Bio-engineering of food ingredients is one of the hottest topics in the food industry, and a new turn in this evolving science belongs to a Silicon Valley-based biotech startup that's hoping genetically engineered yeast will produce a dairy alternative as good or better than the...
IFEA 2014 - Africa's food and drink event, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg next week (05 - 07 November) will see top South African companies showcasing their finest new products and services. Among them are Unilever Food Solutions, Rhodes Food Group,...
Swedish cider company, Rekorderlig, which entered the South African market last month, is looking to tap into the same trend which is buoying craft beer producers — changing consumer palates in favour of "new and different" beverages.
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Dietary cocoa flavanols—naturally occurring bioactives found in cocoa—reversed age-related memory decline in healthy older adults, according to a study led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) scientists.
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Very little in life can't be improved with a hot drink. They can warm us or cool us down. They help numb pain when we're ill. They even help us see the best in other people.
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Over the past decade, the cork industry has cleaned up its act. Levels of taint are less now than they were 15 years ago when you could comfortably write off one bottle in every case on account of the corks. However, reducing contamination only partially...
PepsiCo is finally wading into the market of at-home prepared beverages. The cola giant is set to begin a limited test of its soda brands for use in SodaStream's carbonation machines, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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America's beverage behemoths have agreed to ask people to drink fewer sugary soft drinks. At the recent Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple Group announced a shared goal to reduce the number of beverage calories consumed per person...
Tetra Pak has announced the launch of the beverage/liquid food industry’s first carton made entirely from plant-based, renewable packaging materials.
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In the "craft cocktail" era, drinks with hefty price tags are the norm. And now, to complement fancy craft drinks, American entrepreneurs have come up with artisanal ice - a large, crystal-clear cube or rectangle that melts unhurriedly in your glass.
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Appletiser has added to its range of premium beverages with the launch of two new flavours in the Appletiser Colours range: Appletiser Colours Pink (Apple & Strawberry) and Appletiser Colours Amber (Apple & Peach).
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Stellenbosch-based Red Dawn IP Holdings has announced that it has patented "a game changing way" of producing alcoholic beverages using fynbos plants ie, rooibos and honeybush.
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Namibia Breweries has launched VIGO, a premium malt based cooler described as "an invigorating, lightly sparkling soft drink", and claimed as the first blonde malt soft drink made in Southern Africa.
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For years alcohol has been portrayed as your waistline's arch enemy. Considering it's a close second to dietary fat in terms of its calorie density — roughly seven calories per gram — it's easy to see why. But alcoholic drinks come in many different forms...
Plastics packaging specialist Bowler Metcalf appears to have defied the sceptics by pulling off a R274m deal that could add considerable fizz to its investment in soft-drinks. The new entity, SoftBev, will become the largest locally owned soft-drink company in SA.
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Forming part of its growth coffee growth strategy, both locally and across key African markets, AVI Limited, through its retail division Entyce Beverages and its out-of-home service division Ciro, has secured the exclusive distribution rights to Lavazza, one of the world's largest single espresso brands....
Off a small base, the ready-to-drink (RTD) or iced coffee has been seeing a period of strong product and market activity in recent years, reports Innova Market Insights.
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High-caffeine energy drinks are being widely consumed by children and young people and could be storing up "a significant public health problem" for the future, experts from the World Health Organisation have warned.
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The Unilever-owned brand of iced teas Lipton Ice Tea is going through a global rebrand to become better associated with natural revitalisation and wellbeing.
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