Our founder, Henri Nestlé was a Swiss pharmacist who developed the world’s first milk food for infants in 1867 in his efforts to save the life of a neighbor’s child, a premature infant who was unable to tolerate his mother’s milk or any of the usual substitutes. Though he believed that during the first months the mother’s milk will always be the most natural nutrient and every mother able to do so should, herself, suckle her children, people began to recognise the value of this life saving product that created a global company by 1872. Thus began a legacy of Creating Shared Value which is embedded within our values and corporate business principles.