Expanding consumer interest in "raw" water is being met by thriving upstarts who either deliver unfiltered, untreated, unsterilised water or set up a home water collection system, according to The New York Times.
Non-alcoholic spirit brand, Borrago, has launched in the UK with a beverage free of sugar and calories that’s designed to be used in the same way as gin or vodka.
BOS Brands, whose range of iconic rooibos ice teas has revolutionised the South African ice tea market since launching in 2010, is set for further growth after signing a sales and distribution agreement with Rhodes Food Group (RFG), one of Southern Africa’s biggest food producing and distribution companies.
When Diet Coke debuted in 1982, it was aimed at a maturing baby boomer generation seeking a substitute for the sugar-filled sodas of their youth. Now, as similarly sugar-averse millennials take the reins as the country’s top consumer cohort, Diet Coke is seeking to connect with the new generation via its largest redesign effort to date.
The idea that sugar could be a fundamental cause of the global obesity and diabetes epidemics, with deleterious effects on the human body that go beyond just empty calories, should be considered seriously again, argues journalist and author Gary Taubes in the January 2018 editon of The British Medical Journal.
After cigarettes, alcohol is perhaps the most common carcinogen that humans voluntarily expose themselves to. How this simple substance promotes cancer, though, has not been clear. But this latest study, using genetically modified mice, sheds some light on the possible mechanism.
Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned company in the fragrance and flavour business, is acquiring Flavourome, its long-time agent in South Africa. No value to the deal has been mentioned.
If a chemist were to design the world’s most popular recreational drug from scratch, alcohol would be a pretty terrible choice. Now British scientists are working to create a synthetic alcohol that gets you properly pickled and doesn't make you feel poisoned.
One in seven adults in SA admit to being binge-drinkers‚ but researchers say the problem is likely to be much worse as people are inherently coy on reporting their alcohol consumption.
With consumers shifting towards healthier beverages and governments introducing sugary drink taxes, brands are innovating their packaging to achieve standout on shelf. In particular can designs are being catered for individual markets, demographics and tastes.
Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to ban sales of energy drinks to under-16s, amid concerns about high levels of sugar and caffeine and their impact on children’s health and behaviour.
The Japanese government has given a "gold label" to the soda Coca-Cola Plus, a designation meant to certify the drink's "health benefits".
Coffee helps millions of people worldwide to get out of bed in the morning. It's one of the world's most popular beverages, and one that has shaped society and industry for hundreds of years. Jonathan Robinson (above) of SA's Bean There Coffee Company offers these trend insights for 2018....
The legalisation of recreational marijuana in some US states has resulted in a new multibillion dollar industry, with some estimates suggesting it could grow to be worth US$50bn annually by 2026.
SodaStream has unveiled a limited-edition Sparkling Gold alcoholic concentrate which turns water into sparkling wine.
Greenleaf + Terroir is a new G&T craft brand that intends to shake up the pre-mixed alcoholic drink market, which has, for the most part, failed to truly win over consumers.
The scion of an Indian pharmaceutical giant has spent $40-million to make martinis more liver-friendly. But US regulators aren’t raising their glasses just yet.
Launching a new wine into a South African market saturated with 8 000 brands is a hugely daunting exercise. But where there is a will, there is a way, and for Orange River Cellars the word “impossible” does not exist.
They’re avoiding many of the substances that got earlier generations high. Why? And are they better off? Zoe Cormier, UK journalist and the author of Sex, Drugs & Rock ’n’ Roll: The Science of Hedonism and the Hedonism of Science, offers these compelling hypotheses and insights.
There's a war abrewing against the plastic drinking straw, and now comes news of another eco-friendly option, the Lolistraw.