Switzerland-listed chocolate maker Nestlé has made a corporate venturing investment of undisclosed size in Accera, which provides milkshakes for people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Luis Cantarell, president and chief executive of Nestlé Health Science, a subsidiary set up by the Swiss company last year, said: “The significance of this is not the [undisclosed] size of the investment, but the fact that it is our first step in developing our brain health portfolio.”

In December 2010, Accera, which also makes drugs for…

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