13 Feb First new Coke flavour in a decade
Coca-Cola will release its first new flavours in more than a decade — Orange Vanilla Coke and Orange Vanilla Coke Zero Sugar — on February 25 in the US market.
27 Jan An ‘entirely reimagined cola experience’: new Nitro Pepsi
Pepsi is gearing up to introduce consumers to a new drink that is made with nitrogen technology.
09 Nov Fitch & Leedes launches new Blue Tonic
Fitch & Leedes Blue Tonic from Chill Beverages International is the latest variant of its popular brand of craft tonics and other mixers to hit the shelves.
22 Oct Cucumber Sprite is now in South Africa
Sprite, the third most popular soft drink in SA (after Coca-Cola and Fanta), has launched a new flavour: cucumber.
19 Sep New mocktails from Schweppes
Coca-Cola brand, Schweppes, has introduced Schweppes Flavours – a new range of fruity sparkling drinks inspired by cocktails.
04 Sep Twizza launches premium mixer range
SA's soft drinks company, Twizza, has launched Clark & Sons, a new brand of mixers named after the company's founder, and seemingly following the successful mould of Chill Beverages' Fitch & Leedes range.
03 May Coca-Cola frozen squeeze pouches introduced in Japan
Continuing its rollout of exclusive Japanese products, Coca-Cola recently unveiled its new Frozen Lemon Coke and Fanta slushies following eight years of development.
29 Mar Fanta entices tweens with new textured soft drinks
Over the past year or so, Coca-Cola South Pacific has been rolling out an interesting sensory range of Fanta variants in Asian and Antipodean markets that are as much about touch, sound, sight, and smell as they are about taste.
27 Mar New Fitch & Leedes Craft Cola
Chill Beverages International has extended its Fitch & Leedes range of mixers with the launch of a new Craft Cola.
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.....
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.
01 Nov New Coke flavour débuts in Oz
Coca-Cola South Pacific has announced the world premiere of its brand new limited edition in Australia as "it continues to innovate in market and deliver Coke ‘specialness’ to the Australian public".
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29 Sep World’s first alcohol-free, sugar-free, hangover-free gin launches in SA
This new ready-to-drink virgin gin and tonic, a teetotaler's dream come true, is the brainchild of a Cape Town entpreneur.
20 Jun US: Monster takes aim at PepsiCo with two new brands
Monster Beverages has unveiled two new products: Mutant, an energy “super soda,” and Hydro, an energy-enhanced, non-carbonated hydration beverage. The company introduced the new beverages at its annual shareholder meeting last week.
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26 Jan UK: Coca-Cola cuts sugar and calorie content of Coca-Cola Life by 12%
Coca-Cola Great Britain has reformulated the recipe of Coca-Cola Life so that it contains 45% less sugar and calories than full-sugar alternatives.
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27 Oct US: Keurig looks ready to launch Kold
Keurig Green Mountain is close to pulling the trigger on its new soda maker that, offering freedom and variety, is intended to revolutionise cold beverages across America.
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25 Feb SA: Fitch & Leedes mixers now in elegant glass bottles
Fitch & Leedes, the premium-positioned carbonates brand in Chill Beverages International's stable, has been moved a notch higher with its launch in an elegant new glass bottle.
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09 Oct US: PepsiCo launches ‘Caleb’s Kola’ craft cola
It has worked for beer, why not try it for soda? PepsiCo is launching a craft soda called "Caleb's Kola" that comes in glass bottles reminiscent of a bygone era.
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01 Sep New re-sealable 330ml PET from Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola South African has launched a new and convenient 'My Size' re-sealable 330ml PET bottle for its key CSD brands, Coca-Cola, Fanta Orange, Sprite and Stoney.
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06 Sep A Coca-Cola first: A heated soft drink
Japan is renowned for extraordinary-to-strange NPD, with Coca-Cola there announcing a new first among its scores of beverage selections: a heated carbonated drink. [Click pic to enlarge]
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