SAB's Castle Lite remains the heavyweight in the "lite" beer market after Brandhouse was recently ordered to change the appearance of its Amstel Lite beer cans and six-pack wrapping.
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Protein has become a buzz word in the food and beverage industry. It's up there with gluten-free, non-GMO and all natural. Consumers crave it and brands are launching new products and re-branding existing SKUs to feature the protein claim more prominently on the front label....
After several years of losing ground to craft brewers, Anheuser-Busch, America's biggest brewery, seems to be not only conceding but leveraging the fact that its flagship brew does not fly with fans of fancy suds.
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Parmalat South Africa has issued a public recall of a batch of its PureJoy apple juice after customer complaints prompted tests which found contamination with cleaning fluid.
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A new industry report has revealed how much wine is being produced each year—and who’s drinking it.
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Amid burgeoning demand for iced tea products, Coca-Cola has announced that two of its brands, Gold Peak and Fuze Tea, are the newest additions to its portfolio of billion-dollar drinks.
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Is this a sign that bag-in-box wine has finally 'arrived'? BiBoViNo is a high end, French bag-in-box-only wine retailer that's got big ambitions for global growth.
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South Africa's Distell continues to grow its whisky credentials. It was recently awarded the title of 'Distiller of the Year' - for all producers from outside Scotland and the US - in an international whisky competition, muscling out a Japanese contender for first place.
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Forbes magazine has named San Diego-based Suja Juice the No 2 "America's Most Promising Company", up from No 3 last year. Suja Juice is the only company in history to move up a place in the top 5 Forbes ranking, the...
Boasting 50 percent more protein, 30 percent more calcium and half the sugar content of traditional milk, Fairlife, an ultra-filtered milk brand distributed by Coca-Cola, is rolling out nationally in the US.
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The Scotch whisky category appears to have hit a tipping point. What does the future look like for the until-recently booming category?
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Taste has seldom been an important aspect of energy drinks or shots, but it's clearly an issue that's been giving the owners of 5-hour Energy some headaches - they've now announced a reformulation to make it more yummy and less medicinal.
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In 2005, red espresso changed the way South Africans (and consumers around the world) traditionally enjoyed rooibos – as a tea. The South African innovators revolutionised rooibos into an espresso – and won five global awards. Now the company has introduced another bold, world-first innovation:...
Consumers perceive that organic cow's milk differs from conventionally produced milk and that these differences justify the premium price of organic milk. In a review published in the Journal of Dairy Science, researchers in New Zealand found that the differences between organic and conventional milk...
While beer experts might know a thing or two about the colour of a beer bottle, many consumers don't take much notice to why one bottle colour is different from the other. Some are green, others clear, brown, and now we even have aluminum bottles....
Choosing a sports drinks after a tough workout? You're behind the science times, according to a small new study. Milk and milk alternatives—thanks to their natural balance of sodium, carbohydrate and protein—help the body retain fluid, researchers report in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and...
It surely started as a one-man experiment, and evolved into something of a social media joke - but Soylent, the Los Angeles start-up that makes a powdery meal replacement with a sweeping nutritional composition, has just raised $20-million in additional venture capital, the company announced...
Many health advocates advise people to eat an orange and drink water rather than opt for a serving of sugary juice. But in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists report that the picture is not clear-cut.
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Citrus greening, a bacterial disease that’s ravaging orchards, has brought the US OJ industry to a crossroads.
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