23 Jul Is it the booze aisle? Or a candy store?
In the US, there's a growing trend of sweet alcoholic drinks hitting the shelves, with some commentators dubbing this "excessively sweet and with an excessive alcohol content".
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30 May Soda wars turn to a new front – sparkling waters
The US soda wars appear to be shifting to another corner of the beverage industry — sparkling, flavoured waters.
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15 May Kantar’s top 10 global beverage brands 2014
Coca-Cola remains the world's most-chosen FMCG brand for the second year in Kantar Worldpanel's Brand Footprint ranking.
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09 Apr Decline in soft drink sales accelerates despite big marketing spend
Consumers have been shunning soft drinks in favour of tea, energy drinks and bottled waters for years, but defected from the category at an even faster rate in 2013, according to new figures from Beverage Digest.
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21 Feb Men breaking out of a lager mentality
Sweeter and fruitier drinks are driving SABMiller sales as men feel increasingly confident ordering alternative beverages. The world's second-largest brewer said it is developing its drinks range beyond traditional lagers partly in response to the more experimental tastes of male consumers.
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19 Feb Aloe use expands in functional drinks
Beverage-makers around the globe introduced more than 225 aloe-containing beverages in 2013, according to Mintel, up 7% from 2012.
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13 Feb Water from plants: A new $2-billion market
The success of coconut water – which surged from zero in 2006 to an almost $1-billion (€750-million) business in North America and Europe by 2013 – is just the first step in a massive emerging trend: healthy, natural, low-calorie waters taken directly from plants. [Click...
27 Jan JWT’s 100 Things to Watch in 2014
Craft mocktails, Chinese wines, Soju and cocktails-on-tap are included in JWTIntelligence's annual list of 100 Things to Watch for the year ahead, a report that always delivers fascinating and accurate insights, and is one of the best annual Trends reads.
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15 Nov World’s fastest growing functional food in 2013? Infant formula by far
Infant formula is the fastest growing healthy and functional food and drink category – adding almost $5bn in global sales in 2013 according to Euromonitor International.
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15 Nov Matcha: the next big drink out of Asia?
Never heard of matcha before? You are likely to hear more and more about this super-healthy, turbo-charged green-tea beverage in future. In the UK it's being marketed as the next big thing, and to consumers hungry for ways of getting healthy without doing anything too...
13 Nov Innova’s top food-bev trends for 2014: waste reduction and regaining trust
The latest trends impacting the food industry include moves to reduce the huge amount of food waste, as consumers simultaneously adapt their habits in times of continuing austerity. These trends come as the industry focuses on regaining consumer trust, following a year of negative headlines,...
06 Nov US: Kombucha, fermented from tea the new big thing in probiotics
Kombucha may be thousands of years old, but buzz is now brewing over the non-alcoholic fermented beverage made from tea.
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06 Nov US: Moonshine, a new booze trend?
Moonshine was a DIY staple of the Prohibition era, a backwoods rotgut that could make you blind or see God, sometimes both. And now, among small-batch boutique American whiskey distilleries, it's one of the year's hottest booze trends.
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28 Oct Starbucks opens its first tea bar as it bets on a $90bn global market
Americans love their coffee. A decent cup of tea, however, has been harder to find, though that is about to change. Starbucks has just opened its first Teavana tea bar in New York City, and in the next five years aims to do for tea...
17 Oct US: Diet beverages under pressure
With Diet Coke sales heading south, a senior Coke executive says that many diet foods and beverages "are under a bit of pressure" as consumers question the safety of ingredients.
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16 Oct Lagerita: beer the hottest new cocktail ingredient
Not long ago, beer lived down the pub with the boys. But things are changing. These days it's often to be found with vodka and embracing tequila.
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17 Sep US: Why big beer is going flat
Beer's continuing sales-volume decline in the US is a notable trend. "As bad as it's ever been," says Harry Schumacher, editor of Beer Business Daily, adding, "I guess Prohibition was worse."
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05 Sep Fibre-fortified beverages the next new mainstream trend?
p>With the one possible exception of an apple in the Garden of Eden, ingesting more fruits is seen universally as a wonderful idea. One of the reasons is the benefits of fibre – from fruits, vegetables, grains or other sources.
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15 Aug Sin-free ale: taking off in Muslim world
Dedicated drinkers may struggle to see the point of non-alcoholic beer, but it is growing in popularity around the world. Last year 2.2 billion litres were downed, 80% more than five years earlier.
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