Throughout all the years of its existence, Materna Laboratories has been continuously
involved in community activity and in contributing to society.
Every year the company invests money, a variety of Materna products and a great deal of baby
equipment, donating them to a large number of organizations such as hospitals throughout
the country, aid organizations for needy families, charities and social non-profit associations.
Materna has made it its mission to encourage and develop the baby food category in Israel,
and has therefore initiated activities and projects throughout all these years to accomplish this goal.

Materna donates hundreds of blankets to the Maayanei Hayeshua medical center
April 15, 2007

Materna, leader of the infant nutrition category in Israel, has donated hundreds of blankets to the Maayanei Hayeshua medical center. The blankets were donated by the company to the neonatal ward.

Mr. Nadav Chen, the medical center's administrative director, thanked Materna for its contribution to the neonatal ward and said, "I hope that more companies will follow Materna's example and contribute to the community."

Merav Amid, category manager at Materna, said, "We are happy to cooperate with Maayanei Hayeshua and will continue to join in special activities to benefit the community."

8th Materna Mitzvah – yearly campaign with Hasdei Naomi
February 15, 2007

Materna and the Hasdei Naomi organization hold the yearly charity campaign, the
"8th Materna Mitzvah"

This is the eighth consecutive year that Hasdei Naomi and Materna, with the help of consumers, are doing a Materna mitzvah for needy families.

In the campaign, consumers are called upon to send the measuring spoons
included in Materna products or empty Materna porridge packages to Hasdei
Naomi. For each four measuring spoons or bags, the company will donate one
of its milk substitute products to Hasdei Naomi for distribution to needy families.

To help the public send in the spoons and packages, a special van sponsored
by Materna and Hasdei Naomi is touring the country to collect the spoons and
packages accumulated by the public.

The Materna Institute for the Research and Advancement
of Infant Nutrition in Israel holds its first scientific conference

Materna, the leading company in Israel's baby food market, recently established an institute for the research and advancement of infant nutrition in Israel in conjunction with the country's leading physicians and nutrition experts. The goal of establishing the institute is to enrich and develop knowledge among the professional community and to further the quality of infant nutrition and development in Israel.

On July 4, 2007 the Institute will hold the first scientific conference for pediatricians and children's dieticians, in which research proposals to be awarded a grant by the Materna Institute will be announced. The Institute is accompanied by a scientific council whose members are leading Israeli doctors and nutrition experts. These include (in alphabetical order) Professor Matty Berkowitz, Director of the Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Unit at Assaf Harofeh Hospital, Dr. Shmuel Gur, Chairman of the Israeli Ambulatory Pediatrics Society, Professor Francis Maimoni, Chairman of the Israeli Pediatricians Union and Director of the Children's Division at Shaarei Zedek Hospital, Ms. Irit Poraz, Chief Dietician, General Health Services and Director of the Nutrition and Diet Unit at the Schneider Children's Medical Center of the General Health Services Group, Professor Shamir Raanan, Director of the Children's Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit in the Meyer Children's Hospital in Haifa, Chairman of the Israeli Children's Gastroenterology and Nutrition Union, Dr. Koby Schiff, senior neonatologist in the Neonatal Ward, Laniado Hospital and committee member of the Israeli Neonatology Union, Professor Eyal Shimoni, food engineer in the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering at the Technion, and Professor Zvi Weizman, Director of the Children's Digestive Illnesses and Nutrition
Unit at Soroka Hospital.

As part of the Institute's activity, grants will be awarded for new research on the subject
of infant nutrition, seminars will be held for physicians, nurses and dieticians, and
scientific conferences featuring Israel's leading experts on infant nutrition will be held
for the welfare of the scientific community and mothers.