# Nestlé

> Nestlé is the Swiss food giant behind KitKat, Smarties and Quality Street. Flagged over West African child labour and for staying in Russia after 2022.

Nestlé | Swiss Owner of KitKat and Smarties

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Nestlé is the Swiss food giant behind chocolate brands such as KitKat, Smarties and Quality Street, and one of the largest companies in the world with around 273,000 employees. Its scale makes it a fixture of European shelves.

Nestlé carries long-running controversies over child labour in West African cocoa, and it drew a major boycott for staying in Russia after the 2022 invasion, which is why it is flagged here.

https://www.nestle.com

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