Nestle' promotes coffee for health
- Published: 2/07/2009 at 12:00 AM
- Newspaper section: Business
Nestle' (Thai) Limited is spending 200 million baht to promote its new Nescafe' Protect ProSlim, a three-in-one coffee mix with white kidney bean extract, to cater to health-conscious consumers.
Prasopsuk Suttapirom, business executive manager for coffee and beverages, said that market demand for coffee products for health and weight loss was increasing by 40-50% per year, higher than for other coffee segments.
The new coffee mix contains white bean extract and dietary fibre to help protect against conditions associated with obesity. The specialty segment is worth 600 million baht and Nestle' aims to control a 50% share in the first year.

