The sharp increase in the average selling price of sugary drinks in South Africa is starting to be felt. This is the impact of the national health promotion levy, more commonly referred to as the sugar tax, which was introduced last year, reports BMi Research.
Despite their ongoing dominance in terms of market size, carbonates accounted for just 14% of global new product activity in soft drinks in 2012, according to Innova Market Insights. This reflects a mature status, the fairly concentrated nature of the industry and the relatively limited...
Coca-Cola Great Britain has announced that it is taking further action to be part of the solution to the global problem of obesity. The move includes the launch of a new, reduced calorie Sprite in the UK from this month that will contain 30% fewer...
New product activity in soft drinks appears to be accelerating strongly again with rising levels of global launch activity recorded by Innova Market Insights over the past two years, following more restrained rises in the three years previous to that.
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Coca-Cola has taken a step closer to becoming Coco-Cola - last week, the world's largest beverage brand announced it had acquired a majority share of Zico, the number two brand in the estimated $350-million coconut water space.
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