Bigger, better, faster innovation
We are proud of our reputation as a world leader in research and development. We’re using breakthrough technology to get bigger and better innovations into the market faster.
Healthier eating
To improve how we eat in the future, we’re looking at diets of the past
Stone Age diet may hold key to optimum nutrition
Unilever research is looking at what man’s distant ancestors ate to see how it could enhance modern-day nutrition.
Our innovation
Our investment
€928m
spent on R&D worldwide in 2010.
Our people
6000+
people working in R&D in all Unilever regions across the globe.
Our inventions
300+
We typically file between 250 & 350 new patent applications a year.
Our intellectual property
20,000+
registered patents & patent applications we have worldwide.
Our R&D centers
Unilever R&D, Shanghai
R&D in Shanghai focuses on synthetic chemistry and traditional Chinese medicine.
Some of our locations worldwide
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Europe
Unilever R&D Europe, Port Sunlight & Colworth (UK), Vlaardingen (NL).
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North America
Unilever R&D Trumbull, USA.
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Asia
Unilever R&D Shanghai, China & Bangalore, India.
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