Nestlé: 150 Years of Food Industry Dominance

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Nestlé is a Swiss transnational food and drink company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world. Nestlé's products include baby food, medical food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. Twenty-nine of Nestlé's brands have annual sales of over $1 billion, including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer's, Vittel, and Maggi.
Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1866 by brothers George and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé. The company grew significantly during the First World War and again following the Second World War, expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products.
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[@simontrebel87]

Also, when you buy Nestle pure life water you're basically purchasing your own tap water

[@nizarr21]

😂😂😂

[@jazuzzle]

*when you have very fresh tap water:*

[@xlivtheman]

Well the bottle is where the value is... If you call that value.

[@WebEvolve]

@@xlivtheman they are such cheap bottles too tho😂😂

[@sachin2842]

@@WebEvolve lol 😆

[@Kenckaplus]

So at first they "wanted to save lives" and "ended up making profits". Then they "wanted to make profits" and "ended up destroying lives".

[@samikshasinha7821]

It all depends on who the leader is. Earlier who started the company was more inclined towards solving a problem. Eventually when leadership changed the company shifted from a people driven company to a profit driven company. It all depends on the person who has the authority.

[@CN-dl2cj]

Boycott all things Nestle. Their chocolate sucks anyway

[@outofthisworld6305]

blame the govt of those poor places.

[@humbledreamer88]

overcame by greed

[@biseboy9062]

Actually it is us who is responsible for this whole mess. I mean we are buying right;)

[@NSS7]

Nestle is so dominant here in Malaysia. Milo and Nescafe drink is available in 95% restaurant around the country. Maggi is default name for every instant noodle.

[@sulibreaks]

Wow, interesting to see origin of the company was based on trying to solve a moral problem [infant mortality]. Think there is a great lesson to be had there!

[@ssj7gokurpg]

Either you die the hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

[@powerist209]

Something like not bothering with lack of clean running water in poor countries, and "let's sell it without any precautions or water cleaning equipment" attitude for greed statement.

[@joecaner]

The vision of the founder of the company put Nestlé into that business and demands of capitalism to maximize profits combined with the human propensity for moral flexibility led to the death of third world children...

[@RKthehedgehog]

Joe Caner Ironic how a company founded based on a solution of a moral dilemma became said moral dillemma controversy

[@jeremybeau4946]

And now they want to privatize water...

[@edfoster792]

I really appreciate that you were straight forward about their human rights abuses. We need to be more honest about how inhuman our companies are. This is a great channel.

[@MisterCOM]

Ed Foster it doesnt matter

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

MISTER why ? you are clearly not the one starving right ?

[@fatimanoorahmad8720]

If each one of us owned some lands growing our things and eating from there this world would be much better for many reasons! All these factories and industries dont match with human mindset and way of life! They match more with evil! Honestly! Lets see the truth! Too much food poisoning mind control attempts etc! They just want to rule the world and control humans! You know the motherfucking new world order! They want us to forget about God and start worshippig shaytan! Audhu billah! But God justice will come! And when it will come all these evil people that worship shaytaan and money will wish to be just a dust in the wind inshallah!

[@mukkaar]

Eh, that's why they are big. Being ethical is costs more. I mean who actually thinks companies can do a right thing in face of profits. Sometimes they do the right thing, but it's almost always because because in that situation it's more profitable move. Either to get good pr, market changing or being forced to do so and then spinning it as them being saints.

[@insectbite1714]

@@MisterCOM you are not a human right -Nesle CEO

[@sallybugs1695]

WW1 and 2 were great years for billionaires

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodh4700]

malcolm X and shit for the rest of us. Just like most major world events

[@vayiyomo7178]

this comment is underrated

[@yaujj65]

Maybe the communists have a point

[@thomi_therussia5344]

Except for belgium,dutch,French,danish,norweigan,yugoslavian,greek and polish. But yeah American and British had a jolly good time.

[@Snusnu2977]

2020 too

[@starlit2]

how on earth they were able to absorb so many companies is beyond me

[@emilydioptase]

M O N E Y

[@user-ed2yh9kp7d]

money creates money

[@1996Pinocchio]

They just buy it.

[@cristiangeorgescu2798]

150 years and I think all people eat ?

[@Daxtely]

The graphic with all the logos and brands was really eye opening.... 0:20

[@Hussainalmajed]

So their policy is simply make more money at any cost and buy more competing companies while you still can to expand the brand.

[@peteradamson5160]

Business is still business. Make profit by any means necessary

[@ersia87]

It is sad that that is what people growing up today think is the given purpose of any bussiness, including me. When I was younger I couldn't imagine a different goal of creating a bussiness than making profit and expanding indefinitely, no no.

[@peteradamson5160]

Even the most "forward-thinking" companies will exploit for profit when given the chance

[@Hussainalmajed]

Kino Kino otherwise, they'd go bankrupt.

[@peteradamson5160]

hahaha, that's true

[@AnalyticalMenace]

I just wanna say...this channel is great! I subscribed to you guys a while ago because I love learning about stuff like this. Regardless of what one thinks about the companies being discussed, this type of history is fascinating to learn about. Please keep making more videos about huge companies like this. I've been to many other channels on KZbin and none of them are doing anything like this yet. You guys are definitely onto something here!

[@robertoalmanza7834]

I'm not the only one that thought the music was kind of sad right?

[@theblukatlife]

Roberto Almanza Because is a sad story of business. They became so powerful because wars and death. Isn't sad

[@idkartist]

Yhea, I tried to make it have ups and downs, but overall I didn't want to make it too happy, mostly because the child slavery bit at the end wouldn't fit too well with cheery music >_>

[@NESPOWERGLOVE]

Wars, death, labor, and controversy. This nailed it on the head, and by the end of the video the music was more than fitting.

[@PersonalJesus97]

this is the dumbest question of all time.

[@TheLightningZap]

because Nestle is a sad company

[@seanlewis3381]

Ever since I heard their CEO say humans don't have a right to drinking water I have avoiding any and ALL Nestle products. That i know off.

[@canuck21]

We have to wake up people, some states in the US don't even allow citizens to collect rain water from their own backyard! Have you heard anything so outrageous? Fucking rain water. Nobody has the right to claim nature, that belongs to all of us, yet the elites are taking possession of it and nobody cares. Let's worry about gender pronouns instead because that concerns so many of us, sigh.

[@john_smith_john]

that's bullshit canuck, what the hell are they going to do to stop you? gullible moron.

[@canuck21]

+John Smith Stay in denial forever moron, you're their ideal citizen. The law on collecting water is very old, but the governments can chose to enforce this when water will be scarce for the benefits of corporations. Right now Wall Street is investing in water because they see something coming. www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/03/24/it-is-actually-illegal-in-colorado-to-collect-the-rain-that-falls-on-your-home/?.3b0bf32639bb vintagevalueinvesting.com/how-to-invest-in-water-like-michael-burry-from-the-big-short/ www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/business/energy-environment/private-water-projects-lure-investors-preferably-patient-ones.html

[@MisterCOM]

John Smith a couple of years ago somebody got prison time for it hapoend in comiefornia i believe

[@andreia157157]

water is not a human rigth.

[@themonkeyhand]

95% of those brands are junk food... now that I take a second look make that 99%

[@MisterCOM]

themonkeyhand sources plox i am prety sure that their healtcare products are more then 1%

[@darkstatehk]

My middle finger has been performing exceptionally well over the years and is certainly a market leader in its field. The forecast is that my middle finger will continue to prosper, gaining a lead on my other fingers. Hopefully Nestle will acquire my middle finger soon.

[@maxchenmusterhausen5311]

Nestle is sadly one of the most evil corporations on this planet - and this is saying alot considering that most corporations are like this. But they continue to take the cake - their own of course, it needs to be nestle cake.

[@breakerdawn8429]

Mäxchen Musterhausen Tell me what can we even do it's too big of a company if somehow it went bankrupt it could literally send the entire economy of the world into the ground .Plus tons of job will be loss as well

[@wadatamana]

FEAR-MONGERING IS IN ACTION...

[@Lhama666]

@@breakerdawn8429 expropriation

[@M3rtyville]

I found out that Bill Gates owns shares from Nestle and Monsanto. How do people trust him to save us from Corona? He wants to vaccinate and digitalize the entire world.

[@angelopalmiery666]

I want to commend the transparency of all your videos great job!

[@jonrussell1690]

I love these!!! I didn’t know all this about Nestle. Very informative. Keep doing these because they are pretty informative and knowledgeable.

[@wheatonrecurrence9525]

Your videos never disappoint. Keep em coming! Please!

[@brendanpope6203]

Dude, I love your videos. Hope we get a whole lot more over the summer.

[@amberleaf7]

I've been boycotting them for several years now, since I became educated on the issues. It feels great, and although they still sell their products to those who don't know any better (or don't care enough), it feels great to never touch their crappy shit.

[@anotherdropintheocean5672]

Thank you so many of my friends make fun of me for boycotting them but here is a comment section of people like me!

[@M3rtyville]

I found out that Bill Gates owns shares from Nestle and Monsanto. How do people trust him to save us from Corona? He wants to vaccinate and digitalize the entire world.

[@tythecakelord445]

@Clarissa 1986 and the worst comment I have ever read goes tooo

[@tythecakelord445]

@Clarissa 1986 did it ever occur that they litterally beat children and people dont really like that in their food and they arent paid they are trapped in debt so that they can never leave they also have their identities tossed so they can never escape so really do your research before defending child slavery.

[@TheOpraMan]

Thanks for making these videos, very educational and fun content 10/10!

[@Larry]

Weird thing, Nestle used to be pronounced "Nessel" in a large amount of countries until the mid 90s.

[@LeahLaushway]

That's because that's close to the French pronunciation when you omit the accent aigu that's now shown on all the branding (but wasn't always). With the accent, it'd be pronounced: "ness-lay" in French.

[@Oryon44]

I still spell it like that

[@sterlingbirks9101]

of course youre here

[@balls1602]

In australia we pronounce it like that.

[@rockycycle2682]

Until VERY recently, I used to pronounce it as Nessel as well... lol

[@realMP87]

Awesome video BC. Super high quality and informative. My perception of Nestle has been shifted as well lol.

[@mishraman9902]

Dude you deserve 1 million subscribers. Your videos are great.

[@hyacinthlover9370]

Wow, thank you, this video is very interesting, and it helped me a lot with a school project! everything is explained so well

[@amin9897]

This is why we need tougher monopoly laws!

[@mcgeufer]

Local laws are useless against international Companies. That´s why they keep dividing us. As long as there is no global instance, the world is ruled by Corporations. If one contry forbids to them to do a thing they simply move the production to another one. And Swizerland is a paradise for curropt companies because of some nice loopholes. An example : In the EU it´s not allowed to produce forbidden goods. In Zwizerland you are free to do so as long as you produce it in order to sell it in other countries. That´s why swizerland has so many Tabacco Factories. You can make Zigarretes for all the countries even if you use Substances that are forbidden in Cigarettes in Europe. The same with Pesticides and Medicins that are forbiden in Europe.

[@beauberry6179]

*economy collapses*

[@vimalcurio]

@@beauberry6179 ikr

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[@RedundantComments]

Really interesting, thanks for making this.

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[@MrJucesar2005]

very insightful. A great history of a company growth from being Capitalistic to being a ruthless Monopoly.

[@luis_zuniga]

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The Indian Maggie controversy should have been included as well

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Love the background music....so intense👍

[@kidley17]

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[@samir892005]

It's amazing to learn about the humble beginnings, struggles, and progress of huge companies like Nestle. Loved this video !!

[@samir892005]

I spoke too soon.. the last minute and a half of this video kind of changed my opinion. People should not have right to Water ? Serious ?

[@konnichiwa7925]

Amazing nano-documentary brah!

[@redrumssam5888]

I normally defend businesses when people say "BIG BUSINESS IS EVIL" but not this time. Not Nestlé. Not those assholes.

[@alexandersammeli3665]

Saw a Nestle ad before the video

[@KNFHU]

DUN DUN

[@180_S]

We still have to work endless hours for our food. The only difference is now many of us do it chained to a cubicle.

[@NigerianCalledSamMighty]

Missed your videos!!!!!

[@oluwoleomojofodun]

Waooh... This is a nice piece, an eye opener.

[@aGr3atD4y]

good video, very informative!

[@mattfeen7292]

That image at 0:23 was amazing- I paused and looked at that for a while.

[@thefilipinogamertfg]

Matthew Feeney I have a screenshot of it. Wanna see

[@purpleorange600]

Your channel is gold

[@zballer45j15]

People don't have the right to water pwoah I find that amaaazzziiing that he even tried to have that conversation.... When is tooo much money enough money???

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodh4700]

88deeep Okay never. Some people are so poor all they have is money

[@pinkguy8205]

Positive rights and property rights are mutually exclusive.

[@amberleaf7]

When you are a greedy psychopath like Nestle CEO, no amount of money is enough.

[@flameking2178]

Always pays to look at both sides of the argument

[@alikhidzam3749]

Never clicked of the protogent ad so fast

[@user-gb7gx8xw7s]

Very good content, keep it up

[@kaushikdas5301]

The narrator is so good that i want to speak like him

[@shong42]

BTW: On the back of products, in the small print near the back of the item, you can see: bottled by: _______ or packaged by: ______ So you can know what company owns that product.

[@ConfuzzledTomato]

Wtf L'Oreal is owned by Nestle?

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

meaturama yeah Nestlé the boss..I love KitKat tho...

[@user-dx5bn4yk4f]

Nestlé owns your mom too bro

[@KNFHU]

X files theme

[@glorious_help]

They don’t put all their eggs in one basket

[@fatimanoorahmad8720]

I honestly didnt know that!

[@beatusSLO]

4:31 Chocolate is a fighting food!

[@thefilipinogamertfg]

cervus choc is like an energy bar before. So they used it as a war food

[@mueezadam8438]

I remember using maggi soup cubes as a kid. Informative video anyways.

[@rodolfocruz5161]

Man, I love your videos! You should make one for Ford, GE, and DELL

[@thefilipinogamertfg]

Rodolfo Cruz maybe he could try doing Coca Cola

[@muskduh]

thanks for the video

[@selimshakur3189]

Great content as always. Nevertheless it's sad to see that most of the biggest companies were boosted by wars, and overpass criticism because they are too big to fail.

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U got to make more videos, rarely get to see ur videos

[@BusinessCasual]

Yeah we had some production issue these past few weeks, but they've been taken care of so you should be seeing a lot more of us in your subscription feed in the coming months!

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[@falconNL]

Your videos are gold! I love everything you make! You should do a video about Heineken or VOC.

[@jordanpalmer8419]

this is a really well good video

[@joseassuncao5598]

MAGNIFICO

[@tanyonghan1160]

I like your video very much !!

[@stevemichael9576]

Very interesting stuff. 👍🏽

[@rachelliu243]

THATS WHY I LOVE NESTLÉ CRUNCH

[@souravdassouravsirsclass]

WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE SOFTWARE YOU USE

[@BusinessCasual]

Adobe Premiere CC 2017!

[@souravdassouravsirsclass]

THANKS A LOT

[@rahadityap2375]

Fun fact : Second largest shareholder of Nestle was Ishare, Which it was dedicated branch company from Blackrock, The largest AUM & Shareholder agency or corporate entity in the world

[@80amnesia]

Great channel

[@connorfiorenzo139]

all I know is, food fills me up.

[@rowland5951]

Subscribed great channel.

[@craigcraig6638]

Cool researched videos

[@thetechegg8859]

Love ur vids

[@SuperBigmac121]

Great job

[@robknapp8647]

I think you should do Bass Pro Shops next

[@padparadscha7657]

THATS WHY I LOVEEEEE NESTLE CRUNCH.

[@TheGameStampede]

I used to drink nestle nido, milo, nescafe, bear brand milk and eat koko krunch, Maggi noodles! Of course dessert like nestle crunch, kit Kat and butter fingers! Nd some collaborations like Nestlé magnolia ice creams and nestle Goya nicknacks!

[@slownecks7763]

Dr Olav Sopp was the first in the world that successfully canned unsweeten condensed milk. 1889 came the product out called viking melk. It was a Norwegian man and company. Nestlé bought it first factory abroad in 1898 and it was viking melks factory in Kapp, Norway.

[@Shmatco2009]

Good video!

[@biteme9486]

I love this guy

[@ioan_jivan]

great video

[@ravindertalwar553]

Great excitement to Explore please

[@ahs7869]

nesquick and maggi noodles are my life

[@infectedruby]

Ww2: *Happens* Nestle’: it’s free real estate

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[@rafaelcayenne]

Amazing

[@abdelelgedawi5164]

when you realize Nestlé is older then the gov of canada

[@joshuawaring4180]

Beretta is older than America.

[@abdelelgedawi5164]

@@joshuawaring4180 who is beretta

[@thegoldengamer9315]

@@joshuawaring4180 whos beretta

[@thegoldengamer9315]

@@abdelelgedawi5164 i think its a gun

[@abdelelgedawi5164]

@@thegoldengamer9315 what?

[@B1G_Dave]

Those ten conglomerates that you showed at the beginning, basically own the planet. Scary

[@manojthomas9859]

Nestle was about to start an evaporated milk plant in india in early 1950s.The then chief of National dairy development board ,Dr varghese kurien told the company to take indian workers in the factory.They objected saying that it is not a job for locals as it needs skill and precision.

[@vitaliedamian1452]

Te CEO of Nestlè says that water is not a human right. Don't forget the next time you are in the supermarket buying the company products

[@hanarielgodlike9283]

But water is NOT a human right.. you can call it a human right all you want, but will not make it one. Water is a resource, a resource can't be a human right. You can't provide water free to everyone... If you can't... this is not a human right.

[@wadatamana]

I hope one day you will be so thirsty and broken. Then, you will realize what you have been defending all these years...

[@mcpunho2262]

Where i live you need to pay for water, unless you live in shit conditions. That means you can't abuse water.

[@adampaula1863]

@@hanarielgodlike9283 Thats the basic human right. Companies should use water as source of profit.

[@ASUR90]

if u want to see change in the world startwith what YOU can do,avoding any nestle products is a good first step

[@mackycabangon8945]

LOL After watching this, there was a Nescafe Ad XD

[@rockycycle2682]

Wow... Just wow.

[@benjoquinajon9567]

Flint, Michigan!

[@zoedecker6108]

Hey does anyone know where I can find the sources of this video? I want to learn more about Nestlé but can't find the sources in the description...

[@kazprado5356]

Request: Max Factor “Largest Makeup/Cosmetics Company”

[@ayushagrawal9082]

My favourite choclate kitkat and munch

[@zillaman7674]

I remember going to the corner store with my little sister and stealing candy. Good o days

[@TKEGOODIES]

Did you put the store owner in the chicken wing

[@WABRECORDS]

Companies are not ment to be not greedy