06 Jan Swartland Winery sets its sights on the Far East
Chinese businessperson William Wu has purchased a 51% stake in Swartland Winery, one of South Africa's leading wineries based outside the Western Cape town of Malmesbury.
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05 Jan Passion for vodka kills Russian men in their thousands
A quarter of all Russian men die before they reach their mid-fifties and their passion for alcohol - particularly vodka - is largely to blame, according to new research published last week.
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05 Jan Pepsi tries out Drinkfinity in Brazil: a personal, portable hydration system
PepsiCo is trying out a fruit-flavoured water brand called Drinkfinity developed in Brazil and initially only available in that country. The company refers to the new product as a "personal and portable hydration system", consisting of pods that are inserted into the top of a...
11 Dec Sleek new look for Ceres’ premium fruit juice
Renowned for its quality fruit juice blends, Ceres has added new value to eight variants of its 100% premium fruit juice range, by adding fruit cells for texture and repackaging the entire range in the stylish Tetra Pak Prisma.
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11 Dec Immediate detection of the main cause of contamination in beverage factories
Local hygiene company, Pescatech, has launched a new product – BioFinder, a product that can detect biofilms in 30 seconds on any surface in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.
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10 Dec COMMENT: Taxing sugar, not alcohol, will lead to a healthier way of life
In mid-November the Treasury hosted a workshop aimed at engaging with stakeholders on the subject of alcohol excise. From the first session it was clear the purpose of the event was to excoriate the demon drink as a prelude to justifying more onerous taxes on...
10 Dec Coca-Cola looks to grow African market for Appletiser
The Coca-Cola Company believes the Appletiser brand has "lots of legs" and the US-headquartered firm will look for opportunities to grow the niche brand, its regional head has said.
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10 Dec PET brought the bottled water revolution
The single-serve plastic water bottle is ubiquitous in today's culture. But that hasn't always been the case. Not by a long shot.
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10 Dec US: Bottled water is projected to be the number one packaged drink by 2016
Every segment of the bottled water industry is growing and the category is currently the most successful in the mass-market beverage in the US, says the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a leading US management consulting and research firm.
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10 Dec Another extraordinary Coke campaign: two million labels, two million designs
The Coca-Cola Company has pushed digital printing to the next level with the Coke Extraordinary Collection — two million bottle labels, each one with its own graphic design.
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10 Dec South Africa’s UHT milk market overtakes fresh
UHT milk volumes overtook fresh milk for the first time in 2013 to account for the larger volume share of the South African white milk market and, according to BMi Research's Shawn Henning, the growth trend noted in long-life milk is set to continue.
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30 Nov Coffee creamer: New Cremora campaign and convenient to-go offering from Nestlé
Coffee is the ultimate “on the go” beverage, generally via restaurants and coffee houses. Packaged coffee creamer products had largely been shut out of this market until the launch of new Nestlé Coffee-Mate 2Go concentrated coffee creamer, a “triple strength” liquid creamer in a spill-resistant,...
28 Nov SABMiller, Coca-Cola form African drinks giant
SABMiller and Coca-Cola plan to form one of the world's largest bottling operations with annual revenue of almost $3 billion (R33bn) in 12 markets across southern and east Africa under the name of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa. Coca-Cola will also acquire the Appletiser brand from SABMIller.
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26 Nov Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism
A new book looking at the success - and cost - behind the Coca-Cola name has been published. Author Bartow Elmore, an historian at the University of Alabama, takes a fresh look at how soda companies managed to make fortunes selling cheap sugar water.
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26 Nov US: Coca-Cola bets the farm on “premium milk”
Could premium milk be the greatest coup for beverage companies since bottled water? Coca-Cola apparently thinks so.
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26 Nov The hype that is bulletproof coffee
For the creator of Bulletproof Coffee, the butter-infused, "low-toxin" coffee that’s created a media storm, the epiphany of the Bulletproof lifestyle came thousands of miles from home after drinking a strange brew.
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25 Nov Innova releases its Top 10 Food-Bev Trends for 2015
"From Clean to Clear Label" and "Convenience for Foodies" lead the Innova Market Insights food and beverage 'Top 10 Trends' list for 2015.
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25 Nov Pioneer to exit its Pepsi business
Pioneer Food, the maker of Ceres fruit drinks and dozens of other food and beverage brands, says it will exit the deal that gives it bottling rights for PepsiCo in South Africa by the middle of next year.
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25 Nov How clean is your CIP really? New Carbotect test will verify in a jiffy
An ingenious new food-beverage safety tool, CARBOTECT is an organic (carbohydrate) detection tool developed by a South African scientist as an instant pass/fail diagnostic test to gauge the efficacy of clean-in-place processes. It should prove a welcome addition to every QA/QC department.
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20 Nov Transforming lesser wine into vintage with the ‘Sonic Decanter’
We all know what it's like to open a bottle of cheap wine and immediately wish we'd spent a bit more money. Instead of throwing the bottle in the bin or using it for cooking, however, a new device promises to make a young or...