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1866–1900: Founding and early years. 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.
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.
Nestlé Nespresso S.A., trading as Nespresso, is an operating unit of the Nestlé Group, based in Vevey, Switzerland. [4] Nespresso machines brew espresso and coffee from coffee capsules (or pods in machines for home or professional use [5]), a type of pre-apportioned single-use container, or reusable capsules (pods), of ground coffee beans, sometimes with added flavorings.
Products. Bottled water. Number of employees. 31,740 (2015) Parent. Nestlé. Nestlé Waters is a Swiss multinational bottled water division of Nestlé. It was founded in 1992.
The Nestle family has its roots in western Swabia, predominantly in boroughs of the Black Forest such as Dornstetten, Freudenstadt, Mindersbach, Nagold, and Sulz am Neckar. In the Swabian dialect, "Nestle" is a small bird's nest. The name Nestle also has different variations, including Nästlin, Nästlen, Nestlin, Nestlen, and Niestle. [4]
Lactalis-Nestlé Produits Frais is a company specializing in the production of dairy products, sold under various brands of Nestlé, Lactalis, and private labels. It brings together the Swiss agri-food companies Nestlé and the French Lactalis, respectively the world's top two dairy product companies, within a joint venture. [1]
The Nutri-Score, also known as the 5-Colour Nutrition label or 5-CNL, is a five-colour nutrition label and nutritional rating system [1] and an attempt to simplify the nutritional rating system demonstrating the overall nutritional value of food products. It assigns products a rating letter from A (best) to E (worst), with associated colors ...
Laurent Freixe (born 21 April 1962) is a French business executive, and the CEO of Nestlé since 2024.. Freixe was born in Paris in 1962, and educated at EDHEC Business School in Lille.