These are the people who are directly responsible:<p><a href="https://www.nestle.com/investors/corporate-governance/management/board-directors" rel="nofollow">https://www.nestle.com/investors/corporate-governance/manage...</a><p>Directors at Nestlé and their other associations:<p>- Paul Bulcke: L'Oréal, Roche Holding<p>- U. Mark Schneider: None listed<p>- Henri de Castries: HSBC Holdings, Saint-Gobain<p>- Dick Boer: None listed<p>- Kimberly A. Ross: PQ Group Holdings, Chubb Ltd<p>- Dinesh Paliwal: Bristol Myers Squibb, Raytheon Technologies<p>- Patrick Aebischer: Lonza Group, Logitech<p>- Kasper Rorsted: Siemens AG, Bertelsmann<p>- Lindiwe Majele Sibanda: None listed<p>- Anna Richell: None listed<p>- Eva Cheng: None listed<p>- Renato Fassbind: Swiss Re, Kühne+Nagel International
What is the motivation behind pouring tons of sugar into almost every food? Is it to change people’s tastes and make them addicted so they eat even more sugary? I am always shocked how much added sugar is put into foods where you wouldn’t expect sugar.
What I would like to know here is whether the suggested serving amounts in those countries are adjusted, as well.<p>Sugar is bad for our health, sure, but it's not like it is rat poison. It gives easily digestible calories and in a product like baby formula, where you have defined amounts of that product to consume every day, "added sugars" in a vacuum does not seem to be such a big problem to me.
I never bought a Nestle product in ages but is this worse than what coco-cola (pepsi, etc), lays and MLM companies like Amway do?<p>I saw kids as small as 7-8yr old drinking sugary drinks and eating lays on their way to school. Manufacturers to advertising firms to media companies all should be hanged for what they have done to kids
>The Nido brand is trusted by mothers, <i>with a taste that kids love.</i><p><a href="https://www.nestle.com/brands/baby-foods/nido" rel="nofollow">https://www.nestle.com/brands/baby-foods/nido</a>
Happened to be reading a book called "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us"<p>Nestle is one of the major players in the book. So this news is probably not a surprise for people around the food industry.<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked/dp/0812982193" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked/dp/08129...</a>
Nestlé is the only company (and its child companies) I’m actively trying to boycott because of their history. Many have told me to quit making it hard for myself (it’s not even hard) and that it was long time ago they acted in a hostile matter. But this shows me how they are still the same shitty company.
That's how you destroy their beautiful genes, by creating addictions to non-healthy food, you'll end up with a population with serious health issues and more importantly.. precious teeth<p>I wish they let them know and i wish they enforce a ban on these products and start to develop a local brand that cares about its people
These are the same people that convinced 3rd-world mothers to feed their babies freely provided formula until their breast milk dried up, and then the formula ran out, and they could not afford more, and their babies starved to death.
Twenty two years ago I tasted a Nestle candy and found it contained caffeine (except being excessively sweety). It was placed between regular candies in order to fool and addict customers. I never ever bought a nestle product since
I still stand by the fact that quitting sugar was the hardest addiction I’ve ever had to overcome - more so than even nicotine. I had to chew doublebubble sugar gum to ween myself off the dependance. Best choice I’ve ever made.
Guess, it has to do with profit margin. To be price competitive and also make a huge profit, sugar is added as a filler. Sugar is cheap compared to other ingredients may be. Added sugar varies by countries.
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Nothing to do with tech or tech industry.<p>More to the point... "The results, <i>and examination of product packaging</i>, revealed added sugar". So basically Nestle puts sugar in the products exactly as it says, in a way that's completely legal and visible to consumers, and some random NGO thinks EU regulations should apply to the entire world. How is this news at all, of any kind? Guardian is basically breitbart of the left, please don't post propaganda.
Nobody reads content, are we really that degenerate in 2024? Or just think a little dammit (this is pre-made artificial product and not just 100% extract from some mother's breasts, so variations to content and quality are to be expected). I know this is about south hemisphere but those folks aren't magically mentally disabled, they can read and grok same stuff we up here do.<p>I mean yes, these food corporations are evil in same ways pharma is evil in maximizing extracted money from their customers. Every single business is doing this in some way, the limit is normally law and law so far allows this. We all know law is imperfect, catches up slowly, can be corrupted.<p>This means, and always meant, that parents should actually be effin' parents and go that extra mile and check what they are putting in kids mouths. 'We have no time' excuse I call BS, just manage your phone/TV/gaming addiction and learn a bit instead, there lies a problem. Critical thinking. Expecting world will magically take care of you and solve your concerns/problems.<p>In many parts of western Europe, food is not just a necessity and afterthought, but one of main focuses in one's life. Preparing it is often ritual that puts together family, a lot of attention is put into its quality, and not quantity. Self-cooked meals are on average much healthier than pre-done.<p>Boycotting some evil company X will just move you to company Y, and if you look these corporations own most of the market [1], rather educate people around you, be an example and push those few political buttons that are there.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=nestle+company+graph" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=nestle+company+graph</a>
> Nestlé, the world’s largest consumer goods company, adds sugar and honey to infant milk and cereal products sold in many poorer countries, contrary to international guidelines aimed at preventing obesity and chronic diseases, a report has found.<p>So they've done nothing illegal and people are free to buy another product.<p>Why is this even news?<p>> WHO guidelines for the European region say no added sugars or sweetening agents should be permitted in any food for children under three. While no guidance has been specifically produced for other regions, researchers say the European document remains equally relevant to other parts of the world.<p>So "researchers" wrote this article because Nestle sells a product that the WHO disagrees with? Who fucking cares? It's sugar.
Nestle has been murdering infants for a long time: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal</a>
Added sugar leads to overweight and obesity. But can’t you be healthy at any weight? Not every overweight human needs to lose weight. And it’s probably ok to have a little sugar, even if you’re a small child, if it’s part of a balanced diet