22 May US: Latest Mintel insights into craft beer
In celebration of American Craft Beer week, Mintel published these insights from several of its latest beer reports.
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10 May Tea is tops
Tea is the "hottest beverage" in the global drinks landscape, and one with unlimited opportunities as a natural product with scientifically proven health and wellness benefits. So asserts Winfried Hopf, executive VP of global beverages at Unilever...
08 May Tea in South Africa: feedback report from BMi Research
Black tea continues to have the greatest share of the South African tea market (56.0%). However, the category volume share has fallen by 2.3% as rooibos and speciality teas have gained ground. The report gives insights (limited) on market trends for Black Tea, Iced Tea,...
17 Apr US: The rush toward cold-pressed juices
In the US, cold-pressed juices have morphed from an elitist 'cleansing' curiosity to an industry that has venture capitalists smacking their lips...
03 Apr Diners shun wine for a nice cuppa
Lunchtime, suppertime: any time is teatime at a growing number of top restaurants as chefs encourage diners to swap that glass of something for a nice cuppa. Restaurateurs are hailing tea as the new wine, claiming Britain's national drink is better suited to bring out...
18 Mar Shifting drinks tastes: America swops soda for water
According to figures from Beverage Digest, in 1998 the United States averaged 204,4 litres (54 gallons) of soda consumed per person, to only 158.9 litres (42 gallons) of water. How times have changed...
11 Mar Mid-calorie carbonates create both choice and confusion
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...
27 Feb Q: What is one of Britain’s fast-growing pastimes? A: The pub quiz
The problems besieging Britain's pubs industry are well known. Beer tax rises, cheap supermarket booze and the increased social acceptability of drinking at home mean an average of 18 pubs are closing every week. But landlords do have one trick up their sleeve and it...
09 Jan The wages of microbrewing
The craft beer revolution has exploded around the world, with beer-lovers are now paying triple-digit prices for their beloved ales. There are black tie awards balls and beer sommeliers called Cicerones (only six of whom have achieved the title of “Master”...
07 Jan Dairy alternatives move beyond soy
While dairy alternative drinks accounted for a relatively limited share of 5% of the total dairy launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in the 12 months to the end of October 2012, the market has seen considerable recent development....
06 Jan Naturality “super-trend” is set to remain dominant in 2013
The influence of ‘naturality’ over food and beverage product development will continue to grow in the coming year, according to the latest edition of New Nutrition Business’s trend-spotting report, 10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition & Health 2013. This highly-regarded annual report...
13 Dec US: Technomic’s Top 10 Adult Beverage Trends for 2013
Technomic, the US market research company, has issued its report on the trends that will shape the US adults drinks business in 2013. Based on ongoing research into spirits, wine and beer volume and sales, as well as surveys, interviews and discussions involving brand marketers,...
03 Dec Move over tea and coffee, here comes brewing cocoa
Brewing cocoa is one of the newest health beverages to hit the market, even though it is centuries old, originally enjoyed by the royalty of the ancient Maya and Aztec civilizations over 2 000 years ago. Brewing cocoa is said to offer tremendous health benefits...
08 Nov Soaring sales in the West for another super-premium Asian drink
Sales of Kombucha, a traditional Asian fermented beverage, are surging, both in its original form and in formats that have been modified to better suit Western tastes. Despite a weak economic backdrop and super-premium pricing, US sales of kombucha leapt by 22% to $327 million...
13 Sep US: Pouch packaging takes off for alcoholic drinks
Wine, flavoured malt drinks and premixed cocktails are among alcoholic drinks being packaged in a squeezable pouch, with Nielsen reporting that sales of alcoholic drinks in a pouch increased 153% in a year.
...19 Aug Healthy and natural steer soft drinks to success
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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16 Aug US: Craft beer trend continues to fizz
US craft brewers have much to celebrate this summer, as their ranks swell and they continue to see double-digit sales growth. Craft breweries are expanding faster than at any time since Prohibition, according to The Huffington Post. Sales increased 14% in the first half...
02 Aug US: Energy drinks outsell bottled water
As reported in the recently published Beverage Industry 2012 State of the Industry report, for the first time, energy drinks have outsold bottled water (in the year ending April 15). During that period, energy drinks garnered more than $6.9 billion in sales...
19 Jul Lactose-free niche targets the mainstream
Global launch numbers for lactose-free dairy products more than tripled in the five-year period to the beginning of 2012, according to Innova Market Insights data. The share of total tracked dairy introductions featuring a lactose-free positioning rose from less than 2.5% to 4.5% over the...
05 Jul The global march of the ‘Mexipops’
Call them "Mexipops": Mexican-style light lagers, served in clear glass bottles with a slice of lime. Just recently, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, coughed up $20bn to buy the remaining half of Mexican firm Grupo Modelo, which makes Modelo and Corona...