19 Oct Ciao celebrates first birthday with a new one litre pack
KWV has marked its Ciao brand’s first birthday, the premium ready-to-serve (RTS) cocktail, with the launch of a convenient new one-litre pack in simply fabulous packaging.
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12 Oct Red Bull targets taste with three new flavours
While the success of Red Bull has never had anything to do with taste*, the company is about to offer something it's never before tried: flavours. [Click to enlarge]
...10 Oct KWV debuts an upmarket brandy and cola RTD
Brandy and cola is one of South Africa’s favourite drinks and now KWV SA has launched a new ready-to-drink (RTD) version with its premium KWV three-year old brandy.
...13 Sep US: Coca-Cola’s new Dasani Drops
Coca-Cola's newest drink won't come in a bottle or a can. And people will only need a squirt or two to quench their thirst. Following the lead of Kraft's launch of Mio, the world's largest beverage company is preparing to leverage its scale to stake...
10 Sep New non-alcoholic sparkling white from JC Le Roux
Adult and/or non-alcoholic soft drinks are an obvious beverage trend - and tapping into this is a new, alcohol-free sparkling white [not referred to as wine] launched by Distell's The House of JC Le Roux. As the liquor giant says, "Now fashionistas have a sophisticated...
28 Aug The Heineken Cube beer in a ‘box’ concept
Most obvious food-bev innovation rests in packaging - to here's an interesting new concept for beer: French industrial designer, Petit Romain, has dreamed up a square glass container he dubs the Heineken Cube. [Click on pic to enlarge]
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24 Aug US: Diet Coke can gets a striking makeover
Beginning September 1, the Diet Coke cans will look a little different. The new design, created by Turner Duckworth, first showed up on supermarket shelves last year as a limited-edition package, but it will now become the regular face of the leading soda brand. The...
26 Jun Pacmar launches Wilde 100% fruit juice
Wilde 100% Fruit Juice is packed into Elopak and Tetra Pak aaseptic cartons, which allows Wilde 100% to have an extended shelf life of up to twelve months outside the cold chain, without the addition of any sugars or preservatives.
26 Jun New cider makes a debut
The 6% ABV off-dry thirst-quencher is named after William Tell, the expert marksman of Swiss legend who shot an apple off his son’s head with a crossbow, to save them both from execution at the hands of an Austrian tyrant whose hat they had refused to bow to.
26 Jun Mainstay launches new ready to drink cocktail “Mainstay … on the Beach”
Mainstay has added a new variant to its ready-to drink-cocktail range, Mainstay … on the Beach, which is will be released nationwide this month. The new variant, commonly known as ‘Sex on the Beach’, is made from Mainstay Premium Original combined with real orange, peach...
23 May Alcohol spray simulates the feeling of being drunk
Another spray from the ever-innovative Harvard professor, David Edwards, the inventor of Le Whif chocolate spray and AeroShot, a caffeine/coffee aerosol equivalent: this time he's turned his micro-particle spraying science to booze, delivering the sensation of alcohol without the bad side effects.
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08 Mar Ceres’ Hooch FAB goes Lite
Hooch Fox, in the Ceres Beverage stable, has just launched new Hooch LITE, claimed as the first light alcoholic fruit beverage range in three delicious fruit flavours.
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