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Henri Nestlé (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi nɛsle]; born Heinrich Nestle, German: [ˈhaɪnrɪç ˈnɛstlə]; 10 August 1814 – 7 July 1890) was a German-Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company.
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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.
1843: Henri Nestlé establishes his first lemonade and water bottling factory. 1866: Foundation of the Nestlé Group 1969: Acquisition of a 30% stake in the Société Générale des Eaux Minérales de Vittel in France 1974: Acquisition of the German Blaue Quellen group. 1987: Nestlé S.A. takes a majority stake in Vittel and joins with Arrowhead.
In 1875, a Swiss confectioner, Daniel Peter, developed the first solid milk chocolate using condensed milk, which had been invented by Henri Nestlé, who was Peter's neighbour in Vevey. [1] [2] In addition to milk, a wide variety of ingredients other than cocoa are used to make the most popular chocolate bars.
Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company[1] was a Swiss manufacturer of evaporated milk founded in 1866 by American brothers George Ham Page and Charles Page. During the 1870s the company steadily expanded into foreign markets which included the United Kingdom and the German Empire. In 1882, the company expanded into the United States, and built the ...
Developed by Henri Nestlé to reduce infant mortality in the 1860s, he invented infant cereals using existing nutritional science and technology. The first product was called Farine Lactée and was alleged to have saved the life of premature baby boy named Wanner. [4] By 1874, these infant cereals were sold in 18 countries.
As shareholder. Nestlé owns 23.29% of L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company, whose brands include Garnier, Maybelline, Lancôme and Urban Decay. Nestlé owned 100% of Alcon in 1978. In 2002 Nestlé sold 23.2% of its Alcon shares on the New York Stock Exchange.