{"id":611534,"date":"2026-09-01T20:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611534\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T20:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:26:16","slug":"nestle-to-divest-mainstream-supplements-business-for-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611534\/","title":{"rendered":"Nestle to divest mainstream supplements business for $1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nestle on Tuesday agreed to divest <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Industry#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/holistic-health-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Holistic Health platform<\/a>, its mainstream vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) business, to private equity \u200cfirm \u2060Yellow Wood Partners \u2060for $1 billion, according to a statement from the two companies.<\/p>\n<p>The deal includes seven brands &#8211; <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Industry#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/natures-bounty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature&#8217;s Bounty<\/a>, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Industry#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/osteo-bi-flex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Osteo Bi-Flex<\/a>, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Industry#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/ester-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ester-C<\/a>, Gard, Nuun, Puritan&#8217;s Pride and Sisu &#8211; and the U.S. private-label \u2060supplements business, \u200cthe Swiss food giant said in its statement.<br \/>Read more: <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Industry#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/industry\/cons-products\/fmcg\/nestl-backs-indias-front-of-pack-labelling-push-seeks-science-based-approach\/articleshow\/133549289.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nestl\u00e9 backs India\u2019s front-of-pack labelling push, seeks science-based approach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are \u2060focusing our resources where we have the strongest competitive advantage&#8221;, <a rel=\"dofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/nestle-india-ltd\/stocks\/companyid-13330.cms\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Industry#href\" target=\"_blank\">Nestle<\/a> CEO Philipp Navratil said, adding that &#8220;the mainstream VMS business requires a different approach under dedicated ownership&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, which is expected to \u200cclose by the first half of 2027, is Yellow Wood&#8217;s \u200bsixth acquisition \u200bfrom \u2060major consumer companies since 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>The Boston-based firm acquired lip balm brand ChapStick from Haleon in \u200b2024, and Unilever&#8217;s non-core beauty and personal care division Elida Beauty in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nestle on Tuesday agreed to divest Holistic Health platform, its mainstream vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) business, to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[259092,259095,103,259094,61,60,3738,4828,259091,446,47044,259093,259090],"class_list":["post-611534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-11-billion-deal","tag-consumer-acquisitions","tag-health","tag-holistic-health-platform","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nature","tag-nestle","tag-nestle-divestment","tag-nutrition","tag-private-equity-firm","tag-vitamins-minerals-supplements","tag-yellow-wood-partners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}