AI @ Nestlé

Nestlé partnered with IBM Research to develop AI and deep tech tools, including a chemical language model, to innovate sustainable packaging solutions.

• Nestlé Global: Nestlé and IBM leverage AI and deep tech to unlock new sustainable packaging

Nestlé announced plans to open a deep tech center in Switzerland in 2026 to advance robotics, smart coffee machines, and precision nutrition, and launched AI-powered digital twins for scalable product content creation.

• AgFunderNews: Nestlé to open 'first-of-its-kind' deep tech center in 2026
• Nestlé Global: Nestlé is creating AI-powered 'digital twins' for brands like Nescafé

Nestlé Australia invested A$30 million (US$18.8 million) to integrate digital and AI capabilities at its KitKat factory in Campbellfield, marking a major capital commitment.

• Global Food Industry News: Nestlé reveals investment in AI at Australian KitKat factory

Nestlé integrated AI technology into strategic and operational frameworks to enhance decision-making processes across the company.

• CliffsNotes: Nestlé AI Complete

Nestlé's generative AI tool 'NesGPT' saved employees an average of 45 minutes per week, demonstrating operational efficiency gains; AI applications expanded in multiple use cases.

• HR Grapevine: Nestlé says its GenAI tool saves employees 45 minutes a week
• Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research: Artificial Intelligence at Nestlé

Significant AI-driven transformation included predictive maintenance, broad AI deployment across business units, and AI-powered innovations to breed climate-resilient coffee plants.

• Discovery/Shift: Nestle: Transforming with AI and Predictive Maintenance
• Nestlé USA: Unlocking New Opportunities with Gen AI
• Consumer Goods Technology: Nestlé Uses AI and Data Science to Battle Environmental Challenges in Coffee Production

Nestlé leveraged AI and data science to address challenges in a transforming food system, focusing on efficiency and sustainability.

• SIAL Paris: Nestlé uses AI to help drive down the 30

Exploration of AI-powered personalized nutrition deepened through technology developed by January AI, enhancing consumer-tailored food and drink solutions.

• Athletech News: The Future of Food? Nestlé Explores AI-Powered Personalized Nutrition

Nestlé was recognized as a pioneer in integrating AI and machine learning across multiple operational facets, consolidating its AI adoption.

• AI Expert Network: Case Study: Nestlé's Adoption of Artificial Intelligence

Nestlé deployed AI platforms to rank creative ads for 15,000 marketers and used AI for concept research by analyzing consumer preference data in food manufacturing.

• The Drum: How Nestlé is using AI to set creative rules for its marketers
• Kitameraki: AI and Technology in Food Manufacturing: How Nestle Utilizes Technology

Investment in AI and machine learning intensified to improve R&D innovation processes, aiming to generate better product development outcomes.

• Baking Business: Nestle employing AI, machine learning to improve innovation

Nestlé began embracing AI for innovative process control, specifically using AI to verify product components such as scoops, marking initial adoption in quality assurance.

• SICK Sensor Connection: Artificial intelligence at Nestlé: Innovative process control