This list reflects activities through
SEPTEMBER 2011
nutrition in action
Best known for chocolate, Nestlé is far more than
that. You may not know that Nestlé is the world’s
largest food and beverage company with a
history of providing quality products supported
by an expertise in nutrition, health and wellness.
Nestlé is a Good
Food, Good Life
Company
Nestlé’s Pledge To Your Health
Good Food, Good Life is all about nutritious and
delicious products that can be enjoyed by every
Providing Nutritious,
member of the family and for every way of life.
Whether it’s a family dinner, holiday baking or a
Great-Tasting Food
quick lunch break, we provide a variety of portion
and calorie-controlled meals, low-fat offerings
and Beverages
and whole-grain products that taste good. We’re
committed to reducing sugar and sodium in many
Reducing Sodium, Fat and Sugar
of our products, and we provide easy-to-understand • NESTLÉ® LA LECHERA® Fat-Free Sweetened
nutritional information to help consumers make Condensed Milk has the same creamy, sweet taste
smart choices. as the original product without the fat.
• Containing half the sugar and half the calories
A Worldwide Leader In Health Science Nutrition
of sweetened condensed milks, NESTLÉ® LA
Nestlé is strongly committed to innovation through LECHERA® 50% Less Sugar is the condensed milk
product development. Nestlé S.A. has the world’s category’s only reduced sugar item.
largest privately funded nutrition research and
development organization, consisting of 28 research, • HÄAGEN-DAZS® Peach All Natural Low Fat Frozen
technology and product development centers Yogurt offers all the goodness of frozen yogurt
that employ more than 5,000 people. blended with fresh orchard peaches for a
delicious, wholesome indulgence crafted
We Make Products Better For You from all-natural ingredients.
Nestlé is continually working to make our • For those living with diabetes or controlling
products tastier and more nutritious. Here are their sugar intake, Nestlé offers a wide
just a few examples of how we’re leading the way variety of diabetic-friendly products,
in helping consumers embrace healthy lifestyles. including NESTLE® COFFEE-MATE® Sugar
Free Creamers, NESTLÉ® Hot Cocoa No Sugar
Added, Sugar Free NESTLÉ NIPS®, select LEAN
CUISINE® varieties, and more.
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Providing Nutritious,
Great-Tasting Food and Beverages (continued)
Offering Healthier Products
• The Power of Pumpkin is showcased in just one delicious serving of
LIBBY’S® 100% Pure Pumpkin, as it contains a rich source of nutrients
while being low in calories and fat, and is naturally sodium-free. This
American tradition, known for Thanksgiving pumpkin pie and other
indulgent holiday favorites, is now recognized for its superior nutrition
benefits.
• NESTLÉ® COFFEE-MATE® has introduced NESTLÉ COFFEE-MATE Offering pure, clean flavors
NATURAL BLISS™, the first all-natural flavored coffee creamer. NESTLÉ without distraction, the
COFFE-MATE is made of only four simple ingredients: milk, cream, HÄAGEN-DAZS® Five Ice
sugar and natural flavor, and comes in three delicious Cream features a lineup
flavors: Vanilla, Caramel and Sweet Cream. of flavors made with only
• NESTLÉ® RAISINETS® are sun-ripened, plump juicy five all-natural ingredients
California raisins tucked in rich creamy Nestlé Classic Milk and surprisingly less fat.
Chocolate or Dark Chocolate. RAISINETS have 30% less Available in Caramel,
fat than the leading chocolate brands, and 1/2 serving of Coffee, Lemon, Milk
fruit in every 1/2 cup serving. Chocolate, Mint, Strawberry
• NESTLÉ® Cranberry RAISINETS® are made with and Vanilla Bean.
100% whole, dried cranberries covered in Nestlé Milk
Chocolate. One quarter cup of these chocolate-
covered cranberries provides a half serving of
fruit. And, just like the original confection, these
chocolate-covered cranberries contain 30% less fat than
the leading chocolate brands and are also a natural source
of fruit antioxidants.
• DREYER’S and EDY’S® Fruit Bars brand introduces two powerful super fruit
flavors to its popular line of all-natural frozen snacks. Pomegranate and Acai
Blueberry are not only bursting with tart and tangy flavor, they
are packed with a healthy dose of
free radical-fighting antioxidants.
• FROSTY PAWS® Frozen Treats for
Dogs are fortified with high-quality
protein, vitamins and minerals that
help dogs stay on track for good health. With no added
sodium, sugar, artificial flavors or artificial colors, dogs can enjoy
the Original or Peanut Butter flavor for a cool, nutritious treat.
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Providing Nutritious,
Great-Tasting Food and Beverages (continued)
Adding
Whole Grains
Offering • The most recent example of Nestlé’s dedication to
offering sound nutrition balanced with great taste is
Healthy Beverages STOUFFER’S® FARMERS’ HARVEST®. The FARMERS’
HARVEST line includes family size meals and individual
• NESTLÉ® JUICY JUICE® Sparking servings of classic but updated favorites like Macaroni
Fruit Juice Beverage contains no & Cheese and Lasagna. FARMERS’ HARVEST
added sugar, artificial colors or provides added nutrition that comes from high-quality
flavors. The beverage blends 70% ingredients such as sea salt, olive oil, real cheese, whole
real fruit juice with 30% water and grains and vegetables.
is lightly carbonated, which results • BUITONI® refrigerate asis on the nutritional
in fewer calories and a reduction value of whole grains, with some pasta
in sugar when compared to soda made with 100% whole durum wheat
or other juice beverages. flour, which contains 4-6 gms of fiber per
• NESTLÉ® NESQUIK® products serving. In addition, over 33 of our varieties
encourage children and adults alike to get are available as All Natural.
the important nutrients they need from milk. • LEAN POCKETS® brand sandwiches offer
NESQUIK Powder has 25% less sugar than the 12 delicious varieties Made with a Whole
leading syrup and is a good source of calcium, Grain crust. Each sandwich offers at least
vitamin C and other essential nutrients. The 16 grams of whole grain per serving, 8 grams of fat or
Ready-to-Drink variety comes in six delicious less, and 270 calories or less.
flavors and is easy to drink on the go.
NESQUIK 100 Calorie No Sugar Added Lowfat
Chocolate Milk delivers a delicious portion-
controlled option that has 40% fewer calories
than other low-fat flavored milks.
Adding Benefits
• NESTLÉ NIDO® is a
• NESTLÉ® COFFEE-MATE® offers sugar free,
nutritional milk powder that
low-fat and fat free varieties. Great taste never
addresses the developmental
had so many options.
needs of children by age
group and growth stage.
NESTLÉ NIDO 1+, tailored
towards children ages
1-3 years, contains
PREBIO 1, a prebiotic
that helps support
a child’s healthy
digestive system.
NIDO 1+ also contains
vitamins and minerals,
plus a great honey taste.
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Providing Nutritious,
Great-Tasting Food and Beverages (continued)
Providing Solutions
for Portion-Control
• SKINNY COW™ has introduced
four new delightfully delicious and
satisfying treats that are low in
calories. SKINNY COW DREAMY
CLUSTERS are bite-sized treats with
crunchy crisps, drenched in creamy caramel and covered in
either rich milk chocolate or decadent dark chocolate. SKINNY
COW HEAVENLY CRISP candy bars are delicate wafers, layered
with either smooth peanut butter or chocolate crème, and
drenched in a luscious chocolatey coating.
• Many Nestlé confections such as NESTLÉ® CRUNCH® Bar,
BUTTERFINGER® Bar and WONKA® candy are available in
smaller “fun” or miniature sizes. These individually wrapped,
bite-sized snacks offer the same great taste as the regular
products, but in portion-controlled pieces LEAN CUISINE®
with fewer calories.
products are
• In a perfectly portioned size, the HÄAGEN-DAZS® brand delicious, portion–
offers HÄAGEN-DAZS All Natural Single Serve Cups in low controlled entrees.
fat frozen yogurt and fat free sorbet. These same delectable
Whether it’s freshly
all-natural frozen treats you love from the HÄAGEN-DAZS
brand, but in a perfect 3.6 oz. individual size.
steamed dinners,
savory Asian-style
• DREYER’S and EDY’S® SLOW CHURNED® Light Ice Cream Snack Size
cuisine, or hearty
Cups dish up half the fat and a third fewer calories than regular ice
cream in a perfectly-portioned individual serving.
comfort food, we
have a delicious
• The SKINNY COW™ line of low-fat ice cream snacks offers
solution for every
ice cream sandwiches, cones and bars, including SKINNY
craving. There are
COW Truffle Bar, available in French Vanilla, Chocolate, White Mint
and Caramel flavors. These are drizzled with chocolate ribbons for over 120 varieties
a rich taste and just 100 portion-controlled calories per bar. to choose from,
so you’re sure to
• The NESTLÉ DRUMSTICK® brand introduces the sweet and
timeless flavors of s’mores and caramel to its popular lineup of find more than
snack size Nestlé Drumstick Lil’ Drums sundae one favorite.
cones. Each fun-filled carton comes with ten cones that are
120 calories or less.
• Loaded with real fruit and Vitamin C, DREYER’s and EDY’S®
Snack Size Fruit Bars make it easy to snack healthier. Available
in a 1.5 oz. snack size, these frozen delights are low in calories
(50 calories each) and big on flavor.
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Providing Nutrition
Information and More
Nestlé recognizes that maintaining a healthy lifestyle
requires making smart decisions – both big and
small. That’s why we make a wide range of nutrition
and health information easy to access through our
nutrition labels, tools, website and more.
Nestlé NUTRITIONAL COMPASS™
Nestlé has recently enhanced our NUTRITIONAL of Nestlé packages worldwide, is designed to be a clear,
COMPASS system to help consumers make more transparent labeling guide that goes beyond simply
informed choices about a healthy balanced diet and listing figures to help consumers choose not only a
lifestyle. The NUTRITIONAL COMPASS, found on 97% healthier, but also a tastier product.
Nutritional Labeling
Nestlé offers on-package information that provides consumers
with relevant, easy-to-understand nutrition information.
60/40+
Nestlé invests in continuous product innovation and
renovation through our unique 60/40+ testing process
to improve the taste and nutritional value of our
products. The program has two objectives: preference
of at least 60% of consumers in a blind taste test against
competitors, and an added nutritional “plus.”
Commitment to
Nutrition, Health & Wellness
HEALTHY STEPS FOR The program is part of the Nestlé
HEALTHY LIVES™ Healthy Kids Global Program – a
Nestlé in the United States has larger global commitment by
partnered with the National Education Nestlé to create shared value
Association (NEA) – the nation’s through nutrition, health and
largest professional educators’ wellness awareness among school
organization – to expand our nutrition age children.
and physical activity resources for basis. As a leadership partner, we
teachers. The HEALTHY STEPS FOR Feeding America have donated 154 million pounds of
HEALTHY LIVES program provides a Nestlé USA plants and distribution food, gave $700,000 through cause
variety of fun, easy-to-use instructional centers work with local Feeding marketing programs, and held food
activities that teach K-3 students America-affiliated food banks to drives and volunteer events across the
about being healthy. supply products on an ongoing country.
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Commitment to
Nutrition, Health & Wellness (continued)
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation
Nestlé USA has joined a coalition of retailers, food
and beverage manufacturers and non-governmental
organizations for the Healthy Weight Commitment
Foundation (HWCF), a national, multi-year effort
designed to help reduce obesity – especially childhood
obesity – by 2015. HWCF promotes the concept of
energy balance – balancing calories consumed as
part of a healthy diet with calories expended by
physical activity – to consumers in the marketplace,
to employees through workplace programs and to
children in schools. For more information, go to http://
www.healthyweightcommit.org.
Together Counts
Together Counts™ is a nationwide program we’re
sponsoring to encourage more active and healthy
living. The idea is to balance meals with activities – and
do them together.
The program’s mission is to give people across the
country simple and fun ways to get active and healthy Produce for Better Health
together; to create a lively community where teams LEAN CUISINE® has joined the Produce for Better
can unite for their common good, and share their wins Health (PBH) Foundation and is a proud supporter
with one another; to create a program where members of the Fruits & Veggies – More Matters® initiative. The
can strengthen their relationships through an online brand represents a national health initiative aimed at
experience that joins active bodies with healthy bonds. helping consumers to easily incorporate more fruits
and vegetables into their daily meals. In simple, user-
Children's' Food & Beverage
friendly ways, the website for the Fruits & Veggies—
Advertising Initiative
More Matters initiative offers
Nestlé USA is a member of the
expert cooking advice, nutrition
Children’s Food and Beverage
information and shopping tips.
Advertising Initiative (CFBAI).
As part of our pledge, we only Sodium Reduction
advertise healthier dietary choices to children between Nestlé USA has been steadily reducing sodium levels
the ages of six and eleven, such as NESTLÉ® JUICY across brands, while simultaneously improving the
JUICE and some varieties of NESTLÉ NESQUIK
® ® ®
nutritional and taste profiles of our products. Nestlé
flavored milk. Nestlé does not advertise or market to has committed to decrease the sodium content in
children under six on a global basis. our products by another 10% by the year 2015. This
initiative includes our STOUFFER’S®, LEAN CUISINE®,
BUITONI®, HOT POCKETS® and LEAN POCKETS®
brands, which will undergo gradual but steady recipe
changes in order to bring down sodium levels without
impacting taste.
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