08 Mar UK: PG tips goes fully biodegradable
Unilever tea brand, PG tips, is launching tea bags that are 100% biodegradable: removing the plastic polypropylene which is commonly used as a sealant.
08 Mar PepsiCo’s disruptive Drinkfinity launches in US
In a world where disruptive consumer products are the norm, beverage companies are still struggling to innovate beyond ingredients and flavour. How to break through? PepsiCo has aimed to do this with a concept successfully trialed in Brazil, now launched in the US.
26 Feb Cape Town distillery Pienaar & Son launches new ‘Drought Edition’ gin
At a time when Cape Town is suffering a major water crisis one local business is doing it’s bit to reduce water consumption and reinforce the message that every drop counts.
23 Feb Chill Beverages launches Xcite Energy Cider
Xcite, a new guarana energy cider 'with attitude', has been launched by Chill Beverages International.
12 Feb Diageo’s Tanqueray & Tonic RTD
Diageo has launched its first pre-mixed gin & tonic featuring the Tanqueray brand. The company says that Tanqueray & Tonic has rolled out in popular RTD market, Australia.
12 Feb US: PepsiCo chases sparkling water growth with new ‘bubly’ brand
Move over cola wars. It’s time for the sparkling water battles. PepsiCo is introducing a line of sparkling water called 'bubly' that will take on the uber-trendy fast-track brand, LaCroix, and likely a whole lot of new competitors in this space.
31 Jan Can Arctic Coke help invigorate Coca-Cola’s soda sales?
With Coca-Cola facing a market where more people are abandoning soda in favour of healthier beverages, the 132-year old beverage maker has looked for novel ways to make its iconic drinks more appealing to the fickle consumer. NASA scientists have delivered one new possibility.....
21 Jan Guinness launches a new ‘full flavoured’ non-alcoholic beer
Guinness is the latest brand to bolster its teetotal drinks offering after launching a new non-alcoholic beer it claims doesn’t compromise on flavour.
20 Jan Borrago launches with new alcohol-free botanical spirit
Non-alcoholic spirit brand, Borrago, has launched in the UK with a beverage free of sugar and calories that’s designed to be used in the same way as gin or vodka.
21 Dec California winery’s new alcohol-free, marijuana-infused wine
The legalisation of recreational marijuana in some US states has resulted in a new multibillion dollar industry, with some estimates suggesting it could grow to be worth US$50bn annually by 2026.
10 Dec Turn water into wine, literally, with SodaStream’s new Sparkling Gold
SodaStream has unveiled a limited-edition Sparkling Gold alcoholic concentrate which turns water into sparkling wine.
10 Dec New G&T premix distilled with the flavour of the Cape
Greenleaf + Terroir is a new G&T craft brand that intends to shake up the pre-mixed alcoholic drink market, which has, for the most part, failed to truly win over consumers.
10 Dec The $40m vodka designed to save your liver
The scion of an Indian pharmaceutical giant has spent $40-million to make martinis more liver-friendly. But US regulators aren’t raising their glasses just yet.
10 Dec Delush proves delish for new SA wine drinkers
Launching a new wine into a South African market saturated with 8 000 brands is a hugely daunting exercise. But where there is a will, there is a way, and for Orange River Cellars the word “impossible” does not exist.
27 Nov Woolies releases new Lautus Savvy White alco-free wine
Meet Lautus Savvy White – claimed as South Africa’s very first de-alcoholised wine, "crafted with a single goal in mind: to deliver the best of the grape in the healthiest possible way".
26 Nov Stevia-only sweetened Coca-Cola on its way
Coca-Cola will launch a new Coke variant in selected markets in 2018 that's sweetened only with stevia - no sugar and zero calories and reportedly without the aftertaste problems that has put a major handbrake on the stevia journey.
25 Nov Super-innovative convenience cappuccino developed by SA entrepreneur
An exciting new convenience cappuccino, Ella, has just launched in South Africa, enabling consumers to carry barista-quality coffee in their back pocket, and make it anywhere as long as they have hot water.
16 Nov Cheese does go with everything…meet cheese tea
Bubble tea had better move aside or step up its game, because there’s a new drink trend in town: cheese tea.
15 Nov Award-winning and beautiful SA craft gins
SA has a host of world-class craft gin producers, and this year, for the first time, they could submit their products to a panel of local and globally-acclaimed spirits experts at the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards.
26 Oct Introducing Castle Free – with 0% alcohol!
SAB and AB InBev Africa have introduced the first alcohol-free beer to be brewed in South Africa, Castle Free.