PepsiCo is branching out into new territory with the $3.2bn purchase of SodaStream, the Israeli maker of home fizzy drink dispensers, just weeks after the US consumer group announced that its chief executive, Indra Nooyi, would step down this year.
Tesco has become the first Big 4 UK supermarkets to offer customers water in aluminium cans in a bid to provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic water bottles.
Big Beer is showing keen interest in cannabis, with latest news being Heineken's launch of Hi-Fi Hops, from California beer brand Lagunitas, and which is made with marijuana instead of alcohol.
Millennials are creating a mounting crisis for some of the most iconic beer brands in America.
PepsiCo has announced that respected CEO, Indra Nooyi, will step down after 12 years leading the food and beverage company. She will remain chairman until early 2019.
Here's an interesting take on hangover-free wine: produce it so that it creates all of the pleasures but none of the after affects associated with imbibing alcohol... and it's dead-on trend with five key market-defining characteristics: authentic, natural, clean label, healthy, low sugar.
Recent figures released by the European Federation of Bottled Waters (EFBW) show that the global market for packaged water has grown at a faster rate than soft drinks, and will continue to do so until 2022. SA's industry is likely to follow suit says SANBWA, the SA National Bottled Water Association.
Appletiser, South Africa’s home-grown lightly sparkling, apple juice brand is taking off in Spain, with new market launches set to follow across Western Europe and the Americas.
A new, high-end British soft drink is looking to bring a more theatrical experience to alcohol-free offerings – without creating more work for bartenders.
Do sugar taxes work? Will Coca-Cola go alcoholic? And is it safe to drink when you can clean toilets with it? In conversation with CEO James Quincey...
SA premium fruit juice company, Sir Fruit, has expanded into the realm of brewed ice tea - and with low sugar.
The US Food & Drug Administration will soon begin enforcing regulations that define "milk" as an animal product, not a plant-based food, according to comments FDA Commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb made at a summit in Washington, DC, last week.
And the companies are inviting all of their competitors in the industry to join in....
A new study has shown that one in 10 deaths in South Africa can be attributed to alcohol abuse in some way – with men in low income groups the most at risk.
Powered by lactose-free innovation, dairy is challenging the surging growth of plant milks, with US sales of lactose-free milk set to catch up with – and perhaps even overtake – almond milk, reports New Nutrition Business.
Could this be a new opportunity for avocado-rich South Africa? Mexican firm, Grupo Escamp, has developed an avo-based drink AvoWater, that it believes ticks many of the health trends shaping the beverage game globally.
The past few weeks in the UK and Europe have brought a steady stream of ominous food headlines: Beer is being rationed! (In the middle of the World Cup, no less!) Barbecues might run out of meat! Bakeries have stopped making crumpets! Sorry, no ice cream!
Yili, a leading Chinese dairy manufacturer, has launched what is claimed to be the world’s first ambient drinking yogurt with large fruit and cereal pieces - thanks to new Tetra Pak technology.
In a hard-hitting opinion piece in The New York Times, three professors of pediatrics lament why, when it comes to excessive sugar intake, that soda gets nailed but juice gets a pass.
A revamped Nescafé Gold coffee has been launched globally and in South Africa. Business Insider SA conducted a blind test to find out which people preferred - and the results were surprising.