22 Jun US: Philadelphia passes soda tax
Philly, America's fifth-largest city, is the biggest US city to slap a tax on sweet drinks, after a bitter battle...
20 Jun The amazing story of SA’s carrot kings
The humble carrot has celebrity status at Greenway Farms where man and machine work in fine-tuned harmony and where the owners are embarking on a bold new high-tech adventure in juicing.
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20 Jun The WHO’s important announcement in the ‘Coffee: Healthy or Not?’ debate:
Coffee does not cause cancer, says the WHO, but hot drinks might...
20 Jun US: Monster takes aim at PepsiCo with two new brands
Monster Beverages has unveiled two new products: Mutant, an energy “super soda,” and Hydro, an energy-enhanced, non-carbonated hydration beverage. The company introduced the new beverages at its annual shareholder meeting last week.
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08 Jun Keurig’s at-home soda machine was doomed from the start
Keurig is axing its at-home soda machine, Keurig Kold, just nine months after its debut. The company was hoping that the $370 machine would give it a new avenue for growth beyond coffee. But it has failed miserably.
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08 Jun Why do I always wake up at 3 am? It’s most likely the booze
Age, indigestion and sleep apnea are all suspects. But if you can set your watch by your middle-of-the-night risings, blame alcohol.
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08 Jun New report outlines just how healthy beer is!
A new study and report by Campden BRI in the UK – A healthy perspective on beer? – highlights the nutritional and health benefits of beer when enjoyed in moderation, and confirms that, contrary to popular belief, beer is low in sugar compared to other...
07 Jun Kombucha: How magic is the elixir really?
Is Kombucha, the carbonated beverage made from fermented tea, truly a miracle elixir? Here, young food scientists from www.donteatpseudo.wordpress.com uncover kombucha, how it's made, and whether its suggested health benefits stand up to science.
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07 Jun US: AB InBev and Starbucks join forces on tea
Starbucks is partnering with a beer giant to enter a $1 billion business — but it's not for coffee or beer. Rather America's biggest beer and coffee makers are coming together over tea.
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07 Jun Stellenbosch vineyard uses delightful ‘quack squad’ to control pests
At 9.45am each day, more than 1 000 Indian Runner ducks are released for the first of two sorties at South Africa's Vergenoegd vineyard in Stellenbosch. Their mission: seek and eat thousands of tiny white dune snails feasting on budding vines.
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07 Jun Now you can make a beer in a SodaStream!
You may not be able to turn water into wine. But SodaStream is one step closer to making premium libations at home with its instant beer-making machine.
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06 Jun The fabulous revival of SA’s ugly duckling Cinsaut
One of the most fascinating stories fuelling the current South African wine revolution is the rise of Cinsaut, or Cinsault.
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30 May Eco innovation: Edible rings for six-packs
Here's a brilliant item of packaging innovation from a craft beer company, the Saltwater Brewery, in Florida: eco-friendly, edible, six pack can carrier ring – one of the leading sources of ocean pollution and death for many sea creatures that get tangled up in...
30 May Synthetic wine: new start-up claims to mimic fine vintages without grapes
“We can turn water into wine in 15 minutes.” So claims the Ava Winery, a San Francisco start-up that is making synthetic wine without grapes – simply by combining flavour compounds and ethanol.
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28 May Why the plan to raise SA’s drinking age to 21 is wrong
Banning alcohol for 18-21-year-olds is irrational because their inebriation induces no more than a tiny fraction of all violent crimes and road accidents, argues the irrepressible Leon Louw of the Free Market Foundation.
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28 May Three trends for wine in 2016
Demystification and democratisation initiatives will allow the wine category to breathe and venture out of its stuffy cellar of complacency and stiff traditionalism, contends Euromonitor analyst, Spiros Malandrakis, in his usual rather-literary style!
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28 May Coca-Cola looks for options way sweeter than sugar
Now is not a great time to be in the sugar business. On the health front, Philadelphia is joining the list of cities that want to tax people on sugar-sweetened drinks, and the FDA just approved a new nutrition label that would place...
28 May First MicroBrew Symposium in Jo’burg in September
Immediately before this year’s food & drink technology Africa expo, the “MicroBrew Symposium South Africa 2016“ will take place on September 13, 2016, at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand. The symposium will address craft and microbrewers in SA and neighbouring countries.
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27 May Megabrew: All foam, less beer
It is screamingly apparent that AB InBev’s attraction for SABMiller lay in its emerging market operations in Latin America and Africa, asserts the Financial Mail.
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12 May SA food-drinks entrepreneur Vivian Imerman swoops on Hosken’s KWV assets
The operational assets of iconic liquor business KWV Holdings — controlled by empowerment giant Hosken Consolidated Investments (HCI) — is to be sold for R1.15bn to a firm aligned to South African entrepreneur Vivian Imerman.
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