Nestlé is the largest manufacturer of consumer goods worldwide. Headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, it employs around 270,000 people, manages over 200 brands, and has a presence in 188 countries.
The company began in 1866 when brothers George and Charles Page founded the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. Around the same time, Henry Nestlé — a pharmacist’s apprentice — developed a breakthrough infant formula, which he hoped would curtail the nation’s worryingly high infant death rate.
In the following years, his milk-based baby food became an international success. The two companies merged in 1905 to form what we now know as the Nestlé Group.
In 2023, Nestlé reported mammoth sales of 93 billion CHF (Swiss Franc). Here’s a rundown of the group’s entire brand portfolio, which includes:
Bottled Drinks
Cereal
Chocolate, Confectionary, and Ice-Cream
Coffee and Other Hot Beverages
Pet Food/ Products
Food Cupboard/ Frozen Food
Supplements
Baby Products
Bottled Drinks
Acqua Panna
Acqua Pann is a brand of natural mineral water with a heritage that dates back to 1564. Originating from the rolling hills of Tuscany, Acqua Pann’s water — which is bottled at the source — is known for its unique flavor profile. As such, it has become the product of choice for chefs, sommeliers, and consumers worldwide.
Buxton
Buxton is a natural mineral water brand, which bottles water at the source in the historic spa town of Buxton, England. The brand was established in the 1870s and acquired by Nestlé in 1992. Today, it sells both still and sparkling bottled water.
Contrex
Contrex is a French brand of mineral water, which was acquired in 1992 by Nestlé Waters.
Boost
Boost is a nutritional drinks brand that offers a range of nutrient-rich drinks to support its customers’ varying health and wellness goals. Its products include high-protein nutrition, everyday nutrition, diabetes-friendly nutrition, and high-calorie nutrition. The brand was founded in Leeds, England, in 2001 and acquired by Nestlé in 2006.
Other bottled water brands owned by Nestlé include:
Erikli
Essentia
Henniez
Hepar
La Vie
Impact
Levissima
Nałęczowianka
Nestea
Nestle Pure Life
Perrier
S. Pelligrino
Vittel
Cereal
GO-FREE Corn Flakes
Launched in 2014, Nestlé’s GO-FREE Corn Flakes is a brand of gluten-free cereal, containing five essential vitamins and made with no artificial colors or flavors.
Cheerios
Cheerios is a popular brand of multigrain breakfast cereal, which was first introduced under the name “Cheerioats” in 1941. In the UK, Cheerios are marketed by Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand, while in the U.S. and Canada, the brand is manufactured and marketed by General Mills.
Chocapic
Founded in 1984, Chocapic is a chocolate-flavored whole-grain breakfast cereal sold across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Cini Minis or Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Founded in 1983, this brand of ultra-crunchy, cinnamon-flavored cereal is known as Cini Minis across Europe and Latin America, Croque-Cannelle in France, Cinnamon Toast Crunch in the U.S., and Curiously Cinnamon in the UK. The product is manufactured and marketed by both General Mills and Nestlé.
Other cereal brands owned by Nestlé include:
Fitness
Koko Crunch
Nesquik
Starbucks Coffee at Home
Shredded Wheat Original
Coffee and Other Hot Beverages
Blue Bottle Coffee
Blue Bottle Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster with cafes in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, as well as in China and Japan. It sells a range of coffee and coffee products online, including brew tools and drinkware.
Blue Bottle Coffee also offers a subscription service, which coffee lovers can tailor to their preferences. The coffee beans are roasted daily to order in small batches and shipped to customers directly from the roastery.
Other coffee brands owned by Nestlé include:
NesCafe
Nespresso
Milo
Roastelier
Chocolate, Confectionary, and Ice Cream
Aero
Aero launched in 1935, selling the world’s first-ever bubbly chocolate. Today, the brand’s melt-in-the-mouth products include Aero Melts sharing bags, standard chocolate bars, chocolate mousses, and hot chocolate and mocha powders.
Although Aero products were only on sale to U.S. consumers for a short period in the 1980s, the brand remains hugely popular overseas. In 2024, for example, Aero was voted one of the most popular chocolate bars in the UK.
Antica Gelateria Del Corso
Antica Gelateria Del Corso uses only the finest Italian ingredients to produce an extensive range of authentic gelato and sorbet. The brand was founded in Parma in the early 20th century by Giuseppe Tanara, a young man with an unparalleled passion for ice cream making.
To this day, the brand maintains Tanara’s commitment to perfection, continually fine-tuning its recipes and introducing new products.
Baci Perugina
Baci (meaning “kisses”) Perugina is an Italian brand of chocolate, which was developed in Perugia, Italy in 1922 by confectionery entrepreneur, Luisa Spagnoli. Today, it sells a range of milk, dark, and white chocolates, each filled with the brand’s rich chocolate-hazelnut filling and a whole hazelnut and finished with a double coating of chocolate.
Cailler
Founded by François-Louis Caille in 1819, Cailler is Switzerland’s oldest chocolate brand. The chocolatier operated independently for many decades before being acquired by Nestlé in 1929. Today, it sells a range of souvenir chocolates, chocolate bars, pralines, biscuits, and baking chocolate.
Drumstick
Drumstick manufactures a variety of frozen dessert-filled ice cream cones. The brand was founded almost by accident when I.C Parker, a candy factory worker, accidentally dropped an ice cream cone he was eating into a vat of chocolate, after which he retrieved it and placed it onto a counter covered in peanuts. The resulting product earned its brand name thanks to its resemblance to a chicken drumstick.
Other confectionary, chocolate, and ice cream brands owned by Nestlé include:
Extreme
Haagen-Dazs
Hsu Fu Chi
KitKat
La Laitiere
Lion Cereal
Maxibon
Milkybar
Movenpick
Munch
Nestle Cui Cui Shark
Nestle Les Recettes de l’Atelier
Orion
Quality Street
Smarties
Toll House
Garoto
Pet Care
Nestlé’s pet care brands are marketed and manufactured by its subsidiary, Purina PetCare.
Alpo
Since its inception in 1936, this dog food brand has focused on developing simple and nutritious dog food. Today, it sells a range of wet and dry food made with high-quality protein sources and produced only in U.S. facilities.
Dentalife
Dentalife is a brand of dental dog chews. Its products are designed to help owners introduce a proper oral care routine for their pets, which can contribute to them living an overall healthier life.
Dog Chow
Founded in 1926, Dog Chow is a brand of dog food. The brand’s dry and wet dog food recipes offer 100% complete and balanced nutrition for adult dogs using high-quality protein and no fillers.
Bakers
Bakers is a brand of dog food that produces dry food for puppies, adult dogs, small dogs, and senior dogs, as well as a range of dog treats. Bakers products are nutritionally balanced for a dog’s daily needs and have no added artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.
Beggin’
Beggin’ is a brand of dog food. Its dog treats, which are designed to look, smell, and taste like bacon, are made with real meat in U.S. facilities. Available flavors include original bacon, pizza, and loaded bacon and cheese fries.
Busy Bone
Busy Bone is a brand of dog food that produces dog chew treats, including easily digestible rawhide alternatives and long-lasting beef hide chew bones. Its products contain real meat and are made with no artificial FD&C colors.
Cat Chow
Cat Chow is voted the #1 dry cat food brand in America. It sells a range of dry cat food products that cater to cats of all ages and pets with sensitive stomachs, hairballs, joint problems, and compromised immune systems. All Cat Chow products are packed with nutrients, including real protein and essential vitamins and minerals.
Other pet food brands owned by Nestlé include:
Fancy Feast
Felix
Friskies
Gourmet
Lily’s Kitchen
Merrick
Pro Plan Veterinary Diets
Purina
Purina Pro Plan
Tidy Cats
Supercoat
Terra Canis
Food Cupboard, Frozen Food, Supplements, and Baby Products
Buitoni
In 1827, Giulia Buitoni and her husband, Giovan Battista Buitoni, opened a small pasta shop in Sansepolcro, Italy, quickly attracting buyers from afar. Today, the brand’s product range includes pasta, sauces, pestos, and grated cheese.
Carnation
Carnation was founded by Swiss-born Johann Baptist Meyenberg in 1899 after he emigrated to the U.S. to pursue his business dream. Founded as the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company, Carnation’s first product was canned evaporated milk.
Nestlé acquired the Carnation Company in 1984 and later brought all of its milk products under the Carnation brand name. Today, it sells original, vegan, and fat-free condensed milk and a range of dessert sauces, caramels, evaporated milk, and creams.
Compleat
Compleat is a nutritionally complete formula made with real fruit and vegetable ingredients and a delicious fruity flavor for tube feeding or drinking. It is the only nutritionally complete solution that contains ingredients derived from food.
Compleat launched its first blenderized tube-feeding formula in 1971 and now produces 16 formulas designed to support a wide range of nutritional applications.
Coffee Mate
Coffee Mate is a lactose and cholesterol-free creamer designed to make coffee richer, smoother, and creamier. Coffee Mate’s product range includes liquids, powders, and concentrates, as well as reduced fat and sugar-free options.
DiGiorno
DiGiorno was introduced by Kraft Foods in 1995, selling a range of frozen pizzas with a doughy crust that rose when baked. Providing a welcome change to flat, crunchy pizza crusts, to which consumers had previously been limited, DiGiorno became the top-selling frozen pizza brand in the U.S. within three years.
The brand was acquired by Nestlé in 2010 for $3.7 billion in cash. Today, its product range includes rising crust, stuffed crust, croissant crust, thin crust, Detroit-style, and gluten-free pizzas.
Other food cupboard/frozen food brands owned by Nestlé include:
Garden Gourmet
Gerber
Hot Pockets
Lean Cuisine
Life Cuisine
Maggi
Minor’s
Thomy
Stouffer’s
Sweet Earth
Supplements
Vital Proteins
Founded in 2013 by Kurt Seidensticker, Vital Proteins is one of the nation’s most popular collagen brands, designed to support healthy skin, hair, nails, bones, and joints. Its product range includes Collagen Peptides for hair, skin, and nails, Marine Collagen to promote youthful skin, and Collagen Creamer, which is added to coffee.
Nestlé acquired a majority stake in Vital Proteins in 2020 and completed the final acquisition in 2022. The brand continues to run out of Chicago, Illinois. Other supplements brands owned by Nestlé include:
Vitaflo
Peptamen
Garden of Life
Nature’s Bounty
Persona
Resource
Solgar
Baby Products
Cerelac
Cerelac is a brand of instant wheat-based cereal. Its products serve as supplementary food for infants aged 6-24 months, providing essential nutrients to aid growth and development when milk is no longer the sole item in a child’s diet.
Other baby product brands owned by Nestlé include:
NaturNes
Nido
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