Today, Nestlé Waters is a thriving business with headquarters in Paris. In 2006, it sold its 72 brands of bottled water worldwide, making CHF 9.6 bn in sales. The international brands of Nestlé Waters are familiar on tables throughout the world: Acqua Panna, S. Pellegrino, Perrier, Vittel and Contrex. 

Nestlé began its entry into the water business in 1969 with a 30% stake in the owners of the Société Générale des Eaux Minérales de Vittel. By the end of 1997, the Group was present on every continent, and the purchase of S. Pellegrino gave it the leadership in the Italian market.

In 1998, for the first time in its history, Nestlé associated its name with a bottled water: Nestlé Pure Life. It is drinking water that has been treated and remineralized using a standardized industrial process to ensure purity and quality, and is marketed in emerging countries.

A second product with the Nestlé name was launched in May 2000, this time in six European countries: Nestlé Aquarel. A natural spring water currently from nine different springs in France, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Spain, Nestlé Aquarel also uses the multi-source concept to satisfy new consumer expectations, especially for water with a low mineral content that the whole family can drink.