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Vol.1 Issue 63 January 2024Vol.1 Issue 63, May 2024 ELITE
From a <Lifesaver= to <the baby killer=:
the corporate with the darkest strategies
Sara Basheer - Second Level - Economics Major
According to Public Eye and the intentions to be a lifesaver for infants.
International Baby Food Action As, Henry Nestle came up with the
Network (IBFAN), Nestle has been first baby formula ever, back in 1867,
recently accused of double standards, that worked as a substitute for breast
due to selling its products with high milk, aiming to decrease the high
levels of added sugar in low- and infant mortality rate because, during
middle-income countries, regardless that time, many mothers struggled
of its prohibition by the World with breastfeeding their babies.
Health Organization. Unlikely, it is
selling the exact same products with However, the dark history of Nestle
zero sugar in the developed countries started when Henry decided to retire.
such as Germany, Switzerland, Only at that time, the greed to expand
France, and the United Kingdom. Nestle worldwide turned its reputation
upside down, reaching a point where
the baby formula turned from being a
lifesaver to being known as <The Baby
Killer=. Knowing the fact that the
baby formula was the most profitable
product of all Nestle’s products, the
motives became to target not only
those who suffered to breastfeed their
children, as when Nestle was first
established, but also all mothers, and
to replace breast milk instead of just
Looking back at Nestle’s history, it
was established with very noble serving as a substitute for it.
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