The UK's FoodBev Media once again hosted its annual World Beverage Innovation Awards which, despite the difficulties of the past 18 months, was full of amazing innovation and exciting new products and initiatives!
The Tim Atkin's Report 2021, an important bellwether for local wine producers who benchmark themselves against his ratings, is now available.
Staying hydrated in the SA summer just got hyped with the launch of five new Pepsi flavours for Sodastream - all the great Pepsi taste; just add bubbles.
Ceres Fruit Juices is getting into the reducing-plastic-waste act and is introducing paper straws for some of its packs.
American ingredients company, Kalsec, has launched launched a groundbreaking natural alternative to hop cones and pellets for brewing.
A 200-year-old bottle of Constantia wine, known to be a favourite of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, has sold for almost R1-million.
Woolworths has launched its own brand of cola and other flavoured sparkling drinks called, appropriately, Cool!
Processing aids in winemaking are frequently of animal origin - here's the low-down on creating and labelling vegan wine in SA.
It's common knowledge that taking foodbev production from the kitchen to factory is enormously challenging - here's such a story from Cape Town's Brew Kombucha.
Italy's famed Illy coffee blends are now available on local supermarket shelves in branded aluminium capsule format.
South African cider brand SXOLLIE is going from strength to strength internationally, especially in the UK.
The Distell Group's revenue has increased by 26,3% to R28,3-billion despite the lockdown bans on alcohol.
Elopak has debuted a more eco-friendly aseptic carton – the Pure-Pak eSense.
New figures from Euromonitor International show that "other milk alternatives" is the fastest growing category in the dairy products and alternatives industry.
With all the interest in gut and immune health, premium juice producer, Sir Fruit, has timeously launched a new Probiotic Cranberry Health Shot.
On 3 August 2021, PepsiCo announced the sale of its Tropicana and Naked fruit juice businesses - a giant change that's explored further here by Euromonitor.
Savanna Premium Cider is an unlikely suspect when it comes to promoting vaccination, however that's what the Savanna brand has been doing - in a very effective way.
Keeping in trend with the global shift towards a more mindful lifestyle, Durbanville Hills has launched a new light range that is lower in alcohol and calories.
Air Up is a startup from Munich that has developed a revolutionary drinking system that flavours water just by scent - 0% sugars, 0% additives, 100% taste.
Ginger beer with a kick has been a big thing in Covid times in SA, thanks to four lockdown prohibitions on liquor sales. Synercore has come up with some fun innovation to meet this demand…