Our Vision

SETTING THE DIRECTION: Werner Bauer, Chief Technology Officer, Nestl S.A.

Research and Development is a key competitive advantage for Nestl. Without our R&D Nestl could not have become the food industry leader in nutrition, health and wellness.

With 29 research, development and technology facilities worldwide, Nestl has the largest R&D network of any food company. Nestls research, development and technology network, together with local market application groups, employs over 5,000 people.

Nestl further strengthens its R&D capability through Innovation Partnerships at each stage of the product development process from early stage collaborations with start up and biotech companies to late stage partnerships with its key suppliers.

By bringing together all of its global R&D resources, Nestl is able to provide high quality, safe food solutions for consumers worldwide whether this is in terms of nutrition, health, wellness, taste, texture or convenience. Above all, Nestl brings to consumers products that are of the highest quality. And safety is non-negotiable.

R&D is also critical in ensuring regulatory compliance of all Nestl products. Nestl is able to launch new products quickly and efficiently, in countries all over the world, by integrating regulatory affairs in all its R&D activities, from start to finish.

Nestl scientists also play their part in communicating the health and wellness benefits of products to consumers. Nestl nutritionists world-wide work to ensure that all nutrition communication, both on and off pack, is locally relevant, as well as scientifically sound.

Beyond sound nutrition, the future of foods will increasingly be driven by science. Nestl scientists are looking ahead to the foods of the future. Nestl R&D is translating nutrition and food science in two ways:

From consumer needs into research priorities

From emerging science into consumer benefits, and services.

The vision of Nestl R&D is long term. A glimpse of how Nestl R&D is helping to shape the future of foods is provided through these internet pages

Werner Bauer Chief Technology Officer, Nestl S.A. Innovation, Technology and Research & Development

Product Development
Behind every one of Nestls products is a team of scientists, product developers, designers, nutritionists, consumer service representatives and regulatory affairs specialists.

The diagram above shows some of the steps, where these experts are involved, from identifying the initial consumer benefit to the product launch and on towards continuous improvement. Nestl R&D projects are the first step in a pipeline of innovative nutrition solutions for products of the future, across all our business categories.

Innovations

CONSUMERS AT THE HEART OF OUR RESEARCH: A mother and son test new products for Nestl Nutrition, USA. There is close collaboration with external health professionals, with whom we share our research results, throughout the product development process.

Innovation is one of Nestl's key competitive advantages. We have more than 140 years of research, development and scientific know-how. While there is a great deal of pure and applied science research that takes place in our global R&D centres, Nestl ensures that the consumer, and the consumer benefit, remains at the core of all our activities. Consumer Benefits Nestl R&D addresses three areas of benefits for consumers:

Safety and Quality - this underpins all Nestl products Nutrition and Health Taste, Texture and Convenience

Nutrition, Health & Wellness

Good Food, Good Life Nutrition, Health and Wellness is Nestls strategic direction. We want you to be able to make healthy choices about your food and beverages. We also believe that good food sometimes means treating yourself! We aim to make your life more pleasurable because our products not only taste better; but they are also more nutritious. Here we have listed some of the local sites that will provide you good local information about Nutrition, Health and Wellness. We will change and add to these addresses from time to time, so be sure to come back often to check on the links for Good Food, Good Life.

Nutrition

"I run a nutrition programme for the mothers of this pre-school. We address the nutritional requirements of the consumers through products such as Nespray Everyday, which is fortified with vitamin A and aimed at low-income families. We aim to give them a better understanding about nutrition, and to address a main nutritional deficiency in Sri Lanka vitamin A." Nadeesha Chandrasekera, Consumer Services Manager, NLPLC "I am really happy that I had the opportunity to participate in this nutrition programme at my childs pre-school. The information we received on general nutrition and its impact on our growing families is very important. It is a good thing for all of us that Nestl came here to conduct this programme, advising us on how we may provide healthy nutrition to our children. Today, even I was educated in my daughters school." Vasanthi Pathiraja (pictured with her daughter Vasitha)

Context

As the worlds leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company, with total Group sales of CHF 109 722 million, we believe that the future of our Company lies in helping people to eat a healthier diet, whether the problem is deficiency in vitamins and minerals at one end of the spectrum, or obesity at the other. These global challenges influence our initiatives to bring nutrition solutions to all segments of society. Key challenges include how to address those at the base of the income pyramid.
Our goals

Our Nutrition, Health and Wellness strategy, developed over 140 years, is based on our assessment that nutritional awareness and the desire for improved health and wellness will increasingly drive consumer choice. Using science-based solutions, we seek to improve quality of life through food and diet, contributing to the health and wellbeing of consumers, including those with specific nutritional needs and those at the base of the income pyramid through products with higher nutritional value at lower prices. We also aim to generate greater awareness, knowledge and understanding among consumers through clear, responsible communication. To help guide Nestl strategy in nutrition, the Nestl Nutrition Council a council of internationally recognised experts, chaired by Executive Vice President Werner Bauer meets regularly with Nestl management to consider key topics in nutrition relevant to Nestl business interests.
Our actions

We invest in continuous development and improvement in the nutrition profile of products in all categories and in the strengthening of our recipe database management for finer nutrition analysis and tracking. We continue to reduce the salt, sugar, trans fatty acid, saturated fat and artificial colourings they contain, adding more nutritious ingredients and beneficial micronutrients, providing appropriate portion guidance, and making nutritious, high-quality food affordable and available to lower-income consumers. We also ensure we sell and market infant formula responsibly, strictly following the World Health Organization (WHO) Code in developing countries. We advertise healthier products to children and have introduced new procedures and approval processes to regulate the Nutrition, Health and Wellness, environmental and sustainability claims of our brands.
Our performance

We continue to innovate and renovate products for nutrition or health considerations, in line with our own profiling criteria and reduction policies, and extended nutrition-based labelling on our product packaging. We increased employee training on nutritional knowledge and improved training of infant formula marketing staff. We also increased sales of our Popularly Positioned Products (PPPs) for lower-income consumers.
CSV summary:

Value for Nestl: deeper understanding of nutrition and health issues as well as fruitful collaborations with various stakeholders, both informing our innovation and renovation efforts, brand awareness and recognition; consumer loyalty; longterm enhanced growth, market share and profitability. Value for society: greater access to safe, high-quality, responsibly produced, nutritious food; greater knowledge of health issues, better understanding of how to use Nestl products as part of a healthy and enjoyable diet.

Water and environmental sustainability

Small changes can make a big difference. We have introduced bottles made from 25% recycled plastic, and through a partnership with GreenOps, which has built recycling stations in stores like this one, we encourage more people to recycle. Monique Mims, Senior Innovations Manager, Nestl Waters N.A., USA Recycling is one of our core values, going back 30 years when Whole Foods started. Its about caring what we do in our communities and says a lot about what we do as a company. We collect returned plastic bottles in the machines provided by our partner GreenOps, and they reprocess them. Tony Banuelos, Store Team Leader, Whole Foods Market, West Hollywood, LA, California, USA

Context

Globally, the combination of population growth, increasing affluence and lifestyle patterns are outstripping the planets ability to bear the effects of human activity. We believe that we are facing a serious water crisis in the coming years that will have serious consequences for food security. The food chain, from agriculture to manufacturing and consumption, contributes significantly to water quality and availability, climate change, energy use, biodiversity and soil quality, and air quality. At the same time, it is heavily dependent upon all these environmental resources. As an example, the availability and accessibility of fresh water already affects our business, and we also expect to see the consequences of climate change on our operations over the next decades.
Our goals

Our ambition is to produce tasty and nutritious food and beverages that also have the best environmental footprint, so we strive to continuously improve our operational efficiency and environmental performance. We apply a life cycle approach to assess the impacts of our own operations and those along the wider value chain from farm to fork, thereby contributing to a better future and Creating Shared Value to both Nestl and society.
Our actions

We invested over CHF 175 million in environmental sustainability programmes and initiatives during 2010. We continue to identify and implement projects to reduce our use of water, non-renewable energy and other natural resources, to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), to eliminate waste and to improve the environmental performance of our packaging. We also work alongside our suppliers to promote more sustainable practices in our supply chain, including the promotion of water stewardship. In 2010, we carried out pilot Biodiversity Assessments in our Nestl Waters Plant in Viladrau, Spain, which is located in a naturally protected environment as well as our confectionery plant in Fawdon, UK. With this action, we were among the first companies in Europe that engaged in such assessments on their premises.
Our performance

We continued to make improvements in our water consumption and CO2 emissions performance through reduced energy consumption following operational energy efficiency measures and a move towards renewable energy sources. More waste is being diverted from disposal to landfill and incinerators without energy recovery. Two additional manufacturing sites, in the UK, managed to find alternative uses for manufacturing by-products, thus diverting them from disposal to landfill or incineration without energy recovery. A continued focus on packaging optimisation remains a priority.

For more information, download the following documents:

Nestl Environmental Performance Indicators 2010 (xls, 70 Kb) Definitions and comments on Environmental Performance Indicators 2010 (pdf, 513 Kb)

CSV summary

Value for Nestl: continuously improving environmental performance; efficient operations; reduced risks; resource and cost savings; long-term availability of raw materials and water; sustainable, profitable growth. Value for society: raising of environmental standards; higher incomes; better standards of living; improved food security.

Meeting the body's nutritional needs

NESTL SONDALIS DIABETES: A complete liquid diet product for enteral tube feeding of patients with hyperglycaemia

The Nestl healthcare nutrition range of products offers complete nutritional solutions for people with specific illnesses, disease states or ageing-related nutritional needs. Our nutrition solutions are designed with the benefit of:

strong scientific research in-depth understanding of consumers and healthcare providers Nestl food expertise and nutritional focus.

For all products - including oral supplements - we strive to offer high quality and great tasting products that provide clinically proven benefits to those with special nutritional needs. Our expertise and reach includes retailers and healthcare organisations such as hospitals, nursing homes and home care services. We offer products to support six key healthcare areas: 1. Ageing care - Solutions that help maintain the functionality and independence of patients. We work with healthcare professionals to support early diagnosis of nutritional risk and intervention needs to address weight loss and age related disease issues. Brands include: Boost, Nutren, Resource. In addition, Nestl Nutrition has developed the Mini-Nutritional Assessment - a clinically supported screening tool to help assess an elderly persons nutritional status. Visit MNA elderly website 2. Critical care - gastro-intestinal and surgery With early use of specialized nutrition, the gut can better act as an immune organ and protective barrier to infection. This can dramatically change patient outcomes and reduce the length of hospital stays. Brands include: Impact, Peptamen.

3. Diabetes - A range of nutritional solutions to help patients more effectively manage diabetes and minimise common side effects. This means keeping blood glucose levels in the target range, controlling blood lipids and monitoring blood pressure to reduce the risk of complications. At the same time, people with diabetes are strongly advised to adopt a healthier lifestyle incorporating regular exercise, a balanced diet, reduced stress and no smoking. Brands include: Boost, Nutren, Resource. 4. Obesity - Nestl Nutrition developed the Optifast Programme as a comprehensive, medically monitored weight loss programme that is clinically proven to help people lose weight and keep it off for the long term. The programme combines the expertise of physicians, registered dieticians and behavioural counsellors with a high-quality, calorie-controlled, nutritional formula. Key brand: Optifast 5. Oncology - The incidence of malnutrition in cancer patients ranges from 40% to 80%; even a 5% loss in body weight can negatively affect a patients response to treatment and chances of recovery. Under the guidance of dieticians, the main objectives of nutritional support are to increase energy and nutrient intake, tackle problems which restrict food intake, and identify when further support measures are needed. Key brand: Resource. 6. Pediatrics - Our product range addresses the issue of eating disorders amongst young patients who cannot tolerate a standard diet or are recovering from an illness. In addition, within the hospital setting, we provide solutions for patients with severe allergy and gastro-intestinal impairment. Brands include: Alfar, Althra, Boost Kid Essentials, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Modulen, Peptamen Junior.

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The Nestl Health Science Vision

""Pioneering science-based nutritional solutions to deliver improved personalised health care for medical conditions"
Nestl Health Science is an innovative company driven by a pioneering vision. By creating a new model between the traditional food and pharma industries, it aims to shape a different approach to disease prevention and treatment designed for the modern age. Personalised health science nutrition has the opportunity to offer a compelling and cost effective solution to many of todays chronic and acute medical conditions and diseases, among them diabetes, Alzheimers, obesity and arteriosclerosis. These conditions and others, are placing an unsustainable burden, in care and cost, on healthcare systems, systems which are based on treating sick people rather than preventing illness. The Nestl Health Science vision encompasses a scientific base for personalised health science nutrition through developing deeper understanding of disease processes to inform and design nutrition plans and products. Through acquisitions such as Vitaflo, it extends to developing the first of many nutritional products tailored for those with specific genetic conditions. The Nestl Health Science vision also aims to support society by delivering a positive impact on peoples lives.