23 Mar KFC launches edible coffee cup
KFC has unveiled a prototype edible coffee cup. While still under development, plans are in place to introduce it at a number of UK stores later this year.
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25 Jan What does the colour of your beer bottle mean?
While beer experts might know a thing or two about the colour of a beer bottle, many consumers don't take much notice to why one bottle colour is different from the other. Some are green, others clear, brown, and now we even have aluminum bottles....
20 Jan PepsiCo’s transformative R&D and its impact on food-bev packaging
Since he became the head of R&D about seven years ago, Dr Mehmood Khan has led what many at PepsiCo refer to as an R&D transformation. Evidence of his transformative thinking is abundant in packaging, as he believes that packaging now more than ever must be...
14 Jan US: The freshness war that’s dividing the juice industry
The lucrative premium juice market has exploded in the US, and with it, a new and heated debate over what makes a juice truly fresh. The controversy centers on HPP (alternately referred to as high pressure processing and high pressure pascalisation), where juices are treated...
11 Dec Immediate detection of the main cause of contamination in beverage factories
Local hygiene company, Pescatech, has launched a new product – BioFinder, a product that can detect biofilms in 30 seconds on any surface in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.
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10 Dec PET brought the bottled water revolution
The single-serve plastic water bottle is ubiquitous in today's culture. But that hasn't always been the case. Not by a long shot.
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25 Nov How clean is your CIP really? New Carbotect test will verify in a jiffy
An ingenious new food-beverage safety tool, CARBOTECT is an organic (carbohydrate) detection tool developed by a South African scientist as an instant pass/fail diagnostic test to gauge the efficacy of clean-in-place processes. It should prove a welcome addition to every QA/QC department.
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20 Nov Transforming lesser wine into vintage with the ‘Sonic Decanter’
We all know what it's like to open a bottle of cheap wine and immediately wish we'd spent a bit more money. Instead of throwing the bottle in the bin or using it for cooking, however, a new device promises to make a young or...
20 Nov One man’s epic quest to sanitise filthy, germ-riddled coffee cup lids
This article comes with a WARNING! Because it may well be the last time you drink a take-out coffee with your innocence intact...
23 Oct Tetra Pak launches first package made from 100% plant-based packaging materials
Tetra Pak has announced the launch of the beverage/liquid food industry’s first carton made entirely from plant-based, renewable packaging materials.
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09 Oct The ‘memobottle’: new take on the reusable water bottle
One reason people buy billions of bottles of water: reusable bottles can be a pain to carry around, especially for those who don't commute in a car and have to squeeze a day's worth of belongings into a backpack. While some companies are designing collapsible...
09 Oct Nampak Glass commissions new furnace and huge capacity boost
Glass manufacturer Nampak Glass has increased its manufacturing capacity by 56% through the addition of a new R1.2-billion furnace and the third at its Germiston-based factory.
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08 Oct Turning winery waste into chemical bounty
11 Sep Castle Lite launches its new 12-pack Ice Core, a portable multi-pack innovation
With summer on its way, SAB has introduced an innovativepackaging idea to keep Castle Lite beers extra cold and extra convenient: the ingenious 12-pack Ice Core, claimed as a first-of-a-kind portable packaging innovation in Africa.
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27 Aug The water paradox: plant safety and sanitation in a wet environment
Water is the primary ingredient in virtually all beverages, but process water can create as many problems as it solves. Using less water is the solution — except when it's not.
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20 Aug New boost for SA’s PET recycling
JSE-listed paper and plastic packaging manufacturer and recycler, Mpact, has signed an agreement with Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to construct a PET recycling plant worth R350m in Gauteng,
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20 Aug Looks/acts like a glass beer bottle, but it’s PET!
Sidel has launched the world's first-ever pasteurisable lightweight PET bottle for beer. Will this bottle do for beer what PET has done for virtually every other beverage and liquid food?
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05 Aug This is how you cool down a drink in two minutes flat
There is a quick solution for a warm beer, an unchilled Sauvignon Blanc, a tepid Coke with no high-tech gadgetry - and it's hiding in that everyday commodity in every pantry; a container of table salt. It's amazing...
05 Aug Cooling drinks without diluting
Got warm beer? Here's a new solution that does away with that no-no temptation to throw some ice cubes into the glass - dubbed Booze Joulies.
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13 Jun Finding a secret of a perfect cup of coffee
UK scientists claim to have cracked one of the secrets behind the perfect cup of coffee. And the secret ingredient is surprisingly simple.
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