Nestlé USA partners with three new start-up firms

Nestlé USA has partnered with three new start-ups as part of the Terra Food and Agriculture Accelerator programme, which was founded by RocketSpace and Rabobank.

The programme has been designed to bring together innovators from large corporations and emerging companies.

The three companies Jackson’s Honest, Miyoko’s and Here have been focusing on creating plant-based nutrition, simple labels and fresh ingredients foods.

Here Foods uses fresh ingredients to produce products such as cold-pressed juices, spreads, dips and salad dressings. Jackson’s Honest offers non-GMO Project Verified snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, and grain free puffs all cooked in organic coconut oil.

Miyoko’s combines proprietary technology with age-old creamery methods to craft cheese and butter from plants.

Additionally, seven other corporate partners and 15 food and agriculture start-ups will participate in the cohort and have the opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another.

Nestlé Open Innovation head Ashlee Adams said: “These companies represent the future of food. Our open innovation efforts are focused on meeting companies where they are in their stage of growth and designing win-win partnerships that accelerate that growth.

“We look forward to working with these companies to share learnings, develop new capabilities and create something better together as we bring people more options in categories that are in high demand, healthy snacking and plant-based foods.”

Nestlé’s open innovation is part of the company’s broader hybrid innovation strategy, which focuses on strengthening its base brands, using new internal incubation models to introduce its products quickly to the market.