Nestlé

Swiss multinational food company

"Nestle" redirects here. For other uses, see Nestle (disambiguation).

Nestlé S.A.

Nestlé's Headquarters in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.

Formerly|

List

*     * Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company (1866–1867)
* Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé (1867–1905)
* Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company (1905–1947)
* Nestlé Alimentana SA (1947–1977)

Company type| Public

Traded as

| SIX: NESN
ISIN| CH0038863350
Industry| Food processing
Predecessor| Hollandia
Founded| 1866; 158 years ago (1866) (for the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company branch)
Founder| Henri Nestlé (for the Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé branch)
Headquarters| Vevey, Switzerland

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

* Paul Bulcke[1] (chairman)
* Laurent Freixe[1] (CEO)
* David McDaniel[2] (CFO)

Products|

* Baby food
* coffee
* dairy products
* breakfast cereals
* confectionery
* bottled water
* ice cream
* pet foods
* dietary supplements
* protein supplements

Brands| List of Nestlé brands
Revenue|  CHF 92.998 billion (2023)[3]

Operating income

|  CHF 14.520 billion (2023)[3]

Net income

|  CHF 11.209 billion (2023)[3]
Total assets|  CHF 126.550 billion (2023)[3]
Total equity|  CHF 36.387 billion (2023)[3]

Number of employees

| 270,000 (2023)[3]
Subsidiaries| Cereal Partners Worldwide (50%)
Website| nestle.com
Footnotes / references
[3][4]

Nestlé S.A.[a] (/ˈnɛsleɪ, -li, -əl/ NESS-lay, -⁠lee, -⁠əl,[5] French: [nɛsle], German: [ˈnɛstlə] ⓘ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 2014.[6][7][8] It ranked No. 64 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017.[9] In 2023, the company was ranked 50th in the Forbes Global 2000.[10]

Nestlé's products include coffee and tea, candy and confectionery, bottled water, infant formula and baby food, dairy products and ice cream, frozen foods, breakfast cereals, dry packaged foods and snacks, pet foods, and medical food. Twenty-nine of Nestlé's brands have annual sales of over 1 billion CHF (about US$1.1 billion),[11] including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer's, Vittel, and Maggi. Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 189 countries, and employs around 339,000 people.[12] It is one of the main shareholders of L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics company.[13]

Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the "Anglo-Swiss Milk Company", which was established in 1866 by brothers George and Charles Page, and "Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé" founded in 1867 by Henri Nestlé.[14] The company grew significantly during World War I and again following World War II, expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. The company has made a number of corporate acquisitions including Crosse & Blackwell in 1960, Findus in 1963, Libby's in 1971, Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, Klim in 1998, and Gerber in 2007.

The company has been associated with various controversies, facing criticism and boycotts over its marketing of baby formula as an alternative to breastfeeding in developing countries (where clean water may be scarce), its reliance on child labour in cocoa production, and its production and promotion of bottled water.

## History

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### 1866–1900: Founding and early years

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Henri Nestlé (1814–1890), a German-born Swiss confectioner, was the founder of Nestlé and one of the main creators of condensed milk.

Nestlé's origin dates back to the 1860s when two separate Swiss enterprises were founded that would later form Nestlé. In the following decades, the two competing enterprises expanded their businesses throughout Europe and the United States.[15]

#### Timeline

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* 1866: Charles Page (US consul to Switzerland) and George Page, brothers from Lee County, Illinois established the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company in Cham, Switzerland. The company's first British operation was opened at Chippenham, Wiltshire in 1873.[16][17]
* 1867: In Vevey, Switzerland, Henri Nestlé developed milk-based baby food and soon began marketing it. The following year, Daniel Peter began seven years of work perfecting the milk chocolate manufacturing process. Nestlé had the solution Peter needed to fix his problem of removing all the water from the milk added to his chocolate, thus preventing the product from developing mildew.
* 1875: Henri Nestlé retired; the company, under new ownership, retained his name as Société Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé.[citation needed][18]
* 1877: Anglo-Swiss added milk-based baby foods to its products; in the following year, the Nestlé Company added condensed milk to its portfolio, which made the firms direct rivals.
* 1879: Nestlé merged with milk chocolate inventor Daniel Peter.[19]
* 1890: Henri Nestlé died.

### 1901–1989: Mergers

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In the late 19th and early 20th century, Henri Nestlé and his successors participated in the development of the chocolate industry in Switzerland, together with the Peter, Kohler, and Cailler families.[20] In 1904, Daniel Peter and Charles-Amédée Kohler (son of Charles-Amédée Kohler who founded a chocolate factory in 1830) became partners and founded the Société générale suisse des chocolats Peter et Kohler réunis. In 1911, the company created by Peter and Kohler merged with Cailler.[21] Alexandre Cailler (grandson of François-Louis Cailler) had founded a chocolate factory in Broc in 1898, still used by Nestlé today; which enabled the production of milk chocolate on a large scale. In 1929, Peter, Cailler, Kohler, Chocolats Suisses finally merged with the Nestlé group.[22][23] An earlier alliance in 1904 between Peter and Nestlé also allowed the production of milk chocolate in the United States, at the Fulton plant.[24]

In 1905, Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss merged to become the Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, retaining that name until 1947 when the name 'Nestlé Alimentana SA' was taken as a result of the acquisition of Fabrique de Produits Maggi SA (founded 1884) and its holding company, Alimentana SA, of Kempttal, Switzerland. The company's current name was adopted in 1977. By the early 1900s, the company was operating factories in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Spain.[25] The First World War created a demand for dairy products in the form of government contracts, and by the end of the war, Nestlé's production had more than doubled.[citation needed]

A 1915 advertisement for "Nestlés Food", an early infant formula

Certificate for 100 shares of the Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., issued 1. November 1918

In January 1919, Nestlé bought two condensed milk plants in Oregon from the company Geibisch and Joplin for $250,000. One was in Bandon, while the other was in Milwaukie. They expanded them considerably, processing 250,000 pounds of condensed milk daily in the Bandon plant.[26]

Aleppo Nestlé building Tilal street 1920s

After the World War I, government contracts dried up, and consumers switched back to fresh milk. However, Nestlé's management responded quickly, streamlining operations and reducing debt. The 1920s saw Nestlé's first expansion into new products, with chocolate-manufacture becoming the company's second most important activity; white chocolate was created in the following decade. Louis Dapples was CEO till 1937 when succeeded by Édouard Muller till his death in 1948.

Nestlé felt the effects of the Second World War immediately. Profits dropped from US$20 million in 1938 to US$6 million in 1939.[27] Factories were established in developing countries, particularly in South America.[28] Ironically, the war helped with the introduction of the company's newest product, Nescafé ("Nestlé's Coffee"), which became a staple drink of the US military. Despite that, Nestlé actually supplied both sides in the war: the company had a contract to feed the German army. Nestlé's production and sales rose in the wartime economy.[28]

The logo that Nestlé used from 1938 to 1966[29]

The end of World War II was the beginning of a dynamic phase for Nestlé. Growth accelerated and numerous companies were acquired. In 1947 Nestlé merged with Maggi, a manufacturer of seasonings and soups. Crosse & Blackwell followed in 1950, as did Findus (1963), Libby's (1971), and Stouffer's (1973).[30] Diversification came under chairman & CEO Pierre Liotard-Vogt with a shareholding in L'Oreal in 1974 and the acquisition of Alcon Laboratories Inc. in 1977 for $280 million.[30]

In the 1980s, Nestlé's improved bottom line allowed the company to launch further acquisitions. Carnation was acquired for US$3 billion in 1984 and brought the evaporated milk brand, as well as Coffee-Mate and Friskies, to Nestlé. In 1986, the company founded Nestlé Nespresso S.A. The British confectionery company Rowntree Mackintosh was acquired in 1988 for $4.5 billion, which brought brands such as Kit Kat, Rolo, Smarties, and Aero.[31]

### 1990–2011: International growth

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The first half of the 1990s proved to be favourable for Nestlé. Trade barriers crumbled, and world markets developed into more or less integrated trading areas. Since 1996, there have been various acquisitions, including San Pellegrino (1997), D'Onofrio (1997), Spillers Petfoods (1998), and Ralston Purina (2002). There were two major acquisitions in North America, both in 2002 – in June, Nestlé merged its US ice cream business into Dreyer's, and in August, a US$2.6 billion acquisition was announced of Chef America, the creator of Hot Pockets. In the same time-frame, Nestlé entered in a joint bid with Cadbury and came close to purchasing the American company Hershey's, one of its fiercest confectionery competitors, but the deal eventually fell through.[32]

In December 2005, Nestlé bought the Greek company Delta Ice Cream for €240 million.[33] In January 2006, it took full ownership of Dreyer's, thus becoming the world's largest ice cream maker, with a 17.5% market share.[34] In June 2006, Nestlé purchased weight-loss company Jenny Craig for US$600 million.[35] In July 2007, completing a deal announced the year before, Nestlé acquired the Medical Nutrition division of Novartis Pharmaceutical for US$2.5 billion and also acquiring the milk-flavoring product known as Ovaltine, the "Boost" and "Resource" lines of nutritional supplements, and Optifast dieting products.[36]

The Brazilian president, Lula da Silva, inaugurates a factory in Feira de Santana (Bahia), in February 2007.

In April 2007, returning to its roots, Nestlé bought US baby-food manufacturer Gerber for US$5.5 billion.[37][38][39] In December 2007, Nestlé entered into a strategic partnership with a Belgian chocolate maker, Pierre Marcolini.[40]

Nestlé agreed to sell its controlling stake in Alcon to Novartis on 4 January 2010. The sale was to form part of a broader US$39.3 billion offer by Novartis for full acquisition of the world's largest eye-care company.[41] On 1 March 2010, Nestlé concluded the purchase of Kraft Foods's North American frozen pizza business for US$3.7 billion.

Since 2010, Nestlé has been working to transform itself into a nutrition, health and wellness company in an effort to combat declining confectionery sales and the threat of expanding government regulation of such foods. This effort is being led through the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences under the direction of Ed Baetge. The institute aims to develop "a new industry between food and pharmaceuticals" by creating foodstuffs with preventive and corrective health properties that would replace pharmaceutical drugs from pill bottles. The Health Science branch has already produced several products, such as drinks and protein shakes meant to combat malnutrition, diabetes, digestive health, obesity, and other diseases.[42]

It acquired British pharmaceutical company Vitaflo, which makes clinical nutritional products for people with genetic disorders, in August of 2010.[43] In July 2011, Nestlé SA agreed to buy 60 percent of Hsu Fu Chi International Ltd. for about US$1.7 billion.[44] On 23 April 2012, Nestlé agreed to acquire Pfizer Inc.'s infant-nutrition, formerly Wyeth Nutrition, unit for US$11.9 billion, topping a joint bid from Danone and Mead Johnson.[45][46][47]

### 2012–present

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In recent years, Nestlé Health Science has made several acquisitions: CM&D Pharma Ltd., a company that specialises in the development of products for patients with chronic conditions like kidney disease; and Prometheus Laboratories, a firm specialising in treatments for gastrointestinal diseases and cancer. It also holds a minority stake in Vital Foods, a New Zealand-based company that develops kiwifruit-based food products as of 2012.[48]

Nestlé sold its Jenny Craig business unit to North Castle Partners in 2013.[49] In February 2013, Nestlé Health Science bought Pamlab, which makes medical foods based on L-methylfolate targeting depression, diabetes, and memory loss.[50] In February 2014, Nestlé sold its PowerBar sports nutrition business to Post Holdings, Inc.[51] Later, in November 2014, Nestlé announced that it was exploring strategic options for its frozen food subsidiary, Davigel.[52]

In December 2014, Nestlé announced that it was opening 10 skin care research centres worldwide, deepening its investment in a faster-growing market for healthcare products. That year, Nestlé spent about $350 million on dermatology research and development. The first of the research hubs, Nestlé Skin Health Investigation, Education and Longevity Development (SHIELD) centres, will open mid 2015 in New York, followed by Hong Kong and São Paulo, and later others in North America, Asia, and Europe. The initiative is being launched in partnership with the Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA), a consortium that includes companies such as Intel and Bank of America.[53]

In January 2017, Nestlé announced that it was relocating its US headquarters from Glendale, California, to Rosslyn, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC.[54]

In March 2017, Nestlé announced that they will lower the sugar content in Kit Kat, Yorkie and Aero chocolate bars by 10% by 2018.[55] In July, a similar announcement followed concerning the reduction of sugar content in its breakfast cereals in the UK.[56]

The company announced a $20.8 billion share buyback in June 2017, following the publication of a letter written by Third Point Management founder Daniel S. Loeb, Nestlé's fourth-largest stakeholder with a $3.5 billion stake,[57] explaining how the firm should change its business structure.[58] Consequently, the firm will reportedly focus investment on sectors such as coffee and pet care and will seek acquisitions in the consumer health-care industry.[58]

In 2016, Nestlé and PAI Partners establish a joint venture, Froneri, to combine the two companies' ice cream activities throughout Europe and other international countries.[59]

In July 2017, Nestlé introduced a new type of infant formula in Spain, containing two human milk oligosaccharides.[60] Oligosaccharides are the third most abundant components of breast milk with various health benefits, but previously were not part of infant formula.

In September 2017, Nestlé S.A. acquired a majority stake of Blue Bottle Coffee.[61] While the deal's financial details were not disclosed, the Financial Times reported "Nestlé is understood to be paying up to $500m for the 68 per cent stake in Blue Bottle".[62]

In September 2017, Nestlé USA agreed to acquire Sweet Earth, a California-based producer of plant-based foods, for an undisclosed sum.[63]

In January 2018, Nestlé USA announced it was selling its US confectionary business to Ferrara Candy Company, an Italian chocolate and candy maker.[64] The company was sold for a total of an estimated $2.8 billion.[64]

In May 2018, it was announced that Nestlé and Starbucks struck a $7.15 billion distribution deal, which allows Nestlé to market, sell and distribute Starbucks coffee globally and to incorporate the brand's coffee varieties into Nestlé's proprietary single-serve system, expanding the overseas markets for both companies.[65]

Nestlé set a new profit target in September 2017 and agreed to offload over 20 of its US candy brands in January 2018. However, sales grew only 2.4% in 2017, and as of July 2018, the share price declined more than 8%. While some suggestions were adopted, Loeb said in a July 2018 letter that the shifts are too small and too slow. In a statement, Nestlé wrote that it was "delivering results" and listed actions it had taken, including investing in key brands and its global coffee partnership with Starbucks. However, activist investors disagreed, leading Third Point Management to launch NestleNOW, a website to push its case with recommendations calling for change, accusing Nestlé of not being as fast, aggressive, or strategic as it needs to be. Activist investors called for Nestlé to divide into three units with distinct CEOs, regional structures, and marketing heads - beverage, nutrition, and grocery; spin off more businesses that do not fit its model such as ice cream, frozen foods, and confectionery; and add an outsider with expertise in the food and beverage industry to the board.[66][67]

In September 2018, Nestlé announced that it would sell Gerber Life Insurance for $1.55 billion.[68][69]

In October 2018, Nestlé announced the launch of the Nestlé Alumni Network, through a strategic partnership with SAP & EnterpriseAlumni, to engage with their over 1 million alumni globally.[70]

In 2019, the company announced that it would publish Nutri-Score on all of its products sold in the European countries that supported the nutritional label.[71]

In 2020, Nestlé USA's and Nestlé Canada's ice cream divisions were acquired by Froneri.[72] Also during that year, Nestlé announced that the company wants to invest in plant-based food, starting with a "tuna salad" and meat-free products to engage and reach younger and vegan consumers.[73]

Nestle is expanding manufacturing capacity in India and increasing investments — the company will invest between ₹60-65 billion ($723-783 million) from 2020 to 2025.[74]

On 16 February 2021, Nestlé announced that it had agreed to sell its water brands in the US and Canada to One Rock Capital Partners and Metropoulos & Co. The sale would include the spring water and mountain brands, the purified water brand and the delivery service. The plan did not include the Perrier, S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna brands.[75][76] In early April 2021, the sale was concluded.[77]

The COVID-19 pandemic did not affect Nestlé negatively. Due to lockdowns, people bought more packaged foods, not only coffee and dairy products, but also pet products, which increased the company's sales. Nestlé is recording its strongest quarterly sales growth in 10 years.[78]

In April 2021, Nestlé agreed to purchase the vitamin manufacturing Bountiful Company, formerly known as The Nature's Bounty Co., for $5.75 billion, noting as well that much of the company's[which?] growth that quarter came from "vitamins, minerals, and supplements that support health and the immune system". Bountiful's brands included Nature's Bounty, Solgar, Osteo Bi-Flex, and Puritan's Pride.[79][80][81]

In July 2021, Vitaflo International Ltd. (subsidiary to Nestlé Health Science since 2010) acquired the Dr. Schär brands, Mevalia and ComidaMed, which are used for the dietary management of IEM and cow’s milk protein allergy to complement Vitaflo’s existing IEM product portfolio.[82]

In January 2022, Nestlé will pay cocoa farmers cash if they send their children to school.[83]

In May 2022, it was announced Nestlé's Health Science unit had acquired the Brazilian organic, natural, plant-based food maker Puravida.[84]

In May 2022, Nestlé was sending baby formula supplies to the U.S. from European air bases to ease the 2022 United States infant formula shortage. These relief shipments included products from the Gerber baby food formula brand from the Netherlands and Alfamino baby formula from Switzerland.[85]

In September 2023, it was announced Nestlé had acquired a majority stake in the Extrema, Minas Gerais-headquartered premium chocolate manufacturer, Grupo CRM for an undisclosed amount.[86]

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company continued doing business in Russia; therefore in November 2023, Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention listed Nestlé as an International Sponsor of War. Nestle stated that it had already "halted all non-essential imports and exports to and from Russia".[87]

In August 2024, Nestlé announced Schneider would leave his position as CEO and be replaced by Laurent Freixe on September 1, 2024..[88]

## Corporate affairs and governance

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Nestlé Japan headquarters in Nestlé House building, Kobe, Japan Nestlé USA headquarters at 1812 N Moore in Arlington, Virginia

Capital ownership of Nestlé by country of origin as of 2023:[89]

Switzerland (46.6%)

United States (31.2%)

All others (22.2%)

Nestlé is the biggest food company in the world, with a market capitalisation of roughly 231 billion Swiss francs, which is more than US$247 billion as of May 2015.[90] Nestlé has a primary listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is a constituent of the Swiss Market Index. It previously had a secondary listing on Euronext.

In 2014, consolidated sales were CHF 91.61 billion and net profit was CHF 14.46 billion. Research and development investment was CHF 1.63 billion.[91]

* Sales per category in CHF[92][12]
* 20.3 billion powdered and liquid beverages
* 16.7 billion milk products and ice cream
* 13.5 billion prepared dishes and cooking aids
* 13.1 billion nutrition and health science
* 11.3 billion pet care
* 9.6 billion confectionery
* 6.9 billion water
* Percentage of sales by geographic area breakdown[92][12]
* 43% from Americas
* 28% from Europe
* 29% from Asia, Oceania and Africa

According to a 2015 global survey of online consumers by the Reputation Institute, Nestlé has a reputation score of 74.5 on a scale of 1 to 100.[93]

### Financial data

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Financial data in billions of CHF[94] Year  | 2011  | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  | 2019  | 2020  | 2021

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Revenue | 83.642  | 92.186  | 92.158  | 91.612  | 88.785  | 89.469  | 89.791  | 91.439  | 92.568  | 84.343  | 87.088
Net income | 9.487  | 10.611  | 10.015  | 14.456  | 9.066  | 8.531  | 7.183  | 10.135  | 12.609  | 12.232  | 17.196
Assets | 114.091  | 126.229  | 120.442  | 133.450  | 123.992  | 131.901  | 130.380  | 137.015  | 127.940  | 124.028  | 139.142
Employees  | 328,000  | 339,000  | 333,000  | 339,000  | 335,000  | 328,000  | 323,000  | 308,000  | 291,000  | 273,000  | 276,000

### Joint ventures

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Joint ventures include:

* Cereal Partners Worldwide with General Mills (50%/50%)[95]
* Beverage Partners Worldwide with The Coca-Cola Company (50%/50%), closed in 2018.[96]
* Froneri with PAI Partners (50%/50%)
* Lactalis Nestlé Produits Frais with Lactalis (40%/60%)[97]
* Nestlé Colgate-Palmolive with Colgate-Palmolive (50%/50%)[98]
* Nestlé Indofood Citarasa Indonesia with Indofood (50%/50%)[99]
* Nestlé Snow with Snow Brand Milk Products (50%/50%)[100]
* Nestlé Modelo with Grupo Modelo
* Dairy Partners America Brasil with Fonterra (51%/49%)

### CEO

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Chief executive officer[101] :

* 1981-1997 : Helmut Maucher ;
* 1997-2008 : Peter Brabeck-Letmathe ;
* 2008-2016 : Paul Bulcke ;
* 2017-2024 : Ulf Mark Schneider ;
* Since 2024 : Laurent Freixe.

### Board of directors

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As of 2017, the board is composed of:[102]

* Paul Bulcke, chairman and former CEO of Nestlé
* Andreas Koopmann, former CEO of Bobst
* Beat Hess, former legal director/general counsel for ABB and Shell
* Renato Fassbind, former CEO of DKSH and former CFO of Credit Suisse
* Steven George Hoch, founder of Highmount Capital
* Naina Lal Kidwai, former CEO of HSBC Bank India, country head for HSBC in India
* Jean-Pierre Roth, former chairman of the Swiss National Bank
* Ann Veneman, former United States Secretary of Agriculture and director of UNICEF
* Henri de Castries, former CEO and chairman of Axa
* Eva Cheng, former executive vice president of China and Southeast Asia for Amway
* Ruth Khasaya Oniang’o, former member of the Parliament of Kenya, current professor at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
* Patrick Aebischer, former president of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

### Lobbying

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The company engages third party lobbying firms to engage with parliaments and governments in various jurisdictions. For example, in South Australia the company engages Etched Communications.[103] In the US, Nestlé has a strong influence in Washington, D.C. From 2015 to 2020 their average spend on lobbying was $1,951,667 each year.[104]

## Products

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Main article: List of Nestlé brands

Samples of Nestlé Toll House Cafe items in 2012

Nestlé currently has over 2,000 brands[105][106] with a wide range of products across a number of markets, including coffee, bottled water, milkshakes and other beverages, breakfast cereals, infant foods, performance and healthcare nutrition, seasonings, soups and sauces, frozen and refrigerated foods, and pet food.[12] In 2019, the company entered the plant-based food production business with its Incredible and Awesome Burgers (under the Garden Gourmet and Sweet Earth brands). In 2020, Nestlé announced additional plant-based products including soy-based bratwurst and chorizo-like sausages.[107]

## Sponsorships

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### Music and entertainment

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In 1993, plans were made to update and modernise the overall tone of Walt Disney's EPCOT Center, including a major refurbishment of The Land pavilion. Kraft Foods withdrew its sponsorship on 26 September 1993, with Nestlé taking its place. Co-financed by Nestlé and the Walt Disney World Resort, a gradual refurbishment of the pavilion began on 27 September 1993.[108] In 2003, Nestlé renewed its sponsorship of The Land; however, it was under agreement that Nestlé would oversee its own refurbishment to both the interior and exterior of the pavilion. Between 2004 and 2005, the pavilion underwent its second major refurbishment. Nestlé stopped sponsoring The Land in 2009.[109]

On 5 August 2010, Nestlé and the Beijing Music Festival signed an agreement to extend by three years Nestlé's sponsorship of this international music festival. Nestlé has been an extended sponsor of the Beijing Music Festival for 11 years since 2000. The new agreement will continue the partnership through 2013.[110]

Nestlé has partnered the Salzburg Festival in Austria for 20 years. In 2011, Nestlé renewed its sponsorship of the Salzburg Festival until 2015.[111]

Together, they have created the "Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award", an initiative that aims to discover young conductors globally and to contribute to the development of their careers.[112]

### Sports

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Nestlé's sponsorship of the Tour de France began in 2001 and the agreement was extended in 2004, a move which demonstrated the company's interest in the Tour. In July 2009, Nestlé Waters and the organisers of the Tour de France announced that their partnership will continue until 2013. The main promotional benefits of this partnership will spread on four key brands from Nestlé's product portfolio: Vittel, Powerbar, Nesquik, or Ricore.[113]

On 27 January 2012, the International Association of Athletics Federations announced that Nestlé will be the main sponsor for the further development of IAAF's Kids' Athletics Programme, which is one of the biggest grassroots development programmes in the world of sports. The five-year sponsorship started in January 2012.[114] On 11 February 2016, Nestlé decided to withdraw its sponsorship of the IAAF's Kids' Athletics Programmes because of doping and corruption allegations against the IAAF. Nestlé followed suit after other large sponsors, including Adidas, also stopped supporting the IAAF.[115]

In 2014, Nestlé Waters sponsored the UK leg of the Tour de France through its Buxton Natural Mineral Water brand.[116] In 2002, Nestlé announced it was main sponsor for the Great Britain Lionesses Women's rugby league team for the team's second tour of Australia with its Munchies product.[117]

Nestlé supports the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) on a number of nutrition and fitness fronts, funding a Fellowship position in AIS Sports Nutrition; nutrition activities in the AIS Dining Hall; research activities; and the development of education resources for use at the AIS and in the public domain.[118]

## Controversies and criticisms

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Main article: Controversies of Nestlé

### Baby formula marketing

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Concern about Nestlé's "aggressive marketing" of their breast milk substitutes, particularly in less economically developed countries (LEDCs), first arose in the 1970s.[119] Critics have accused Nestlé of discouraging mothers from breastfeeding and suggesting that their baby formula is healthier than breastfeeding.[120] This led to a boycott in the United States and Europe.[121][122]

### Slavery and child labour

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Multiple reports have documented the widespread use of child labour in cocoa production, as well as slavery and child trafficking, throughout West African plantations, on which Nestlé and other major chocolate companies rely.[123][124][125][126][127]

### Food safety

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In late September 2008, the Hong Kong government found melamine in a Chinese-made Nestlé milk product. Six infants died from kidney damage, and a further 860 babies were hospitalised.[128][129]

In June 2009, an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 was linked to Nestlé's refrigerated cookie dough originating in a plant in Danville, Virginia.[130]

In May 2015, food safety regulators from the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, found that samples of Nestlé India's Maggi noodles had up to 17 times more than the permissible safe amount of lead, in addition to monosodium glutamate.[131][132][133]

### Water

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At the second World Water Forum in 2000, Nestlé and other corporations persuaded the World Water Council to change its statement so as to reduce access to drinking water from a "right" to a "need". Nestlé continues to take control of aquifers and bottle their water for profit.[134]

A coalition of environmental groups filed a complaint against Nestlé to the Advertising Standards of Canada after Nestlé took out full-page advertisements in October 2008 with messages claiming, "Most water bottles avoid landfill sites and are recycled", "Nestlé Pure Life is a healthy, eco-friendly choice", and, "Bottled water is the most environmentally responsible consumer product in the world."[135][136][137]

### Turkish parliament

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The Grand National Assembly of Turkey announced that Nestlé products (as well as some other products) will not be sold in restaurants, cafeterias and tea houses in the parliament campus. They said that this was a response to the manufacturers' support for Israel, but they did not identify anything the companies had actually done.[138]

## Corporate social responsibility and recognition

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In March 2011, Nestlé became the first infant formula company to meet the FTSE4Good Index criteria in full.[139]

### Sustainability

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In 2020, Nestlé Waters joined a consortium to boost PET plastic recyclability.[140]

### Economy and Development

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Nestlé also established the Creating Shared Value Prize, which is awarded every other year with the aim of rewarding the best examples of CSV initiatives worldwide and to encourage other companies to adopt a shared value approach. These initiatives should take a business-oriented approach in addressing challenges in nutrition, water or rural development. The winner can win up to CHF 500,000. Nestlé was an early mover in the shared value space and hosts a global forum, the Creating Shared Value Global Forum.[141][142]

Rural Development Framework program: In 2012, Nestlé developed the Rural Development Framework, which supports farmers and cocoa growing communities.[143] It is an investment program aimed at improving infrastructure, increasing access to safe water, address financing and market efficiency gaps, and improving labor conditions.[144]

### Public health

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Health care and nutrition product development: In September 2010, Nestlé said that it would invest more than $500 million between 2011 and 2020 to develop health and wellness products to help prevent and treat major ailments like diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's. Nestlé created a wholly owned subsidiary, Nestlé Health Science, as well as a research body, the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences.[145]

## Awards

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Year  | Brand  | Award  | Result

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2010  | Nestlé Purina | Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award | Won
2010  | —  | IUoFST Gold Food Industry Award[146] | Won
2011  | —  | World Environment Center Gold Medal Award  | Won
2014  | —  | Henry Spira Corporate Progress Award  | Won

## See also

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* Business portal

* Big Chocolate
* Cerelac
* Farfel the Dog
* Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
* Nestlé Tower
* Ultra-processed food

Competitors

* Danone
* Ferrero SpA
* Hershey's
* Kellogg's
* Kraft Heinz
* Mars, Incorporated
* Mondelez International
* PepsiCo
* Unilever

## Explanatory notes

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1. ^ Not to be confused with Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., the group's intellectual property-holding subsidiary

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* Caro
* Chameleon Cold-Brew
* Chuckie
* Coffee-Mate
* Dolce Gusto
* Huesitos
* Klim
* La Lechera
* Menier
* Milo cocoa
* Nescafé
* Nescafé Azera
* Nescafé Gold
* Nescau
* Nesfruta
* Nespresso
* Nesquik
* Nestea
* Ovaltine4
* Ricoré
* Seattle's Best Coffee
* Starbucks 13
* Supligen
* Sweet Leaf
* Zoégas

Dairy products|

* Alpine8
* Bear Brand10,11
* Carnation8,9
* Coffee-Mate
* La Lechera
* Nesquik

Ice cream|

* D'Onofrio
* Drumstick15
* Eskimo Pie15
* Fab
* Frosty Paws15
* Häagen-Dazs2,15
* Hjem-IS
* Ice Screamers
* Kit Kat15
* Maxibon
* Mövenpick
* Parlour
* Savory
* Smarties

Prepared and
packaged food
and snacks

* Buitoni
* California Pizza Kitchen
* DiGiorno
* Herta
* Hot Pockets
* Lean Cuisine
* Libby's
* Lean Pockets
* Maggi
* Stouffer's
* Thomy
* Tombstone
* Uncle Tobys
* Winiary
* Wagner
* Yinlu Foods

Purina PetCare|

* Alpo
* Bakers Complete
* Beggin' Strips
* Beneful
* Bonio
* Dog Chow
* Fancy Feast
* Felix
* Friskies
* Frosty Paws
* ONE
* Winalot

Uncle Tobys|

* Cheerios1
* PLUS
* Weeties

Former brands and
subsidiaries|

* Alcon
* Alfasigma
* Arrowhead
* Butterfinger
* Baby Ruth
* Chocolate Surpresa
* Deer Park
* Dreyer's15
* Enviga
* Gale's
* Galderma Laboratories
* Cetaphil
* Epiduo
* Restylane
* Hoadley's
* Ice Mountain
* Jenny Craig
* Ozarka
* Peter's Chocolate
* Poland Spring
* Polly Waffle
* PowerBar
* Powwow Water
* Rowntree Mackintosh
* Violet Crumble
* Wonder Ball
* Zephyrhills

People|

* Günter Blobel
* Paul Bulcke
* Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
* Nobuyuki Idei
* Henri Nestlé
* Kaspar Villiger

Related|

* Nestea European Championship Tour
* 1977 Nestlé boycott
* Nestlé Invitational
* Nestlé Rowntree F.C.
* Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
* Nestlé Tower
* Toll House cookies
* International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
* Nescafé Basement
* Maggi noodles safety concerns in India
* Freshly

Related articles|

* List of Nestlé brands
* Controversies of Nestlé

* 1 Currently manufactured by General Mills in the U.S. and Canada. Produced by Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand elsewhere. 2 Brand owned by General Mills; U.S. and Canadian production rights controlled by Nestlé under license. 3 U.S. production rights owned by The Hershey Company. 4 U.S. rights and production owned by the Smarties Candy Company with a different product. 5 U.S. rights and specific trade dress owned by Nestlé; rights elsewhere owned by Associated British Foods. 6 Produced by Cereal Partners, branded as Nestlé. 7 Produced by Cereal Partners and branded as Nestlé in the U.K. and Ireland. Produced by Post Foods elsewhere. 8 Philippine production rights owned by Alaska Milk Corporation. 9 Singaporean, Malaysian and Thai production rights owned by Fraser and Neave. 10 Used only in Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia. 11 Used only in the Philippines. 12 U.S. production rights owned by the Ferrara Candy Company. 13 NA rights and specific trade dress to all packaged coffee and other products under the Starbucks brand owned by Nestlé since 2019. 14 Brand owned by Mars, sold by Nestlé in Canada. 15 Produced by Froneri in the U.S. since 2020.

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Parent|

* Nestlé

Brands and
subsidiaries|

| Current|

* Fruit Gums
* Fruit Pastilles

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Former|

* Aero
* After Eight
* Black Magic
* Caramac
* Gale's
* Hoadley's
* Polly Waffle
* Violet Crumble
* Hot Sam Pretzels
* Kit Kat
* Laura Secord
* Lion
* Matchmakers
* Menier
* Polo
* Quality Street
* Rolo
* Smarties
* Tom's Snacks
* Yorkie

People|

* Henry Isaac Rowntree
* Joseph Rowntree
* Seebohm Rowntree

Related|

* Mackintosh's
* Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery

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Food industry criticism

Books|

* The Jungle (1906)
* Modern Meat (1984)
* Fast Food Nation (2001)
* Reefer Madness (2003)
* Shopped (2004)
* Chew on This (2006)
* My Secret Life on the McJob (2006)
* The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006)
* Eating Animals (2009)
* Wheat Belly (2011)
* Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat (2014)
* Meat Atlas (annual)

Films|

* The Jungle (1914)
* McLibel (1997)
* The Corporation (2003)
* Super Size Me (2004)
* The Future of Food (2004)
* We Feed the World (2005)
* Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)
* Our Daily Bread (2005)
* Earthlings (2005)
* Fast Food Nation (2006)
* Black Gold (2006)
* King Corn (2007)
* Food, Inc. (2008)
* Million Calorie March: The Movie (2008)
* The World According to Monsanto (2008)
* Fresh (2009)
* Bananas!* (2009)
* Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011)
* The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010)
* Forks Over Knives (2011)
* A Place at the Table (2013)
* Fed Up (2014)
* Cowspiracy (2014)
* Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017)
* Dominion (2018)
* Food, Inc. 2 (2023)

Organizations|

* Coca-Cola
* Cargill
* McDonald's
* Nestlé
* boycott
* Tesco

Concepts|

* Child labour in cocoa production
* Ethics of eating meat
* Fair trade
* coffee
* Fast food
* criticism
* Food safety
* Genetically modified food (controversies)

By country|

* China
* Taiwan

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Selected royal warrant holders of the British royal family

By Appointment to
King Charles III|

* ...

By Appointment to
Queen Elizabeth II|

* Andrex
* Abels Moving Services
* Ainsworths
* Atora
* Angostura
* AkzoNobel
* Autoglym
* Axminster Carpets
* Barbour
* Bendicks
* Bentley Motors
* Bollinger
* Brasso
* Britvic
* BT
* Burberry
* Cadbury
* Carphone Warehouse
* Castrol
* Charbonnel et Walker
* Colman's
* Dairy Crest
* DAKS
* Dettol
* DHL Express
* Dorma
* Elizabeth Arden
* Ede & Ravenscroft
* Fortnum & Mason
* Schwartz
* Frank Smythson
* GSK
* Gieves & Hawkes
* Hardy Brothers
* Hatchards
* HP Bulmer
* Heinz
* Henry Poole & Co
* James Purdey & Sons
* Jaguar Cars
* John Lewis & Partners
* John Lobb
* Kellogg's
* Land Rover
* Louis Roederer
* Mappin & Webb
* Martini & Rossi
* McIlhenny Company
* McVitie's
* Minky
* Molton Brown
* Moët & Chandon
* Nestlé
* Parker Pen
* Persil
* Procter & Gamble
* Richer Sounds
* Roberts Radio
* Robertson's
* Robinsons
* Ryvita
* Samsung
* Schweppes
* Silverspoon
* Spode
* Steinway & Sons
* Tanqueray
* Tate & Lyle
* Twinings
* Unilever
* United Biscuits
* Vauxhall Motors
* Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
* Waitrose
* Weetabix
* Wilkin & Sons
* William Drake
* Wolsey
* Worcestershire Medal Service

By Appointment to
Prince Charles
(Prior to becoming king in 2022)|

* Ainsworths
* Anderson and Sheppard
* Aston Martin
* Autoglym
* Barbour
* Bentley Motors
* Burberry
* Crabtree & Evelyn
* DAKS
* Ede & Ravenscroft
* Frank Smythson
* Gieves & Hawkes
* Hatchards
* Holland & Holland
* Jaguar Cars
* James Purdey & Sons
* John Lobb
* Land Rover
* Laphroaig
* Linn Products
* Minky
* Parker Pen
* Penhaligon's
* Peter Jones
* Ritz Hotel
* Roberts Radio
* Shepherd Neame
* Taylors of Harrogate
* Turnbull & Asser
* Vauxhall Motors
* Waitrose
* Weetabix
* Winsor & Newton

By Appointment to
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
(Deceased April 2021)|

* Barbour
* Boots Opticians
* DAKS
* Ede & Ravenscroft
* Frank Smythson
* Gieves & Hawkes
* Hatchards
* Holland & Holland
* James Purdey & Sons
* John Lobb
* Land Rover
* Lyle & Scott
* Penhaligon's
* Truefitt & Hill

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Swiss Market Index companies of Switzerland

* ABB
* Alcon
* Geberit
* Givaudan
* Holcim
* Kühne + Nagel
* Logitech
* Lonza
* Nestlé
* Novartis
* Partners Group
* Richemont
* Roche
* Sika
* Sonova
* Swiss Life
* Swiss Re
* Swisscom
* UBS
* Zurich Insurance Group

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Swiss Leader Index companies of Switzerland

* ABB
* Adecco
* ams
* Alcon
* Geberit
* Givaudan
* Holcim
* Julius Bär
* Kuehne + Nagel
* Lindt (PS)
* Logitech
* Lonza
* Nestlé
* Novartis
* Partners Group
* Richemont
* Roche
* Schindler
* SGS
* Sika
* Sonova
* Straumann
* Swatch Group
* Swiss Life
* Swiss Re
* Swisscom
* Temenos
* UBS
* VAT Group
* Zurich Insurance Group

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* 2
* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data
* Catalonia
* Germany
* Israel
* United States
* Czech Republic
* 2

Other|

* Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
* MusicBrainz label
* SNAC

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