14 Nov New possibilities for blue beverages
GNT has secured US FDA approval for the use of spirulina extract in beverages, enabling manufacturers to achieve vibrant blue shades while maintaining clean labels.
GNT has secured US FDA approval for the use of spirulina extract in beverages, enabling manufacturers to achieve vibrant blue shades while maintaining clean labels.
Loxtonia, the range of 100% pure apple ciders from the Ceres Valley, has launched two LITE versions of its most popular ciders – Crispy Apple and Blush – in pace with the ever-growing trend towards no-low alcohol lifestyle alternatives.
We are used to seeing plant milks being promoted for use in coffee. This is, after all, what has powered oat milk’s success over the past few years. But what about those who prefer to drink tea?
South Africa's ambitious Pura Beverages, the maker of Pura Soda and Pura Kids, has secured a national distribution deal with Aldi in the United States.
Meet the winemakers pairing grapes with other fruit and plants to create drinks that refuse to be classified....
Dietrich Mateschitz, the Austrian man who turned a caffeinated Thai energy drink into the multibillion-dollar Red Bull empire, died on Saturday October 24. He was 78.
“Drinking Rooibos is cool”, say SA youth. That’s according to the recently released 2022 Sunday Times GenNext Survey, which is the leading barometer of what South African youth find on trend and aspirational.
More involved than milking a cow, making plant beverages requires a lot of science
Global flavour giant, IFF has announced a breakthrough innovation: IFF NEO, a portfolio of natural flavours that deliver maximum citrus taste impact without using citrus oil, or any ingredient derived from the oil.
At age 59, the countdown to the demise of diet soft drink TaB has begun, two years after Coca-Cola first announced it would be canning the brand.
US brewers are fretting that a carbon dioxide shortage could force production cuts and price hikes. It's the latest threat to an industry that's been whipsawed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A company started by two Wits graduates has outperformed Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia to top the list of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 over the last 30 years.
With most consumers now horrified by excess plastic packaging, UK supermarket giant Tesco has scrapped multipacks completely for its own label drinks.
The globe's best packaging designs were announced during the 2022 Pentawards gala ceremony held in London on 23 September.
Faced with increasing, albeit still limited, competition from plant-based milks, it's interesting to see innovation in dairy milks. This one should please the heart...
SAB has tuned into the unfortunate South African zeitgeist of languishing - a sense of stagnation and emptiness - with a great new marketing campaign for Castle Lite.
With the European and North American CO2 shortage causing much grief for beverage makers, it's not surprising that the inventors of CO2Sustain can boast that "a global fizzy drinks brand calls CO2Sustain ‘the best thing at drinktec’".
Over the years the number of South African instant coffee drinkers has grown due to its convenience and time-saving advantages - with this sector projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.91% during the period of 2020-2025.
Umqombothi traditional beer, coupled with a maize-based diet — where maize is not stored properly — may be the leading cause of oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape. This is according to the latest findings of researchers at Walter Sisulu University, East London.
SA's Competition Commission has conditionally recommended the Competition Tribunal to approve Heineken’s proposed takeover of parts of Distell, the country's largest alcohol producer.