Consol has applied leading-edge technology to the production of black glass – a first for South Africa – working with long-standing customer, Distell, to produce new packaging for a Savanna line extension, Savanna Dark, the first local brand to launch in black glass. [Click pic to...
Many of us have at some point been given a cup of coffee that is so bitter, it is almost undrinkable. Most reach for the sugar in an attempt to make the beverage a little more palatable. Wrong!
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Tetra Pak has announced the launch of the Tetra Brik Aseptic 250 Base Crystal pack - featuring two crystal-shaped panels on the front side of the familiar Tetra Brik Aseptic, the new package provides customers with more graphic design possibilities, helping their products stand out...
Juice is, nutritionally, not much better than soda. How did consumers, particularly those in America, come to believe that oranges, in any form, were an important part of a healthy diet?
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Sweeter and fruitier drinks are driving SABMiller sales as men feel increasingly confident ordering alternative beverages. The world's second-largest brewer said it is developing its drinks range beyond traditional lagers partly in response to the more experimental tastes of male consumers.
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Tetra Pak has announced the introduction of a new juice pasteurisation process that saves up to 20% on energy consumption, bringing cost and environmental benefits for customers.
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As consumers remain seduced by the notion that wine should be made by humble farmers with as little intervention as possible, fine-wine labels still try to keep their experiments with technology under wraps. But they are quietly deploying technology in a new way: not just...
Americans are so over soda. And while that may be good for the their expanding waistlines, it’s bad news for the companies that make the sugary drinks. Just take a look at this chart from IBISWorld, a global market research firm, predicting the...
Beverage-makers around the globe introduced more than 225 aloe-containing beverages in 2013, according to Mintel, up 7% from 2012.
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Few can have failed to notice Coca-Cola's 'Share a Coke' campaign, with its roster of first names staring out hopefully from chiller cabinets. It certainly has caught the consumer's eye, but it has had a more profound impact on supply chain perceptions of digital print.
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Nespresso is launching a new large-cup coffee system in the US and Canada, aiming to secure a major segment of a market worth some $5bn each year in the US alone.
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Radical Waters International was granted a ground breaking beverage patent in the US for "Cleaning in Place in Bottling facilities" in July, 2012. This patent, recently granted in South Africa, acknowledges Radical Waters leadership and pioneering role in the use of electrochemically-activated water (ECA) for...
PepsiCo has closed one of the more disruptive chapters in its recent history, when, in its full-year results announced last week, it said it would not be splitting its stagnant North American Beverage (NAB) business from its fast-growing snacks units.
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SodaStream is not a glass-half-empty kind of company. Last week, when Coca-Cola and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters announced a partnership that would encroach on its turf, SodaStream execs shrugged and described the development as "recognition that custom carbonation is the future". Now, it's shown a...
The success of coconut water – which surged from zero in 2006 to an almost $1-billion (€750-million) business in North America and Europe by 2013 – is just the first step in a massive emerging trend: healthy, natural, low-calorie waters taken directly from plants. [Click...
Johnnie Walker has joined the likes of Google, Nike and Dropbox as the only drinks brand to be included in a 2014 ranking of the world’s 50 most innovative companies.
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Paul Raphaely, co-founder of chic foodie company, NoMU, is putting some of his boundless creative energies into a new mission: promoting SA's packaging design and supply sectors. His vehicle, which includes a website and portal, has the funky name of The Lucky Budgie...
For much of the past 50 years or so, voicing any serious skepticism toward Alcoholics Anonymous or any other 12-step program was sacrilege...
A new report from just-drinks suggests that the dynamism and growth of the flavoured vodka category, for so long one of the key engines behind the vodka sector, is in decline.
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Russia's deeply-ingrained vodka binging leads to an "extraordinarily" high risk of an early death for Russian men, an Oxford study has found.
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