Innovations
Plant-based Vittel bottles
Nestlé Waters’ Vittel has begun using a new generation of bottle made from PET containing 30% plant-based materials – a byproduct of cane sugar processing.
Organisation
Nestlé SA is the largest nutrition and foods company in the world, founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland.

Innovations
Nestlé Waters’ Vittel has begun using a new generation of bottle made from PET containing 30% plant-based materials – a byproduct of cane sugar processing.
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Nestlé UK has unveiled proposals for a further £200m extension to its Nescafé factory in Tutbury, Derbyshire (UK).
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Nestlé chairman, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, has highlighted the global water shortage in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Nestlé is adapting the packaging of some of its products to ensure consumers of all ages can use them without difficulty.
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Nestlé is helping China accelerate the development of its milk industry with the construction of a new dairy farming institute in Shuangcheng in Heilongjiang province.
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Nestlé SA and The Coca-Cola Company have agreed to focus the geographic scope of their ready-to-drink tea joint venture, Beverage Partners Worldwide, on Europe and Canada.
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Nestlé continues to expand the market for its breakfast cereals with the opening of a new factory in western Turkey.
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Nestlé UK and Ireland has announced that it will move its head office to 1 City Place Gatwick, relocating its 840 office-based employees by the end of 2012.
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Nestlé is setting up its first coffee ‘demonstration’ farm in India to help farmers improve quality, productivity and sustainability.
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Nestlé has reported significant progress in the areas of Nutrition, Health and Wellness (NHW) in the US during 2011.
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Nestlé has teamed up with a group of mothers in the US to offer Hispanic consumers tips on parenting and healthier eating.
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Nestlé has decided to work with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to investigate whether children are working on cocoa farms supplying its factories.
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Nestlé is investing £110m in its Nescafé Dolce Gusto factory in the UK, creating 300 new jobs and tripling coffee capsule production.
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Nestlé continues to invest in Brazil with the opening of a new CHF8m beverage factory in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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The new €45m extension to the factory, located in the city of Otzenhausen, will boost production of Wagner branded frozen food products such as Big Pizza, Piccolinis and Die Backfrische.
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Nestlé Professional, the Nestlé business that supplies the food service out-of-home industry, is strengthening its portfolio with a new acquisition in Scandinavia and Finland.
Innovations
Nescafé has launched a 150g compact refill pack format to its coffee range.
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In its latest move to develop business in Africa, Nestlé is investing CHF 10 million to build its first factory in Angola.
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Nestlé continues to drive its growth in Europe with a €10m investment to produce different varieties of chocolate in Spain.
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The latest financial news for 9 November 2011 includes Chr Hansen, Symrise, Carlsberg, Coca-Cola Hellenic, Raisio, Associated British Foods, Nestlé India and Hansen’s.
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Nestlé is working with African farmers to source onions on the continent for the first time, for its Maggi products.
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Ninho Fruti is made with real fruit and provides 30% of the recommended daily intake of iron.
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The latest financial news for 28 October 2011 includes Dr Pepper Snapple Group, O-I, Silgan, PolyOne, Arca, Royal Wessanen, Ball Corp, Coke Femsa, Nestlé Nigeria, Heineken and Grupo Modelo.
Innovations
SEEN IN JAPAN: Mont Blanc Kit Kats cost ¥168 and were seen in a Natural Lawson convenience store.
Opinion
Following in the green footsteps of PET bottles that are no longer entirely oil-based, I was pleased to read over the summer about similarly good news for bottle caps.
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Nestlé will plant up to 750,000 trees in Malaysia as part of a reforestation project to help protect the rich biodiversity of a river ecosystem.
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CPW, a joint venture between Nestlé and General Mills, has confirmed that its innovation centre has become the first industrial building in Switzerland to receive Leed Platinum certification.
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Nespresso’s new Aguila machine is available in autumn. Four extraction heads work simultaneously, enabling front-of-house personnel to increase capacity during peak hours.
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Nestlé Health Science in the US has launched a ‘new generation of Boost Nutritional Drinks’, with an enhanced bottle design and a new look.
Report
American children as young as 12 months are developing unhealthy dietary patterns which may lead to obesity in later life, according to a study by Nestlé Nutrition.
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The latest appointments and movements in the food and beverage industry, updated 30 September 2011.
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Werner Bauer, Nestlé’s executive vice president and chief technology officer, has been honoured with the prestigious BioAlps Award.
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Nestlé is using cutting-edge technology on its long haul transport network in the US to prevent potential road crashes before they happen.
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Nestlé is to strengthen its leadership in emerging markets by starting construction of a new USD 200m factory in Indonesia.
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Nestlé Australia has launched an interactive Happily Healthy Project to measure how happy and healthy Australians are.
Innovations
Nescafé Gold Blend, Nescafé Gold Blend Decaff and Nescafé Black Gold are new blends packaged in new jars.
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Silgan Holdings has completed the acquisition of Nestlé Purina PetCare Company’s steel can-making assets and has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Nestlé Purina PetCare Company.
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Strong sales of the ‘coffee at home’ machine innovation Nescafé Dolce Gusto have helped Nestlé Spain to increase exports by 44% in the first half of 2011.
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Nescafé has reviewed its agency support and has selected Publicis as the new communications partner for Nescafé in the UK and Ireland.
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Nestlé has officially inaugurated a new CHF 200m production unit at its nutrition factory complex in Konolfingen, Switzerland.
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Paul Bulcke, Nestlé CEO, has confirmed that Nestlé will invest CHF £98m in Thailand to increase manufacturing of its products.
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Nestlé Crunch will make its debut in UK supermarket freezers with Nestlé Crunch ice cream. £1 for a pack of four.
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Nestlé has been crowned the winner of the 2011 Stockholm Industry Water Award at World Water Week 2011.
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Nestlé will invest more than CHF 38m to double pet food production at its Purina PetCare factory in Russia’s Kaluga region.
Article
Zenith International dairy consulting director Kevin Bellamy takes a look at some recently published dairy league tables.
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Dairy Box has been ‘unashamedly’ rebranded as a ‘feminine chocolate assortment’ by Epoch Design, based in Bristol, UK.
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Nestlé has launched Frosty Paws Bites frozen ice cream snacks for dogs in the US.
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Nestlé has enhanced its Nutritional Compass product labelling system to help consumers make more informed choices about a healthy balanced diet and lifestyle.
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The Nestlé Carnation Rice Pudding range showcases four varieties: Original, Cinnamon, Chocolate and Caramel.
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Häagen-Dazs ice cream Sundae Cones flavours this year are Vanilla Chocolate and Caramel Chocolate. US SRP is $5.49 per five-cone carton.