21 Jan Does orange juice have to genetically modify or die?
Citrus greening, a bacterial disease that’s ravaging orchards, has brought the US OJ industry to a crossroads.
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05 Jan Passion for vodka kills Russian men in their thousands
A quarter of all Russian men die before they reach their mid-fifties and their passion for alcohol - particularly vodka - is largely to blame, according to new research published last week.
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26 Nov Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism
A new book looking at the success - and cost - behind the Coca-Cola name has been published. Author Bartow Elmore, an historian at the University of Alabama, takes a fresh look at how soda companies managed to make fortunes selling cheap sugar water.
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26 Nov US: Coca-Cola bets the farm on “premium milk”
Could premium milk be the greatest coup for beverage companies since bottled water? Coca-Cola apparently thinks so.
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28 Oct US: PepsiCo confirms it’s on trial with SodaStream
PepsiCo is finally wading into the market of at-home prepared beverages. The cola giant is set to begin a limited test of its soda brands for use in SodaStream's carbonation machines, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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24 Oct US: Soda giants pledge to cut calories
America's beverage behemoths have agreed to ask people to drink fewer sugary soft drinks. At the recent Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple Group announced a shared goal to reduce the number of beverage calories consumed per person...
16 Oct The Steve Jobs of beer
07 Oct The cola wars continue: Coke Life vs Pepsi True
In the latest stage of the ongoing cola wars, the kings of carbonated beverages are going green—on the outside—and lean, on the inside. In the US, PepsiCo has just introduced a new mid-calorie variety called Pepsi True that uses a combination of stevia and sugar...
07 Oct SABMiller executives set out long-term vision for superior growth
At an investor seminar in London yesterday, top directors of SABMIller outlined outlined the company's long term strategy for growth, including plans to expand beer's appeal in mature markets and to build a position outside its traditional role as the favourite drink for men in...
01 Oct Tetra Pak Dairy Index 2014 indicates rising demand and production for milk in Africa
The latest Dairy Index from Tetra Pak has found that total global demand for milk is set to overtake the available supply for the first time over the next decade. Milk supply is expected to lag demand by 2017 predominantly due to growth from Asia...
01 Oct Glorious coffee’s DNA tells many fascinating tales
With more than 2.25 billion cups consumed every day, coffee is one of the most important crops on Earth. The DNA of the robusta plant has now been deciphered, and the unravelling of its mysteries holds many an interesting tale...
10 Sep Coca-Cola agrees to traffic-light labelling on drinks sold in UK
Coca-Cola has agreed to put traffic light-style labels on its drinks sold in the UK to help tackle the growing obesity crisis.
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06 Sep Nespresso opens its coffee machines to knockoffs
After years of surrounding its coffee machines and their pods with patents, Nestle, the owner of Europe's largest single-serve coffee brand, Nespresso, has bowed to pressure from French competition authorities and agreed to open up to knockoff capsules from competitors around the world.
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20 Aug US: McDonald’s plans McCafé retail rollout in 2015
McDonald's has announced that its long-awaited, full-tilt entrance into the $11 billion-plus US retail coffee market will take place early next year when it rolls out McCafé coffee in ground, whole-bean and single-cup forms through a partnership with Kraft.
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19 Aug At the bottom of coconut water’s popularity chain
Once seen as a useless byproduct, coconut water is rapidly rising to prominence. What impact is it having on coconut farmers? Precious little, says this article...
15 Aug Coca-Cola buys stake in Monster Beverage for $2bn
Coca-Cola and Monster Beverage have announced that Coke will make a net cash payment of $2.15-billion in exchange for a 16.7% stake in Monster. Coke will also gain two seats on Monster's board of directors.
15 Aug The war to reinvent the soda fountain
Thanks to new weaponry built with touch screens, Italian or Apple-inspired design and the latest technology, the cola wars are returning to an old battleground, the soda fountain. PepsiCo has now been rolling out Spire, a range of new self-serve equipment for dispensing drinks in...
14 Aug US: Big brewers betting on apple-flavoured malt drinks
"An apple a day" is not just a nutritional myth. It has become a rally call by some of the world's top brewers In the US.
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14 Aug Cashew juice, a new apple in Pepsi’s eye
The demanding demographic group known as millennials, as well as new consumers among the world's emerging middle class, have a restless appetite that is driving food companies to experiment on a grand scale with flavours and ingredients whose appeal until recently were largely local. Pepsi...