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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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”,...
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...
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...
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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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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Do you want to impress guests with a bottle of vintage wine, but can't afford the hefty price tag? Just buy a cheap one and tell them it's expensive, and they'll enjoy it more.
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A group of American craft brewers has discovered that revenge is both sweet and a dish best served cold. More specifically, for a nationwide group of breweries led by the acclaimed Bell's Brewery of Kalamazoo, Michigan, revenge is an...
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...
Nederburg is telling it like it is in a series of short little videos that lets consumers into a behind-the-scenes look at what actually goes on at harvest time. Housed on Nederburg's Youtube channel, www.youtube.com/user/NederburgWine, it shows the sweat, the tears, the drama, and...
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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