Nestlé opens beverage facility in Brazil

Swiss food company Nestlé has opened a beverage facility in Três Rios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an investment of CHF83m ($90.67m).

The new facility will initially produce UHT milk for the company’s Ninho and Molico brands, and soya-based product Sollys, and will extend its Nescau ready-to-drink chocolate milk capacity by 2012.

The company also plans to install new lines in the facility to produce Nestlé Fast, a ready-to-drink beverage line sold under the brands Alpino, Nescau, Neston and Molico.

Nearly 200,000L of milk will be delivered to the facility every day from about 400 local farmers, and it will cater to the markets of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and São Paulo.