20 Apr Impressive sales, impressive losses at Oatly
Oatly, probably the world's best-known plant milk brand, has announced sales in 2021 up 56% compared to the same period in 2020. The real picture is not so pretty....
19 Apr Pandemic delivers rich pickings for niche start-up
Last year we reported on an interesting beverage start-up based in Austria, Waterdrop, premised on sustainability. Here's an update on its prospering fortunes...
30 Mar World-famous Russian Stolichnaya vodka will rebrand
Just call it Stoli vodka. The Stoli Group has announced that it is doing a "major rebrand" and ending "the use of the Stolichnaya name" following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
15 Mar The first-ever animal-free milk to hit US shelves
In a leap for the commercialisation of bio-engineered food, a new milk will soon hit US shelves that isn’t a wholly plant-based product - rather it's made from whey proteins produced by microflora engineered to spit out exactly the same proteins found in milk from a cow.
25 Feb Pepsi’s new nitrogen-infused cola that’s ‘softer than a soft drink’
Billed as "the first-ever nitrogen-infused cola", PepsiCo has announced the forthcoming US-nationwide launch of Nitro Pepsi — an innovative new soda that will arrive this March.
25 Feb ‘At home’ revolution good news for Nestlé coffee
A long-term transition to working from home is boosting Nestlé’s coffee portfolio, with the company confident the trend will continue post-pandemic.
09 Feb The quest for delicious decaf coffee
Coffee is one of the world’s most popular drinks, but that cup can come with a price of jitters or sleeplessness. How to get to a truly decent coffee without the kick of caffeine is still a work in progress.
08 Feb PepsiCo’s new category-blurring energy drink
PepsiCo’s getting very energised over energy drinks, with news of Rockstar Unplugged's debut, ‘a new kind of energy drink which focuses less on providing a big hit of energy and more focus on enhancing good vibes’.
08 Feb PepsiCo-Starbucks launch Baya Energy drink
Starbucks is stepping into the energy market with Baya Energy, an RTD beverage developed in collaboration with PepsiCo.
17 Jan Monster Beverage enters alcohol market with craft beer
The rumours that have swirled around Monster Beverage the last few years that it wanted to get into the alcohol-beverage market have finally been put to rest and in a big way.
16 Jan Top global alcohol beverage trends in 2022
Specialist research firm, IWSR, analyses the key drivers that will shape the global alcohol beverage landscape in 2022.
12 Jan Better Juice seals first deal to bring sugar-reduced fruit juice to market
Israeli foodtech start-up, Better Juice, reports it has sealed its first commercial deal to bring reduced-sugar juices one step closer to supermarket beverage aisles.
13 Dec Just Drinks Excellence Awards 2021 – winners announced!
The Just Drinks Excellence Awards celebrate the greatest achievements and innovations in the industry - and you can access this report FREE from this excellent but subscription-only global drinks website.
29 Nov Heineken 0.0 draught launches in the UK
Alcohol-free beer will be widely available on tap in UK pubs next year - here's why....
27 Nov Unilever divests large chunk of its tea business
Unilever is selling its developed markets tea business for €4.5bn, more than a year after the company launched a strategic review of the unit.
03 Nov Coke buys makes it’s biggest buy ever
Coca-Cola Co is buying full control of BodyArmor for $5.6-billion in a cash deal that values the sports-drink brand at about $8-billion, amping up a rivalry with Gatorade.
16 Oct Big health punch in new nutraceutical cacaofruit drink
Cocoa and choc ingredients giant, Barry Callebaut, has launched a new better-for-you drink mixture made of 100% cacao fruit — which is positioned as the “first nutraceutical fruit drink”.
29 Sep Lab-grown coffee brewing in Finland
Is there anything cellular agriculture via bioreactors can't recreate? Latest to join this burgeoning sector is coffee...
27 Sep World Beverage Innovation Awards 2021
The UK's FoodBev Media once again hosted its annual World Beverage Innovation Awards which, despite the difficulties of the past 18 months, was full of amazing innovation and exciting new products and initiatives!
29 Aug Do we have our taste for alcohol to thank for civilization?
According to Edward Slingerland’s new book, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization, the answer to this question is a resounding yes.