN Membership
• Revista Nutrire (Nutrire Journal)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nutrire journal achieved first impact factor of 1.0, validated by Web of Science
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ABICAB (Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Chocolate, Cacau, Amendoim e Balas)minorOthersABICAB is listed as a corporate member (Associado Pessoa Jurídica) of SBAN, indicating institutional affiliation and mutual support between the association and the society.
• AjinomotominorOthersAjinomoto is listed as a corporate member (Associado Pessoa Jurídica) of SBAN.
• Coca-ColaminorOthersCoca-Cola is listed as a corporate member (Associado Pessoa Jurídica) of SBAN.
• Danone NutriciaminorOthersDanone Nutricia is listed as a corporate member (Associado Pessoa Jurídica) of SBAN.
• dsm-firmenichminorOthersdsm-firmenich is listed as a corporate member (Associado Pessoa Jurídica) of SBAN.
• HerbalifeminorOthersHerbalife is listed as a corporate member (Associado Pessoa Jurídica) of SBAN.
• NestléminorOthersNestlé is listed as a corporate member (Associado Pessoa Jurídica) of SBAN.
• PMAN (Programa de Saudabilidade em Panificação)minorOthersPMAN is listed as a corporate member (Associado Pessoa Jurídica) of SBAN. PMAN focuses on healthiness in baking.
• UnileverminorOthersUnilever is listed as a corporate member (Associado Pessoa Jurídica) of SBAN.
• American Society for Nutrition (ASN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSBAN holds Affiliate Membership with the American Society for Nutrition, enabling scientific exchange and collaboration between the two leading nutrition societies.
• International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSBAN is an Adhering Body of IUNS, the world body for nutrition science, enabling participation in global nutrition initiatives and congresses.
• Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición (SLAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSBAN maintains close ties with SLAN, the Latin American Nutrition Society, for scientific exchange in the region.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fundación Iberoamericana de Nutrición (FINUT): Ibero-American nutrition foundation referenced in SBAN's international congress discount list. Direct peer in regional Spanish/Portuguese nutrition science coordination, organizing joint scientific congresses (FINUT Congress) and publications serving the same Latin/Ibero-American nutrition research community as SBAN.
• Associação Brasileira de Nutrição (ASBRAN): Brazilian national nutrition association focused on nutritionists and dietitians, comparable in scope and Brazilian market focus to SBAN. Both organizations serve Brazilian nutrition professionals but with different emphases (ASBRAN on professional practice, SBAN on scientific research).
• The Nutrition Society (UK): UK-based scientific learned society for nutrition, publishing the Journal of Nutritional Science and Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. Comparable to SBAN in its membership-driven, journal-publishing, and congress-organizing business model for nutrition science professionals.
• American Society for Nutrition (ASN): ASN is the leading US-based nutrition scientific society, publishing AJCN, Journal of Nutrition, and Advances in Nutrition. SBAN is an Affiliate Member and offers its members discounted access to ASN journals and the ASN Nutrition congress; the two societies are direct functional peers in scientific dissemination for nutrition researchers.
• International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS): Global umbrella body for nutrition science of which SBAN is an Adhering Body. Directly comparable as a global/networked nutrition science organization that coordinates international congresses (IUNS-ICN) and represents national nutrition societies internationally.
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: US-based professional association for nutritionists/dietitians with membership, journals (Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics), and event model directly comparable to SBAN's professional membership and congress model serving Brazilian nutrition practitioners.
• Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS): European regional federation of national nutrition societies that coordinates the European Nutrition Conference (FENS Congress). Direct structural peer to SBAN's role in Latin America through SLAN, operating as a federation of national nutrition scientific bodies.
• Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición (SLAN): Latin American nutrition society with which SBAN maintains close scientific exchange ties. Direct peer in regional nutrition science coordination, congress organization across Latin America, and policy advocacy at the regional level.
• European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN): European scientific society focused on clinical nutrition and metabolism, publishing Clinical Nutrition. Comparable peer in the nutrition scientific association space, particularly around congress organization and journal publication for clinical and applied nutrition topics relevant to SBAN's Nutrire scope.

Regional players

• Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria (SBP): Major Brazilian medical scientific society that operates a comparable membership-, journal-, and congress-driven model within pediatrics. Regionally adjacent peer for benchmarking governance, membership tiers, and event operations within Brazil's broader health-scientific-society ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJ7twyb3OlmSS85MtmKiZXQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sban

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

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