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Lobby organisation

Nestlé S.A.

Company · Agriculture & food · HQ: Switzerland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Nestlé S.A. appears in 81 declared MEP meetings (57 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

81
declared meetings
with current MEPs
57
MEPs met
€1.2M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
8.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Nestlé, with headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé and is today the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company. Group sales for 2025 amounted to CHF 89.5bn worldwide (CHF 17.6bn in Zone Europe). The Group has 335 factories globally, sells in 185 countries and employs around 271 000 people.”

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“The Nestlé brand portfolio covers practically all food and beverage categories: milk and dairy products, nutrition (infant, healthcare, performance and weight management), ice cream, breakfast cereals, coffee and beverages, culinary products (cooking aids, sauces etc.), chocolate and confectionery, petcare, bottled water. The best-known global brands include Nescafé, Nestea, Maggi, Purina, Nestlé Nutrition and of course Nestlé itself. Other brands also sell in many countries – for example, Milo, Nesquik, Nespresso, Lean Cuisine, Kit Kat, Smarties(...)”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 81 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party3037%
Socialists & Democrats2227%
European Conservatives & Reformists1316%
Renew Europe1316%
Patriots for Europe22%
Greens/EFA11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (28 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
3
2020
5
2021
1
2022
7
2023
10
2024
11
2025
28
2026
16

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Martin Hojsík
4 meetings · Renew
Alicia Homs Ginel
3 meetings · S&D
Norbert Lins
3 meetings · EPP
Alexandr Vondra
3 meetings · ECR
Pietro Fiocchi
3 meetings · ECR

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Sep 2026Maria GuzeninaExchange of views on agri-food sector
23 Jun 2026Carlo Fidanzalegislative update
5 May 2026Tomislav SokolInternal market policy
5 May 2026Jeannette BaljeuSingle market and agriculture
22 Apr 2026Pablo Arias EcheverríaReview of the EU directive on unfair commercial practices
21 Apr 2026Reinis PozņaksIntroductory meeting
13 Apr 2026Pierfrancesco MaranPackaging, Circular Economy act and Food and feeds Omnibus
26 Feb 2026Fulvio MartuscielloIndustrial Accelerator Act
24 Feb 2026Alexander BernhuberUTP-Richtlinie, GAP 2028-2034
23 Feb 2026Peter AgiusUpcoming revision of Unfair Trading Practices Directive
3 Feb 2026Letizia MorattiINDUSTRIAL/HEALTH POLICY
21 Jan 2026Manuela RipaHealth, Agriculture
21 Jan 2026Sirpa PietikäinenSustainable food production
21 Jan 2026Norbert LinsWettbewerbs­politik Einzel­handelsallianzen; Zukunft der GAP; EUDR
20 Jan 2026Petras AuštrevičiusAnimal welfare

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