DRINKStuff SA was at Anuga 2015, the massive biennial global food-drinks gathering in Cologne in mid October. Editor, Brenda Neall, uncovered much beverage inspiration...
Mintel is first past the post with a trends outlook for 2016...
Food and drink consumers have never known such an abundance of choice, and food has probably never been so central to popular culture — yet its future has rarely seemed so controversial. The newest report from the Innovation Group, J Walter Thompson's in-house creative think...
Britain's national drink, black tea, is in serious decline as people turn to healthier herbal alternatives, according to new Mintel research.
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Ongoing consumer concern about sugar consumption means there's a growing taste for non-sweet alternatives, says Mintel.
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Move over cold-brew coffee - the next new thing in coffee is nitrogen-infusion and it's making an on-tap mark in the trendy coffee shops of America, arguably doing for cold-brew coffee what craft has done for beer.
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With rising health awareness and concern about binge drinking driving sales of low and non-ABV (alcohol by volume) beers among consumers, it seems counter-intuitive that innovation in strongly alcoholic beers should be rising...
The craft beer revolution isn’t showing any signs of slowing down with 2014 proving another great year for brewers across the United States.
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Japan's famous matcha tea powder is in big fashion in America. You can grab a matcha latte at Starbucks. Whole Foods stocks the green tea powder on its shelves. Or now with the summer weather, maybe you'll see a Matcha Green Tea Blast smoothie from...
While mainstream consumers may not give much thought to the type of ice in their beverages, trendy American bars are finding clever new ways to innovate the frozen liquid, reports the Hartman Group, "Consumers are increasingly aware that using better water and a varied shape...
Global total volume growth remains subdued for a second year running and- at merely 0.8% for 2014- is set to be amongst the three lowest over the past decade. This analyst insight is by Spiros Malandrakis, senior alcoholic drinks analyst with Euromonitor...
Non-alcoholic beer is no longer seen as a product for abstinence but as a positive choice. And as consumption occasions grow and overlap those of soft drinks, experts suggest big soft drink players will have an increasing interest in the category.
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Historically carbonates have led global soft drinks consumption, but according to Canadean’s latest forecasts, 2015 will see packaged water overtake carbonates.
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The way at-home soda brewers are ratcheting up their offers, you'd never guess "The Soda Industry is Dying," as NASDAQ declared recently on the heels of a report that carbonated-soft-drink sales were down in 2014 for the 10th year in a row. Instead, the makers...
UHT milk sales by volume garnered 53% of market share in 2013, outstripping demand for chilled milk for the first time in South Africa, a growing popularity that can be attributed to numerous factors, reports Penny Ntuli, communications director for Tetra Pak South Africa.
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Has the craft beer boom reached its peak? Will “speers” be the next big thing in beer, and have non-alcohol beers finally lost their stigma? Two months into 2015, Spiros Malandrakis, senior alcoholic drinks analyst at Euromonitor International, takes a look at emerging trends in...
Despite rising levels of interest in recent years, ready-to-drink (RTD) or iced teas only accounted for a relatively modest 7.5% share of global soft drinks launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in 2014. Developments included the launch of more sophisticated products in relatively established markets,...
Americans want to cut back on soda, and they're willing to pay more to do it. With people drinking less soda amid health concerns, Coke and Pepsi are pushing smaller cans and bottles that contain fewer calories and, they say, induce less guilt. That all...
Protein has become a buzz word in the food and beverage industry. It's up there with gluten-free, non-GMO and all natural. Consumers crave it and brands are launching new products and re-branding existing SKUs to feature the protein claim more prominently on the front label....
Is this a sign that bag-in-box wine has finally 'arrived'? BiBoViNo is a high end, French bag-in-box-only wine retailer that's got big ambitions for global growth.
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