Nestlé eyes control of alternative meat market

Swiss food giant Nestlé is eyeing a move into lab-grown meat following criticism of the healthiness of its foods.

Nestlé is planning to enter the cultured-meat market in a move that could see the world’s largest food company help deliver the nascent technology faster to the mass market.

The Swiss giant is understood to have been working on alternative meat products that would blend cultivated meat with plant-based ingredients.