Created by a team of food scientists at Vampt, a Canadian beverage company, Lean Machine, is a vew low-alcohol, protein-packed “fit beer” with only 77 calories and 3.2% abv. It will be launched onto the North American fitness sector later this year and promoted as...
Tetra Pak has acquired Switzerland-based Miteco, provider of production solutions for soft drinks, fruit juices and liquid food, for an undisclosed sum - a deal that strengthens Tetra Pak’s capabilities in processing of carbonated soft drinks.
...Cargill has announced the introduction of its new ViaTech stevia-based sweeteners that, it says, can open up completely new territory for food and beverage formulators, enabling them to slash sugar by 75% - and in some cases 100% - without compromising taste.
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Brazil's hot and dry summer sent coffee prices soaring to a two-year high this week. The country's worst drought in decades also fuelled rallies in the sugar and orange-juice markets. Brazil is the world's biggest producer and exporter of all three commodities and the dry...
It's not your imagination. Wine really has gotten boozier. In the past two decades the maximum alcohol content of wine has crept up from about 13 percent to, in some cases, northward of 17 percent, a side effect of the growing popularity of wines with...
Beer drinkers know that hops are what gives the drink its bitterness and aroma. Recently, scientists reported that the part of hops that isn’t used for making beer contains healthful antioxidants and could be used to battle cavities and gum disease.
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Slowing growth at Anheuser-Busch InBev and a dearth of big takeover targets may finally drive the world’s biggest brewer to swallow its $79-billion rival, SABMiller, a proposition that many analysts view as feasible if not incredible.
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SA's well-known packaging photographer and man-about-the-packaging-industry, Clive Glover, shares his top packs and the story behind them. Featured are Champagne Taittinger Nocturne; Graça's celebration of its 30th anniversary; and majestic branding of Redd’s Bold Crisp.
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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...