Bananas have long been a favourite source of energy for endurance and recreational athletes. Bananas are a rich source of potassium and other nutrients, and are easy for cyclists, runners or hikers to carry. A new US study shows they're better than sports beverages.
...Huhtamaki Group’s Cyclero beverage pouch that looks like a can but weighs but one-tenth, has finally hit commercialisation for the first time after five years in development with a new product launch in Thailand.
...Britain's most public and famous entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, has extended his Virgin brand name from record shop ands airlines, to mobile phones, space and deep sea travel, hotels and cheeky health clubs, among several others. Now Brits will soon be finding the...
Over the last decade, America's war on obesity has targeted some fairly obvious culprits, including fast food, pastries, fried foods and soda. But recent scientific studies and a new government-sponsored documentary, "Weight of the Nation", that aired last week on the HBO channel, have identified...
Another spray from the ever-innovative Harvard professor, David Edwards, the inventor of Le Whif chocolate spray and AeroShot, a caffeine/coffee aerosol equivalent: this time he's turned his micro-particle spraying science to booze, delivering the sensation of alcohol without the bad side effects.
...An experimental drug could stop people from getting drunk and also help heavy drinkers wean off alcohol.
...Is raw milk a wonder food? Or a health risk? What are the benefits and what are the dangers? Dr Heidi Kassenborg, a veterinarian and the Director of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Dairy & Food Inspection Division debates the issue with Doug Stephan, radio...
Coca-Cola has taken a step closer to becoming Coco-Cola - last week, the world's largest beverage brand announced it had acquired a majority share of Zico, the number two brand in the estimated $350-million coconut water space.
...The BeviBag is a fiendishly practical new packaging idea out of the US for beverages with a genesis of practical need - in this instance by two moms looking for a solution to ease the trials of drinking for one of their children who is...
Recently an American doctor called Robert Lustig has been calling for laws that restrict sugar as if it were alcohol or tobacco. Like many people, I suspect, my initial reaction upon hearing this was: give me a break.
The Cola War continues. As Pepsi struggles to regain market share, Indra Nooyi’s job is on the line...
There is not enough scientific data to support a link between FDA-approved food colours and the increased incidence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to results of a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. The results indicate...
While a challenging economic climate has resulted in rather flat sales for many alcohol sectors in the UK, new research from Mintel reveals that there is one sector which has put some fizz into the consumer marketplace and is ripe for further development - cider.
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Hooch Fox, in the Ceres Beverage stable, has just launched new Hooch LITE, claimed as the first light alcoholic fruit beverage range in three delicious fruit flavours.
...American advocacy group, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), is well-known/infamous for alerting the public/overblowing fears about many of the foods we eat. This week it has been creating headlines again, repeating its soda scare - on the chemical in...
Cherries have long been appreciated for their taste, but growing evidence about their health benefits is now putting them squarely in the frame for 'superfruit' status and they are increasingly being used in juices and juice drink blends, reports Innova Market Insights.
...Soda sales are flat and the beverage industry is looking for its next big thing. Increasingly, it is turning to the coconut. Touted as a natural sports drink that helps tired bodies rehydrate, coconut water is hitting a growing number of US store shelves, whether...
5-Hour Energy, the 60ml caffeine and vitamin elixir that purports to keep you alert without crashing. In eight years 5-Hour has gone from nowhere to $1-billion in retail sales. Truckers swear by it. So do the traders in Oliver Stone’s 2010 sequel to Wall Street....
PepsiCo has announced that Diet Mountain Dew, Brisk and Starbucks ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages have each grown to more than $1-billion in annual retail sales, expanding PepsiCo's portfolio of billion-dollar brands to 22. PepsiCo offers the world's largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands.
...Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of California researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes,...