Nestlé to Help Start-ups Developing Dairy Alternative

Nestlé announced that it would host start-ups that aim to develop dairy alternatives, saying the company will open a research and development center in Konolfingen, Switzerland for “start-ups, students and scientists”.

The group plans to test sustainable dairy products and encourage plant-based, vegetarian alternatives.

Mark Schneider, chief executive said “innovation in milk products and plant-based dairy alternatives is core to Nestle’s portfolio strategy.”

Nestlé has already unveiled a vegetable-based milk that had been developed with the process, and Stefan Palzer, technical director, announced it planned to focus on 100-200 such projects a year.

The company aims to provide “expertise and key equipment such as small to medium-scale production equipment to facilitate the rapid upscaling of products for a test launch in a retail environment,”

Nestlé said in a statement “As a company, we have set ambitious climate goals. This is part of our promise to develop products that are good for you and good for the planet,”