27 Jun Heineken UK adapts to sugar concerns
Heineken UK will add nutritional information labelling to all its cider packaging in 2019 to let consumers easily find ingredients used in their drinks.
26 Jun US: Three gourmet coffee trends for 2019
According to the National Coffee Association (NCA), the percentage of Americans drinking coffee every day has risen from 57% to 62% over the past year.The key factors that may boost the coffee consumption in the US are: The rise in interest with gourmet coffee varieties. The increase in past-day coffee...
26 Jun Gen Z’s new habits drive coffee reinvention
Coffee – the original energy drink – is being reinvented for a new generation. The pace of change is accelerating, new types of coffee-based products are proliferating and a brief window of opportunity remains open for innovation.
25 Jun The final straw for KFC
KFC South Africa has officially announced the removal of plastic for paper straws in over 900 restaurants across South Africa by July 1, helping to eliminate 60 million plastic straws a year.
25 Jun Creative solutions for affordable shelf-stable dairy NPD
Tate & Lyle’s stabiliser solutions have helped a Pretoria dairy company create a new range of low cost, long shelf life dairy products.
25 Jun Healthy beverages and the better-for-you market in APMEA: upcoming webinar
Healthy beverages are in demand globally, including in the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Join Kerry Taste & Nutrition for a webinar where experts will discuss key aspects of this trend, including clean label, sugar reduction and fortification.
23 Jun Artificial sweeteners aren’t killing us all
We have a love/hate relationship with artificial sweeteners. If you listen to any mainstream diet advice these days, sugar is literally the devil, so avoiding it is a great idea. But replacing it with artificial sweeteners is apparently just as bad, because they’re scary chemicals that can cause everything from cancer to diabetes.
14 Jun Coca-Cola’s Costa Coffee launches new RTD
Costa Coffee has launched its first new product since Coca-Cola acquired the company for $5.1bn last August: a range of RTD coffees that will debut in the UK this month.
14 Jun UK: Start-up Nice launches canned wines
With the global alcoholic RTD market on a strong growth curve, British start-up, Nice, has sexed up the wine-in-a-can concept, launching a pale rosé and a sauvignon blanc for Sainsbury’s 600 stores.
12 Jun Scotch moves into the low ABV arena
Scotch producer Whyte & Mackay has released the 21.5-percent ABV Whyte & Mackay Light, billed as “a lighter spirit drink from Scotland, made from Scotch whisky married with Sherry”.
12 Jun US: Effervescent LaCroix goes flat
America’s darling sparkling or seltzer water, LaCroix, appears to be victim of a burst market bubble and is quickly losing its fizz…
11 Jun South Africans spend more on beer and wine than on coffee
SA households spend more on wine than on coffee, but beer still comes out tops as South Africans' most preferred beverage, said Stats SA in a recent press release to mark National Wine Day on May 25.
10 Jun How Fair Cape Dairies made its packaging more recyclable
When Cape Town-based dairy farm Fair Cape Dairies decided to package its Single Origin EcoFresh milk in white plastic bottles it seemed like a good idea. White PET bottles are technically acceptable for recycling, but it turns out that they're not as recyclable as once thought.
10 Jun Nampak pushes metal over plastic
Nampak is trying to grow its share of the market for packaged beverages in SA by positioning its cans as an environmentally-friendly substitute.
10 Jun SAAFoST’s 23rd Biennial International Congress and Expo
There are three months to go to the commencement of this year’s premier event of the South African food and beverage industry.
10 Jun The future of beverages, at Africa’s Big 7 expo
Africa’s food-bev industry is set to be disrupted by the 4th Industrial Revolution, forcing more agile approaches and more innovation to future-proof businesses, say experts set to speak at a key upcoming food-beverage event in Jo'burg in late June.
28 May Sugar tax leaves a bitter taste for the beverage sector
The sharp increase in the average selling price of sugary drinks in South Africa is starting to be felt. This is the impact of the national health promotion levy, more commonly referred to as the sugar tax, which was introduced last year, reports BMi Research.
28 May BOS tea launches unsweetened variant
BOS Brands, creator of the turbo-charged local brand, BOS Ice Tea, has launched BOS Sparkling Unsweetened Ice Tea to its extensive portfolio.
28 May Is high-fructose corn syrup worse than regular sugar?
High-fructose corn syrup has been a scapegoat for American obesity for the past decade and a half, so you might be surprised to learn that sugar and honey both have more fructose than high-fructose corn syrup.
28 May Calls for alcohol minimum unit price in SA
With one of the world’s highest alcohol consumption levels, South Africa rivals countries around the world known for their drinking. This prompted the Western Cape Government into commissioning research into new ways to curb binge drinking.