Components and materials

Nescafe's products are made with a range of carefully selected materials to ensure quality, flavour, and convenience. The main ingredient of course is coffee beans, which are sourced from major coffee-growing regions like Brazil, Vietnam, and Colombia. Nescafe works closely with farmers in these regions to maintain sustainable practices and ensure that only the best beans are used in their coffee products.

Apart from the coffee beans, Nescafe's instant coffee relies on freeze-dried or spray-dried coffee extracts, which are transformed into a fine powder. This process ensures that the coffee remains usable, easy to prepare for consumers and most importantly doesn't expire too quickly. Sugar and milk are additional key ingredients, often sourced from countries like India, Brazil, Mexico and Thailand, where these materials are easily available in the form of sugar beets and are of high quality.

For their ready-to-drink coffee beverages, Nescafe combines the coffee extracts with flavourings and other ingredients to create their product. Packaging is another important aspect, with Nescafe using a mix of plastic, aluminium, and cardboard to ensure durability and easy transport. As part of their commitment to sustainability, Nescafe is continuously looking for ways to improve packaging, including exploring newer eco-friendly alternatives such as reusing plastic to reduce the environmental impact they currently make.