Our global network

We have the world's largest food and nutrition research organization, with about 5000 people involved in R&D, as well as corporate venture funds and research partnerships with business partners and universities.

Our in-house fundamental research takes place in four centres:

Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences provides and translate biomedical research into personalized science based nutrition.
Nestlé Research Centre provides the scientific knowledge and research base for product renovation and innovation.
Clinical Development Unit provides medical expertise and manages clinical trials for the company, worldwide.
R&D Tours provides scientific expertise in plant science.

Proprietary high-tech product development takes place in our 34 Product Technology centres and R&D centres worldwide:

Product Technology centres provide a critical mass of technology expertise and product knowledge, for one or more of Nestlé’s business categories.
R&D centres have both a global role and a more local role by meeting regional needs or providing know-how in specific areas of technical expertise, such as system technology, and health sciences.

Center nameCountry
Nestlé Professional Beverage Centre Orbe
Switzerland
Opened in 2007

Focus: The Beverage Centre is an Innovation Management Centre made of a cross-functional team fully dedicated to Nestlé Professional. It develops, drives and delivers global beverages solutions.
PTC Beauvais
France
Opened in 1972

Focus: PTC Beauvais is Nestlé’s centre of excellence for ice cream. Centralised technology and science platforms together enable fast deployment of developments and allow direct support to markets.
PTC Fremont
United States
Opened in 1964

Focus: Delivering healthy feeding solutions for infant and toddlers through science-based products. Nutrition education, promoting healthy eating habits to ensure infants and toddlers maintain optimal health.
PTC Konolfingen
Switzerland
Opened in 1974

Focus: PTC Konolfingen is Nestlé’s centre of excellence for shelf stable milk based products, infant and Healthcare nutritional products and dietetic specialities.
PTC Lisieux
France
Opened in 1990

Focus: Lisieux is the centre of excellence for chilled dairy products and healthy drinks. At the heart of the location is a pilot plant fully replicating the complete factory process.
PTC Marysville
United States
Opened in 1948

Focus: Marysville is Nestlé’s Product Technology Centre for ready-to-drink beverage development. It also has major programmes in coffee, instant beverages, ice cream coatings, confectionery, non-dairy creamers and milk modifiers
PTC Orbe
Switzerland
Opened in 1959

Focus: PTC Orbe is Nestlé’s reference centre for products and technologies in coffee, powdered beverages and cereals, consumed in and out of the home.
PTC Singen
Germany
Opened in 2004

Focus: Within Nestlé R&D, PTC Singen is the home of food, bringing culinary art to a level that can be practised at home or used in a professional kitchen. Singen transforms science into technologies that deliver tasty and balanced meals with the highest freshness perception and convenience.
R&D St. Joseph
United States
Opened in 1926

Focus: R&D St Joseph is one of Nestlé’s two centres of excellence for Petcare.
PTC St. Louis
United States
Opened in 1990

Focus: PTC St Louis is one of Nestlé’s two centres of excellence for PetCare
PTC Vittel
France
Opened in 2003

Focus: PTC Vittel is home for the Nestlé Waters R&D programme. It is a centre of excellence for innovation and renovation including product, packaging, process engineering, packaging materials and sustainability.
PTC York
United Kingdom
Opened in 1991

Focus: PTC York is Nestlé’s centre of excellence for chocolate, sugar confectionery and biscuits focusing on lighter eating, luxury gifting and popularly positioned products (PPP)
R&D Abidjan
Côte d'Ivoire
Opened in 2009

Focus: R&D Abidjan focuses on agriculture, raw materials and traditional African ingredients
R&D Amiens
France
Opened in 1986

Focus: Dedicated to our pet's health and well-being. Undertakes the innovation/renovation of Petcare products. Has pilot plants for both wet and dry products; a Petcare facility and an applied sciences laboratory.
R&D Beijing
China
Opened in 2008

Focus: Safety, quality, nutrition and life sciences research, including work on traditional Chinese medicines, food technology and packaging. The research focus in Nutrition and Life Sciences addresses three key health benefits – growth and development, healthy ageing and weight management. R&D Beijing will strengthen existing research collaborations with scientists in the Greater China region.
R&D Minneapolis
United States
Opened in 1974

Focus: Innovating superior nutrition solutions recognised to serve the needs of patients and care-givers.
R&D Queretaro
Mexico
Opened in 1990

Focus: Delivering healthy feeding solutions for infants and toddlers through science-based products. Nutrition education and promoting healthy eating habits to ensure infants and toddlers maintain optimal health.
R&D San Diego (Prometheus)
United States
The Prometheus R&D center in San Diego develops novel diagnostics that enable physicians to provide more personalised patient care, with a particular focus on gastrointestinal diseases and oncology.
R&D Sansepolcro (Casa Buitoni)
Italy
Opened in 1992

Focus: Casa Buitoni, in the small Italian town of Sansepolcro, combines Italian culinary skill with nutritional excellence for products full of mediterranean goodness.
R&D India
India
R&D India’s team of food scientists, chefs, nutritionists and consumer scientists are developing insights into local cuisine in order to develop products for India, the region and beyond.
R&D Sderot
Israel
Opened in 2002

Focus: R&D Sderot is a small location but a centre of excellence for cereal snacks. It has strong links with, and provides close support for, the Israeli market.
R&D Shanghai
China
Opened in 2001

Focus: R&D Shanghai supports all markets in Asia and Oceania, in particular the Greater China Region. It is a turntable for all Nestlé R&D with regard to Chinese nutrition, research and sourcing.
R&D Singapore
Singapore
Opened in 1982

Focus: R&D Singapore is a vital component in delivering local taste and balance to products which support the rapidly growing Asian markets.
R&D Solon
United States
Opened in 2001

Focus: Solon is a centre of excellence for frozen and chilled culinary products and convenience baking.
R&D Tours
France
Opened in 1991

Focus: Tours is Nestlé’s centre of excellence for innovation around strategically important plant raw materials; especially coffee, cocoa and chicory. Its focus is on increasing quality and the sustainability of supply
R&D Santigo
Chile
Opened in 2010

Focus: Nestlé's global research and development in biscuits and cereal-based snacks, focusing both on innovation and renovation of products.
R&D Bakersfield
United States
Focus: ice cream
Nestlé Research Centre
Switzerland
The Nestlé Research Centre, at its four locations in Lausanne, St Louis, Beijing and Tokyo, specialises in food, nutrition, safety, quality and life sciences. The Nestlé Research Centre plays a crucial role in providing the scientific and technological basis for renovation and innovation across the whole of Nestlé’s product portfolio.
Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences
Switzerland
Opened in 2010

A specialised biomedical research institute based on the campus of the world-renowned Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. The institute aims to better understand chronic human diseases and ageing as influenced by metabolism, genetics and environment.
System Technology Centre Orbe
Switzerland
Opened in 2012

Focus: System innovation, with expertise in machines, packaging, electronics, and design.
Chocolate Centre of Excellence Broc
Switzerland
Opened in 2009

Focus: The Chocolate Centre of Excellence, located at Nestlé's chocolate factory in Broc, is the company's first R&D facility entirely dedicated to the development of premium and luxury chocolate.
Clinical Development Unit Lausanne
Switzerland
Opened in 2012

Focus: Dedicated to the management of clinical trials