Imagine this: you’re an alcoholic who has tried everything to quit drinking. No luck. So you go to your doctor, who gives you a vaccine that could change your life. All of a sudden, you’re a new person. Every drink you try to take makes...
Nampak, Africa’s largest packaging group, has announced it is investing R1,6bn in two businesses that produce bottles and cans for the "growing" beverage market.
...SodaStream heads the list of Fast Company's [the fabulous online magazine and website that celebrates innovation of all kinds] annual list: The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Food. The company has been making many waves in the US, and elsewhere, even South Africa,...
Don’t let the name fool you. Coca-Cola’s Simply Orange juice [a premium US brand] is anything but pick, squeeze, and pour. That cold glass of 100 percent liquid sunshine on the breakfast table is the product of a sophisticated industrial juice complex. Satellite imagery, complicated...
A memorable TV ad that helped spur Diet Coke's massive success was the Diet Coke Break. That was in 1994 where a builder gets his kit off for a team of female office workers at tea-time, to a ballsy...
Amarula has emerged as a favourite amongst the world's best bars located in many of the trendiest cities, from London to Paris, Milan, Moscow, New York, Singapore, Tokyo and Buenos Aires. An international survey, polling the top 100 go-to glamour drinks spots, has placed the...
It has always been a simple question: tea or coffee? Now, after a scientific breakthrough that choice could become rather less straightforward. Tea brewed from the fruit and leaves of coffee plants could be a healthier option than either tea of coffee alone, according to...
By finding a way to keep probiotic bacteria alive in hot drinks, this new beverage comes both with caffeine and a health-boosting kick. Here comes the world’s first probiotic coffee, now on sale from a US company called Tipton Mills.
...Carlsberg Group CEO, Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen, says in spite of gimmicky "innovations" in beer marketed to women, they remain a huge untapped market. But catering to them requires a new approach in management, strategy and product innovation.
...Beer in Russia became an alcoholic drink for the first time on New Year's Day.
...The craft beer revolution has exploded around the world, with beer-lovers are now paying triple-digit prices for their beloved ales. There are black tie awards balls and beer sommeliers called Cicerones (only six of whom have achieved the title of “Master”...
While dairy alternative drinks accounted for a relatively limited share of 5% of the total dairy launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in the 12 months to the end of October 2012, the market has seen considerable recent development....
The influence of ‘naturality’ over food and beverage product development will continue to grow in the coming year, according to the latest edition of New Nutrition Business’s trend-spotting report, 10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition & Health 2013. This highly-regarded annual report...
The UK's regarded Marketing Magazine has named the energy drink's space mission as "unquestionably the marketing masterstroke of the year".
...Technomic, the US market research company, has issued its report on the trends that will shape the US adults drinks business in 2013. Based on ongoing research into spirits, wine and beer volume and sales, as well as surveys, interviews and discussions involving brand marketers,...
Russia has seen the first launch worldwide of the new Tetra Gemina Aseptic (TGA) Leaf pack for Coca-Cola’s Dobry juice range, the country’s No 1 juice brand. Tetra Pak says the TGA Leaf offers customers a package with a unique appearance whilst also delivering exceptional...
Researchers at Oxford University have developed a drink that reportedly raises the ketone levels in the body, creating a boost of energy that may help treat diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and even Alzheimer's disease.
...Du Toitskloof’s Chenin Blanc has been named the best boxed white wine at the third annual Spit or Swallow Box Wine Awards held in Cape Town on November 29. The cellar’s Pinotage Merlot Ruby Cabernet took the Best Red Box Wine award in 2010.
...Bag-in-box wines are more likely than their bottled counterparts to develop unpleasant flavours, aromas and colours when stored at warm temperatures, a new study has found. Published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, it emphasises the importance of storing these popular, economical vintages...
Brewing cocoa is one of the newest health beverages to hit the market, even though it is centuries old, originally enjoyed by the royalty of the ancient Maya and Aztec civilizations over 2 000 years ago. Brewing cocoa is said to offer tremendous health benefits...