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| Henri Nestlé |
Today, The Grandma continues reviewing her Intermediate Language Practice manual. Today, she has studied the past tenses with Chapters 4 and 5.
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Today, she has remembered a Joseph de Ca'th Lon's story about Henri Nestlé, the founder of the international food company which is a referent in the world.
Joseph explained her the history of this enterprise and the biography of its creator, a person who also lived between two cities and two countries: Frankfurt in Germany and Glion in Switzerland.
Joseph explained her the history of this enterprise and the biography of its creator, a person who also lived between two cities and two countries: Frankfurt in Germany and Glion in Switzerland.
Henri Nestlé, born Heinrich Nestle; August 10, 1814-July 7, 1890, was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company, as well as one of the main creators of condensed milk.
Heinrich Nestle was born on 10 August 1814, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was the eleventh of fourteen children of Johann Ulrich Matthias Nestle and Anna-Maria Catharina Ehemant. Nestle's father, by tradition, inherited the business of his father, Johann Ulrich Nestle, and became a glazier in Töngesgasse. The later Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main, Gustav Edmund Nestle, was his brother.
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| Nestlé logo with a nest |
The Nestle family has its roots in western Swabia, predominantly in boroughs of the Black Forest such as Dornstetten, Freudenstadt, Mindersbach, Nagold, and Sulz am Neckar. In the Swabian dialect, Nestle is a small bird's nest. The name Nestle also has different variations, including Nästlin, Nästlen, Nestlin, Nestlen, and Niestle.
The Nestle family tree began with three brothers, thus the three young birds in the nest being fed by their mother on the family coat of arms, from Mindersbach, called Hans, Heinrich, and Samuel Nestlin. The father of these three sons was born circa 1495. Hans, the eldest, was born in 1520 and had a son with the same name, who later became mayor of Nagold. His son Ulrich was a barber and his fifth son was the first glazier in the family. For over five generations, this profession was passed down from father to son. Additionally, the Nestles provided a number of mayors for the boroughs of Dornstetten, Freudenstadt, Nagold, and Sulz am Neckar.
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Before Nestlé turned 22 in 1836, he completed a four-year apprenticeship with J. E. Stein, an owner of a pharmacy. At some stage between 1834 and 1839 he migrated for reasons unknown to Switzerland. At the end of 1839, he was officially authorized in Lausanne, Switzerland, to perform chemical experiments, make up prescriptions, and sell medicines. During this time, he changed his name to Henri Nestlé in order to adapt better to the new social conditions in French-speaking Vevey, Switzerland, where he eventually settled.
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| Nestlé commercial banner |
In 1843, Nestlé bought into one of the region's most progressive and versatile industries at that time, the production of rapeseeds.
He also became involved in the production of nut oils, used to fuel oil lamps, liqueurs, rum, absinthe, and vinegar.
He also began manufacturing and selling carbonated mineral water and lemonade, although during the European food crisis in the 1840s, Nestlé gave up mineral water production. In 1857 he began concentrating on gas lighting and fertilizers.
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It is not known when Nestlé started working on the infant formula project, although by 1867 Nestlé had produced a viable powdered milk product. His interest is known to have been spurred by several factors.
Although Nestlé and his wife were childless, they were aware of the high death rate among infants. Nestlé would have been aware of Justus von Liebig's work in developing an infant formula. In addition, fresh milk was not always available in large towns and women in higher society were starting to view breast feeding as an unfashionable option.
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| Nestle's Food advertisement |
Nestlé combined cow’s milk with grain and sugar to produce a substitute for breast milk. Moreover, he and his friend Jean Balthasar Schnetzler, a scientist in human nutrition, removed the acid and the starch in wheat flour because they were difficult for babies to digest.
Initially called kindermehl, children flour, his product had an advantage over Liebig's soup for infants in that it was much easier to prepare, only needing to be boiled prior to feeding, and it soon proved to be a viable option for infants who were unable to breast feed.
People quickly recognized the value of the new product and soon Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, Henri Nestlé's Milk Flour in French, was being sold in much of Europe. By the 1870s, Nestlé's Infant Food, made with malt, cow's milk, sugar, and wheat flour, was selling in the US for $0.50 a bottle.
People quickly recognized the value of the new product and soon Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, Henri Nestlé's Milk Flour in French, was being sold in much of Europe. By the 1870s, Nestlé's Infant Food, made with malt, cow's milk, sugar, and wheat flour, was selling in the US for $0.50 a bottle.
Nestlé and Anna Clémentine Thérèse Ehemant were married in Frankfurt, Germany on 23 May 1860.
Nestlé sold his company in 1875 to his business associates and then lived with his family alternately in Montreux and Glion, where they helped people with small loans and publicly contributed towards improving the local infrastructure. In Glion he moved into a house later known as Villa Nestlé.
Nestlé died of a heart attack in Glion on July 7, 1890. He was buried at Territet Cemetery in Montreux.
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My infant cereal has a tremendous future
because there is no food to compare with it.
Henri Nestlé
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