CEO Laurent Freixe made the case for packaged foods just hours before Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a known critic of processed food, was confirmed as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services.

Packaged food provides safe, quality nutrition for people and reduces waste, Nestle's CEO said on Thursday, defending his company's products when asked how he would navigate incoming U.S. health secretary Robert F.

Nestlé CEO Laurent Freixe defended packaged foods on Thursday, just moments before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has criticized packaged foods and ultra-processed foods (UPFs),