26 Feb Misunderstanding orange juice as a health drink
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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21 Feb Men breaking out of a lager mentality
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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20 Feb Tetra Pak launches energy saving juice pasteurisation process
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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20 Feb Bacchus to the future: High-tech winemaking
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...
19 Feb This is Coca-Cola’s biggest nightmare
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...
19 Feb Aloe use expands in functional drinks
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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19 Feb Coca-Cola changes face of digital print
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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19 Feb New Nespresso system aims to reshape North American coffee industry
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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18 Feb New patents granted for Radical Waters
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...
17 Feb PepsiCo split? CEO Indra Nooyi says no way
PepsiCo has closed one of the more disruptive chapters in its recent history, when, in its full-year results announced last week, it said it would not be splitting its stagnant North American Beverage (NAB) business from its fast-growing snacks units.
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14 Feb Is this the next big market for SodaStream?
SodaStream is not a glass-half-empty kind of company. Last week, when Coca-Cola and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters announced a partnership that would encroach on its turf, SodaStream execs shrugged and described the development as "recognition that custom carbonation is the future". Now, it's shown a...
13 Feb Water from plants: A new $2-billion market
The success of coconut water – which surged from zero in 2006 to an almost $1-billion (€750-million) business in North America and Europe by 2013 – is just the first step in a massive emerging trend: healthy, natural, low-calorie waters taken directly from plants. [Click...
13 Feb Johnnie Walker hailed for innovation
Johnnie Walker has joined the likes of Google, Nike and Dropbox as the only drinks brand to be included in a 2014 ranking of the world’s 50 most innovative companies.
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13 Feb Mission to promote SA packaging design and supply
Paul Raphaely, co-founder of chic foodie company, NoMU, is putting some of his boundless creative energies into a new mission: promoting SA's packaging design and supply sectors. His vehicle, which includes a website and portal, has the funky name of The Lucky Budgie...
11 Feb After 75 years of AA, it’s time to admit we have a problem
For much of the past 50 years or so, voicing any serious skepticism toward Alcoholics Anonymous or any other 12-step program was sacrilege...
11 Feb Flavour fatigue impacts the vodka sector
A new report from just-drinks suggests that the dynamism and growth of the flavoured vodka category, for so long one of the key engines behind the vodka sector, is in decline.
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06 Feb Vodka a top killer of Russian men
Russia's deeply-ingrained vodka binging leads to an "extraordinarily" high risk of an early death for Russian men, an Oxford study has found.
...06 Feb SA’s Dept of Health ponders a sugar tax
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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06 Feb US: Coming soon – DIY Coca-Cola!
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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06 Feb Ten tips to tasting beer like a pro
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...