Knowra Henri Nestlé Henri Nestlé Henri Nestlé (1814–1890) was a German-born Swiss confectioner and entrepreneur who developed an infant food and founded the company that became Nestlé.
Farine Lactée : A milk-based infant food developed by Henri Nestlé in the 1860s from cow’s milk, wheat flour, and sugar. This was the product whose success established Nestlé’s business.
Infant formula : A manufactured substitute for human breast milk designed to meet an infant’s nutritional needs. Farine Lactée was an early commercial infant food in this broader category.
George Page : An American businessman who co-founded the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company with his brother Charles. The Page brothers built the principal rival to Nestlé’s early infant-food company.
Nestlé logo : The emblem of a bird feeding its young in a nest, adapted from the Nestlé family coat of arms. The company’s name and imagery draw directly on Henri Nestlé’s surname and family emblem.
Nestlé : A multinational food and drink company founded in Switzerland in the nineteenth century. Nestlé’s infant-food venture became the company bearing his surname.
Breastfeeding : The feeding of an infant with milk produced by the human breast. Nestlé promoted his product as an alternative when breastfeeding was unavailable or unsuccessful.
Julius Maggi : A Swiss entrepreneur who founded a food company known for soups, seasonings, and convenience products. Maggi represents the contemporaneous growth of branded, factory-made foods in Switzerland.
Food industry : The businesses involved in producing, processing, distributing, and selling food. Nestlé helped pioneer packaged, branded foods made for international markets.
Vevey : A Swiss town on Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud. Nestlé established his infant-food factory in Vevey.
Cow's milk : Milk produced by cattle and consumed as food by humans. It supplied the milk component of Nestlé’s infant food.
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