An innovative design for fruit juice called ‘Ice Box’, designed by Smurfit Kappa Poland, has won in the ‘Packaging Concept’ category at the recent Art of Packaging Awards, hosted by prestigous New York design institute, Pratt.
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Coca Cola's new functional milk, Fairlife, put America's specialty milk category on a rocketing growth trajectory last year. On Fairlife sales of $90m, the category jumped 21 percent in 2015, up from 9 percent in 2014. While there's a long way to go, Coke has...
A surprise tax on sugary soft drinks to tackle childhood obesity, unveiled in Chancellor George Osborne’s 2016 budget, has dismayed manufacturers but delighted campaigners, including celebrity chef Jamie Oliver (left), who was exuberant outside the House of Commons after its announcement.
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Coca-Cola continues to be more aggressive than its nemesis PepsiCo in chasing the red-hot, low-calorie sparkling water business.
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Natural ingredients. Soda’s decline. The rise of energy drinks, dairy alternatives, and ready-to-drink tea and coffee — manufacturers are already aware of major movements sweeping through the beverage industry. But lesser-known trends are poised to be just as disruptive.
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The founders of Ugly, an unsweet, fruit infused sparkling water brand, believe consumer palates will become less focused on sweet in the coming years. This can open up opportunities for beverages such as unsweetened iced tea, unsweetened cold brew coffee, and further innovations in bottled...
Savanna, Distell's popular premium cider with a taste for the unexpected, has 'gone loco' with the launch of a bold new special release variant, combining the crisp taste of Savanna Dry with fresh tequila flavour in a market first for South Africa.
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The reinvention of rosé continues apace, with superior grapes, innovative production methods and sustainable sourcing all bidding to capture consumer imagination in an increasingly crowded and fashionable category. The message from the market’s new releases is clear: pink is premium, but the rosé category’s rebrand...
Stellenbosch-based liquor conglomerate Distell might be best known for its wine and brandy brands – but the company’s spirited growth in the last decade-and-a-half has been underpinned by incredible successes in the cider segment.
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That Starbucks would finally be coming to SA made headlines last July - now comes news that the first two stores will open in April at Rosebank and the much-anticipated new Mall of Africa in Midrand.
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The Beverage Association of South Africa says a move by government to curb obesity through a new sugar tax is ‘disappointing’ and will most likely fail.
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Monster Beverage has agreed to purchase its primary flavour ingredients supplier, American Fruits & Flavors, for $690-million.
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Among the sins that the government taxes, South Africans can now include sugar along with the likes of alcohol and tobacco.
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There are food-bev companies where the directors and shareholders still believe that their business teams must look for new “high volume opportunities”. Believe no more, asserts UK trends thinktank on food and health, New Nutrition Business.
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UK newspaper, The Telegraph, has released its 2016 list of the best coffee shops in the world, with South Africa’s very own steampunk-themed Truth Coffee Roasting in Cape Town sitting proudly in the number-one spot.
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A Swiss company, Climeworks, is not the first company to figure out how to suck carbon dioxide out of the air. It may become the first to make money from it at an industrial scale, including putting it in soft drinks.
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Jo'burg drinks development consultancy, Slo-Jo, works with most of SA's top restaurant chains in keeping their drinks menus fresh and appetising. Trend watching is key in its business - and here is Slo-Jo's take on taste trends for 2016, mainly in the context for SA's...
A Spanish company has come up with an ingenious option to market and merchandise raw, organic coconut water – currently the super-healthy darling of the beverage world – in its own natural container. And it's just been awarded a major global innovation award.
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A bottle of South African wine fetched R1.3 million ($82K) at the recent AfrAsia Bank Cape Wine auction as a 42 percent jump in prices saw total proceeds from the sale double from two years earlier.
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Japanese brewer Asahi has agreed to buy SABMiller’s Peroni and Grolsch beer brands for over 400bn yen (€2.55bn - £2.3bn), a sale aimed at easing antitrust approval for AB InBev’s $100bn-plus takeover of SABMiller, agreed last year.
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