Nestle teams up with Singapore for three-year food research deal

Nestle, the world’s biggest packaged food company, is teaming up with the Singapore government to research food science and technology.

The three-year agreement provides the framework for collaboration between Nestle and Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research.

It focuses on nutrition, packaging, data analytics and also biotransformation — or using natural processes such as fermentation to turn raw materials into ingredients with nutritional benefits.