South African wine exports are projected to grow 13% in the next decade, according to the latest Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy baseline report, which provides a snapshot of the country’s wine industry and the broader agricultural sector.
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The Beverage Association of SA, whose members include almost all manufacturers of non-alcoholic drinks in the country, has warned that up to 70,000 jobs in the industry could be lost if the Treasury’s mooted tax on sugar-sweetened drinks were implemented in its current form.
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Coffee’s propensity to spill has long puzzled physicists, for whom caffeine is generally as important to their science as equations. Now a study has found the most practical way to prevent coffee spills...
Cargill has started making a sugarlike product that seems perfect. It tastes like sugar, has zero calories, mimics natural sweeteners and won’t destroy farmland or forests. It could be very big. There’s just one problem: It's made in a lab.
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The LiquiForm Group has partnered with Krones to develop and commercialise its new liquid forming and filling process that's claimed to have the potential to be one of the most important breakthrough technologies in liquid packaging.
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With National Afternoon Tea Week steaming ahead this week In the UK (8th-14th August), new research from Mintel indicates that older consumers may be the first to clink their cups and saucers in celebration.
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Sherry, once the go-to aperitif for the English tea-drinking classes, has been making a comeback, against the odds, and with such dramatic force that the power of its appeal needs understanding and interpretation, writes Michael Fridjohn.
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Food and beverages are an important economic factor for Southern Africa. food & drink technology Africa, the trade fair for processing, filling, packaging and logistics, will present the industry’s latest developments on September 14 -15, 2016.
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With 50 percent more antioxidants than acai, this African-Arabian superfruit is experiencing explosive growth within the US food and beverage industry.
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Is this a new and bigger defining moment for an African ingredient? Coca-Cola has launched a soft drink which contains baobab extract: a beverage that could be rolled out globally in the future.
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Spirits companies and brewers are rolling out vegan, all-natural, gluten-free and non-alcoholic offerings, as consumer preferences shift.
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New ways of tracking the contents of sweat has opened up some exciting possibilities in health monitoring, from checking insulin levels for diabetics to painting much broader pictures of our well-being. Alcohol trackers are a part of this mix, and a...
Van Loveren Vineyard's Four Cousins brand hit the shelves 15 years ago and is now a leader in SA's mass-market glass bottle category.
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National Treasury’s proposed sugar tax will discriminate sharply between different parts of the soft drink market, with an effective tax rate of anything between 8% and 50% on different products, reports City Press.
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The Consumer Goods Council of SA and its members are concerned about the rising levels of obesity in SA, but believe that the proposed taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages and sugar-sweetened food pose real and unforeseen risks to the industry and wider economy.
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Scientists have discovered that a molecule in pomegranates, transformed by microbes in the gut, enables muscle cells to protect themselves against one of the major causes of aging. In animals, the effect is nothing short of amazing. Clinical trials are underway.
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Probyo is a newly launched brand and range of all-natural, cultured functional drinks, which aim to promote general health and wellbeing.
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After years of administrative delays, PepsiCo, the world’s second-largest food and beverage company by revenue, is finally building a $30m bottling plant in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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SA’s new sugar tax could add 20% to the price of a Coca-Cola, but would exempt Liquifruit and other 100% fruit juices, along with unsweetened milk and bottled water.
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