Nestlé today announced that it will invest up to CHF 2 billion to lead the shift from virgin plastics to food-grade recycled plastics and to accelerate the development of innovative sustainable packaging solutions. Building on its 2018 commitment to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, Nestlé will reduce its use of virgin plastics by one third… Read more »
A group of bakers has filed a class-action suit against Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, claiming its white chocolate chips are not actually white chocolate, but are instead made with inferior hydrogenated oils. The complaint, filed in Santa Cruz County Superior Court, alleges that the Premier White Morsels sold by Nestlé skimp on cocoa butter and replace it with… Read more »
It seems like every day another major corporation is finding new use cases for blockchain technology. And investors, intrigued by the industry’s tremendous growth potential, are pouring capital into blockchain start-ups. The following developments help to illuminate both of these global trends. Nestle wants you to know where your food comes from Food titan Nestle (NASDAQOTH: NSRGY) announced a partnership… Read more »
Nestle SA has found a way to create chocolate without adding any sugar, relying on leftover material from cocoa plants for sweetening as consumers look for natural and healthier fare. The food company is using a patented technique to turn the white pulp that covers cocoa beans into a powder that naturally contains sugar. This fall in Japan, Nestle will… Read more »
Nestlé announced the inauguration of a new Research & Development center (R&D) in Beijing and a System Technology hub in Shenzhen. The new R&D center will enable Nestlé to accelerate trend-based innovation in China to meet fast-changing consumer demand. The systems hub will strengthen collaboration with Chinese partners and suppliers in the area of systems. Nestlé R&D in Beijing focuses… Read more »
The Swiss-based Bühler group has committed to co-found a major healthy food research scheme launched by ETH Zürich and EPFL, together with industrial partners Givaudan and Nestlé. As the companies revealed, the Future Food initiative, which is expected to examine a broad selection of potential products including items within the confectionery and baked goods sector, aims to accelerate the development… Read more »
Last year, Nestlé committed to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, with a particular focus on avoiding plastic-waste, and has now laid out its plans to achieve it. Nestlé, who owns more than 2,000 brands, has pledged to phase out all plastics that are not recyclable or are hard to recycle for all its products worldwide… Read more »
Nestlé UK and Ireland’s KitKat brand is introducing a new salted caramel fudge flavoured chocolate bar to its KitKat Chunky product line. The new bar features a combination of crispy wafer with a salted caramel flavoured topping, which is then covered in milk chocolate. Nestlé has also given the bar a ‘retro’ sweet shop packaging design featuring turquoise stripes, which… Read more »
The European Court of Justice has thrown out an appeal by the chocolate bar’s maker, Nestlé, which argued that it owns the shape of the teatime treat. Nestlé has spent more than a decade fighting to trademark the four-fingered wafer shape – something that rival Cadbury had fought hard against. A long-running legal battle was sent back to the EU’s… Read more »
Food giant Nestlé is planning to cut about 500 information technology (IT) jobs in Switzerland as part of the re-organization of its global IT activities. The company unveiled plans for re-organizing parts of its IT activities to benefit from its existing technology hub in Spain and other locations. Nestlé said none of its production sites in Switzerland will be affected… Read more »
