Clover, which controls almost 80% of SA's dairy fruit juices market, will soon launch Tropika Slender, the low-sugar and low- calorie alternative to its bestselling beverage Tropika, as it seeks a safeguard against the looming sugar tax.
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Imagic Gin has captured the attention of innovation expert, Tom Vierhile of Canadean Consumer, as the world’s first gin that changes colour when it comes into contact with tonic water or citric-based carbonated drinks.
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Gin is very on trend; it has ditched the sobriquet of ‘mother’s ruin’, and is bolstered by its ability to take on so many flavours, its versatility in mixed drinks and how locally it can be made. And South African craft gins are earning high...
The once-thriving market for frozen orange-juice concentrate is getting squeezed - by disease, waning demand and the weather.
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While the media has “fact-checked” claims made by the beverage industry in opposition to a proposed tax on sugary drinks, claims made by the government in support of the tax have not been so scrutinised. They should be, because according to research the government itself...
KWV's innovative, preservative-free Pinotage, Earth's Essence, has found more acclaim with a global food award presented by IUFoST, the International Union of Food Science and Technology.
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South Africa has been slow to get into the water enhancement category - but that's now changed with a new range launched by East London fruit beverage company, Elvin.
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New research from Mintel reveals standout results for global energy drink innovation.
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Gatorade, the brightly coloured sports drink marketed by professional sports figures in advertising targeted at amateur athletes, is introducing an organic version.
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Coca-Cola is launching its first cold brew coffee product and tea lattes under its billion-dollar RTD tea brand Gold Peak.
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South Africans may be paying more for sugary drinks if a proposed sugar tax is introduced. Will the implications be as far reaching as the soft drink industry claims? AFRICA CHECK investigated.
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The proposed levy on sugar-sweetened beverages could cost SA R14bn and destroy 10,000 small businesses, with highly uncertain benefits in terms of tax revenue and health benefits, the Beverage Association of SA (Bevsa) has claimed.
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Nestlé is giving its instant coffee brand Nescafe and its Nespresso single-serve coffee a shot in the arm as fast-growing rivals with lean cost structures chip away at its global dominance.
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We all have our wine preferences—white, red or perhaps even blue—but a new study suggests that the colour of your glass could affect the severity of your hangover the next day.
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South African wine enthusiasts, especially those whose preference is for small-batch production of handcrafted wines, conveniently forget for most of the 20th century the Cape wine industry would not have survived without the Cape brandy industry, writes Michael Fridjohn.
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Taste Holdings and Starbucks have announced the location of their third store in South Africa...
From teas enriched with medicines to programmable tea taps, the humble brew could see a dramatic evolution over the coming years, says Tetley. Even the concept of tea consumed as a liquid could be challenged.
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SA Treasury's proposed sugar tax has a laudable objective, but as it stands, the tax is "unwieldy, it will be near impossible to police and, critically, would do little to target hidden sugars in many of the other foods we consume". Some cogent comment from...
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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