21 Sep Revamp for RCL’s super-star mageu brand
Now here's a fine brand to own! On the back of sparkling market and brand growth, RCL Foods has given its leading product, Mageu Number One Smooth, a packaging makeover.
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21 Sep South African whisky imports drop 9% in the first half of 2016
Constricting consumer spending appears to have taken some of the "Cheers" out of SA's whisky market...
21 Sep Noakes Foundation launches new sugar labelling barometer
Eat Better South Africa, The Noakes Foundation’s educational arm, has launched a labelling product, The Sugar Barometer, that it hopes will help change the sugar consumption landscape in South Africa and beyond - and its urging manufacturers and retailers to come on board.
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20 Sep Appletiser marks 50th birthday with limited edition cans
2016 is a special year for South Africa’s iconic Appletiser - in celebration of its Golden Anniversary, it has launched a range of limited edition cans.
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19 Sep Clover to launch low-sugar Tropika
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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07 Sep A new gin that changes colour in mixed drinks
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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07 Sep Interest in local craft gin blossoms
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...
06 Sep US: The frozen concentrated orange-juice market has virtually disappeared
The once-thriving market for frozen orange-juice concentrate is getting squeezed - by disease, waning demand and the weather.
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06 Sep OP-ED: Sugar tax will have negligible impact on public health
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...
06 Sep KWV’s world-first wine wins global innovation award
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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06 Sep SA début for the water enhancement category
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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06 Sep Energy drink launches grow 29% in five years
New research from Mintel reveals standout results for global energy drink innovation.
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06 Sep US: Gatorade goes organic
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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06 Sep US: Coca-Cola makes a move into cold brew coffee
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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01 Sep SA’s proposed sugar tax: checking claims about calories & job losses
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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24 Aug Sugar tax would have dire economic consequences, Bevsa says
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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23 Aug Nestlé fights to keep coffee crown from keen competitors
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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22 Aug Does red wine give you a horrible hangover?
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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22 Aug SA brandy: from cheap prop to classy flyer
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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18 Aug Starbucks announces location for SA shop #3
Taste Holdings and Starbucks have announced the location of their third store in South Africa...