The Coca-Cola Company has ditched stevia as a sweetener for Glaceau vitaminwater in the US and will revert to the original sweetening system – which used crystalline fructose and, in some cases, cane sugar.
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There is a quick solution for a warm beer, an unchilled Sauvignon Blanc, a tepid Coke with no high-tech gadgetry - and it's hiding in that everyday commodity in every pantry; a container of table salt. It's amazing...
Got warm beer? Here's a new solution that does away with that no-no temptation to throw some ice cubes into the glass - dubbed Booze Joulies.
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This is an intriguing question, one begged by news that PepsiCo has appointed Bruno Thévenin to the newly-created post of general manager of Western Europe & South Africa (WESA) for its Tropicana fruit juice brand.
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Danone Southern Africa has launched new Yogi Sip "Hunger Buster" with the same original taste of blended yoghurt and real fruit. The 500g pack is an ideal liquid snack for people on the move.
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Alcohol beverage company, brandhouse, has added to the lite beer category with the launch of Amstel Lite, available from 1 August 2014.
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A takeover of Bowler Metcalf's beverages business by Clover Industries would "make strategic sense" for the companies, analysts say. Both companies have issued cautionary announcements of negotiations — though neither has revealed with whom.
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SA National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA) chairman, John Weaver, is used to being in the firing line when people talk water and water scarcity in this, a water-scarce country. He maintains this is because they don't understand the total quantity of water used by the...
Durban-based Joekels Tea Packers, number-three tea producer in SA, is embracing 2014 with some change by revamping the packaging of its popular Laager rooibos brand. New left, old look right.
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Rooibos tea, one of South Africa's most famous exports, has been granted long-awaited geographical indication (GI) status in the EU. This new partnership agreement between southern African nations and the EU is also good news for sugar and wine exports.
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Tata has just done rival Unilever a huge PR favour...
Meet Apiwe Nxusani of Beerhogs and Ndumiso Madlala of Soweto Gold, two young, black South African beermakers who are helping to shape this country's burgeoning craft beer market.
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In the US, there's a growing trend of sweet alcoholic drinks hitting the shelves, with some commentators dubbing this "excessively sweet and with an excessive alcohol content".
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Van Loveren, the family-owned wine Bonnievale producer behind the popular Four Cousins brand, is entering the ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages market with its latest innovation – the new fruity, wine-based Four Cousins FIVER range. At its heart, the new range contains the popular Four Cousins wine,...
Good Night relaxation beverage, specifically developed to help relieve feelings of stress and support overall quality of sleep, has been launched in South Africa.
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A new study on the digestion of milk could lead to the development of new formulas for premature babies, weight loss drinks and potentially new drug delivery systems.
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Nielsen has issued a list of 14 breakthrough innovation products, among them several beverage items, based on products introduced in the US in 2012 that continued to do well in their second year in the market.
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Nescafé, the world's first instant coffee and the fifth most valuable food and drink brand, is launching a unified, global look and feel across all products in the 180 countries where the coffee is sold. Simultaneously, Nestlé is also launching its first-ever, fresh RTD iced...
America's 'King of Beers' is bowing down to a food blogger. Anheuser-Busch unveiled the ingredients of Budweiser and Bud Light for the first time yesterday, a day after a popular food blogger started an online petition to get major brewers to list what's in their...
UK scientists claim to have cracked one of the secrets behind the perfect cup of coffee. And the secret ingredient is surprisingly simple.
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