12 Jan Firmenich names coconut the 2016 ‘Flavour of the Year’
Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned company in the fragrance and flavour business, has announced coconut as its "Flavour of the Year" for 2016.
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09 Dec “Salad” juices push vegetables to the front of bottles
Fruit and vegetable juice blends have been popular in Western markets for many years now, but recent innovations have pushed vegetables to the front of bottles. This comes as fruit juice’s health halo is slipping as it faces growing pressure for its “hidden” sugar content,...
17 Nov Global spirits consumption to hit 3.2bn cases by 2020
The global spirits market is forecast to grow by almost 122m nine-litre cases between 2014 and 2020 to surpass 3.2bn cases by 2020, according to the latest forecast data from the IWSR, a leading source of analysis on the alcoholic beverage market.
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17 Nov Why bros love energy drinks
A new study finds that men who have more stereotypically masculine beliefs are more likely to think energy drinks give them special abilities.
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05 Nov Exploring new innovations in the UK hot drinks space: Datamonitor report
The movement towards healthier lifestyles is an overarching trend that has, for several years, been impacting the British food and drink space and is becoming increasingly apparent within the hot drinks category. As this trend has evolved through changing consumer attitudes towards health, so has...
28 Oct Anuga 2015: Finding drinks inspiration at the world’s biggest food trade expo
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...
18 Oct Mintel identifies top global food and drink trends for 2016
Mintel is first past the post with a trends outlook for 2016...
17 Sep Food + Drink: Trends and Futures
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...
13 Aug Britons desert black tea for more exotic brews
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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25 Jul Carlsberg launches beauty series for men
Carlsberg has launched a new Beer Beauty line, a line of male grooming products made from real Carlsberg beer. It is the latest in a series of recent innovations, including Burger King’s burger-scented perfume and Lidl’s “Eau de Grill”,...
16 Jul Mintel: Non-sweet is the new sweet
Ongoing consumer concern about sugar consumption means there's a growing taste for non-sweet alternatives, says Mintel.
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15 Jul Nitrogen-infused coffee that tastes like beer is the new rage
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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09 Jul Craft beer trend sees alcohol content on the rise
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...
08 Jul Coke erases its logo in the Middle East in the name of equality and tolerance
In the Middle East, Coca-Cola's is looking to promote a world without labels and prejudices by starting with its iconic can and ditching its own logo during the Ramadan period. Of course, the label is still red and has the white swirly bit so...
08 Jul Gatorade turns 50: What the sports drink must do to keep its edge
Unlike the professional athletes with which it's most identified, American sports drink leader, Gatorade, at age 50 is still going strong and showing no signs of retiring.
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25 Jun Shortage of hops a threat to craft beer boom?
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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17 Jun Matcha-maker, matcha-maker, make me some tea
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...
03 Jun Now here’s a trend that could be cool: premium ice
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...
25 May Alcoholic drinks in 2015: Subdued, uneven and precarious
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...
20 May Non-alcoholic beer a growing opportunity
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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