SA's Department of Health is giving consideration to a "sugar tax" to encourage South Africans to consume less of the sweet stuff, according to head of non-communicable diseases, Prof Melvyn Freeman.
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Coca-Cola and Green Mountain Coffee have delivered a crushing blow to SodaStream — the beverage behemoths have entered a 10-year agreement to develop Coke brand products for the Keurig Cold, a yet-to-be-launched system similar to SodaSteam’s soda-making device.
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There is no denying South Africa’s long love affair with beer. With well over 100 different kinds added to the national beer menu in recent years, beer lovers have plenty more reasons to toast. But even with their growing popularity, choosing any of the many...
It has been called toxic, addictive and deadly, the driving force behind obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Is sugar really so bad? The New Scientist investigates...
A groundbreaking tax on sugar-sweetened beverages became law in Mexico in January 2014. Public health advocates are watching closely to see what impact - if any - the tax will have on consumption...
Affirming the potential of high pressure juice processing in the US, the Suja Juice Co, the US's leading producer, has been named third among Forbes Magazine's 2014 list of America's Top 100 Most Promising Companies. Suja is also the only consumer packaged goods company within...
Described as “the ultimate protection for wine lovers”, an American mother-son duo is hoping to raise enough interest and money to launch a line of wine condoms, and with it a string of puns. [Click pic to enlarge...
Craft mocktails, Chinese wines, Soju and cocktails-on-tap are included in JWTIntelligence's annual list of 100 Things to Watch for the year ahead, a report that always delivers fascinating and accurate insights, and is one of the best annual Trends reads.
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The world’s biggest brewers are aggressively rolling out products designed to appeal to fans of craft beer. But they’re not putting the microbrewers who started the movement out of business.
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The US FDA says it is conducting new studies of the safety of caramel colouring in soft drinks and other foods, even though previous research has shown no identifiable health risk. Caramel is the world's most widely used food colourant.
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Personalisation in bottling has grown in popularity as consumers demand product individuality. But how can brands create packaging that is unique to each consumer and how is it produced?
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Jo'burg has a new and its first bubble tea franchise called 'Happy.me' - recently founded by entrepreneur Jan Roode. "Happy.me is the next generation of beverages," he says.
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The conference programme for food & drink technology Africa has been scheduled. The new event, organised by Messe München International and its subsidiary MMI South Africa, will premier in Johannesburg on March 18 and 19, 2014 at Gallagher Convention Centre.
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The dangers of mixing booze with diet soda could outweigh the caloric benefits - as it has been found that diet soda as a mixer can definitely can get you drunker than the same drink with a sugary mixer.
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Fast-track BOS Brands has entered the sports drink arena with the launch of rooibos-based BOS Sport. The product reinforces its philosophy of creating healthy, colourant free and preservative free beverages - using only natural flavours and premium ingredients. [Click pic to enlarge]
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Graham Mackay used to say his performance review as CEO of SABMiller was simple, and available for everyone to examine: the company's share price, which grew from R50 in early 2003, to R537 in early 2014. Journalist, David Williams, pays tribute.
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To get drunk, people are getting strangely creative. But a new form of drinking, known as “smoking” alcohol, has doctors concerned.
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With a media blaze of publicity in the UK, a campaign group, Action on Sugar, has been formed to reduce the amount of sugar added to food and soft drinks in an effort to tackle obesity and diabetes in the UK. [Click pic to...
California juice company, Evolution Fresh, now owned by Starbucks, has recently invested $70-million in a new 24,500m2 production facility that's likely to change the future of cold-pressed juice.
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Japanese drinks maker Suntory has announced a $16bn deal to buy spirits group Beam, the maker of Laphroaig whisky, Jim Beam bourbon, Sauza tequila and Courvoisier cognac, to name a few of its tipples, and propelling it to number three in distilled spirits behind Diageo...