The Coca-Cola Company has pushed digital printing to the next level with the Coke Extraordinary Collection — two million bottle labels, each one with its own graphic design.
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For the creator of Bulletproof Coffee, the butter-infused, "low-toxin" coffee that’s created a media storm, the epiphany of the Bulletproof lifestyle came thousands of miles from home after drinking a strange brew.
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"From Clean to Clear Label" and "Convenience for Foodies" lead the Innova Market Insights food and beverage 'Top 10 Trends' list for 2015.
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When word got out a fortnight ago that PepsiCo was testing Doritos-flavoured Mountain Dew, the Internet had a brief but intense freakout—online hysteria erupting as if from a shaken bottle of soda. PepsiCo brands have had no reservations about tweaking signature flavours, often to gross...
In the "craft cocktail" era, drinks with hefty price tags are the norm. And now, to complement fancy craft drinks, American entrepreneurs have come up with artisanal ice - a large, crystal-clear cube or rectangle that melts unhurriedly in your glass.
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Off a small base, the ready-to-drink (RTD) or iced coffee has been seeing a period of strong product and market activity in recent years, reports Innova Market Insights.
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The Unilever-owned brand of iced teas Lipton Ice Tea is going through a global rebrand to become better associated with natural revitalisation and wellbeing.
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A high-profile commentator on international wine has told South African producers that the first rule of wine marketing is to accept that their precious product is a commodity...
While Brits like to think of the G&T as their own (and it was indeed first made by the British East India Company in the early 1800s), in recent years it has become hugely popular across Europe and beyond, with takes on the classic drink...
New data from the globaldrinks.com online database highlights the growth of bottled water and tea, between them contributing 55% of overall beverage market growth in the past five years.
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Brewers are increasingly turning to aluminium cans for packaging. Will South Africa follow this global trend or continue to be the exception to the rule? It is difficult to tell, but with such a well-entrenched return and refund system in place, glass will not go...
Coca-Cola's "Share a Coke" campaign has been a huge success around the globe - and its latest performance at home in the US has seen sales climbing by more than two per cent after its launch this summer.
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Sparkling waters, natural sodas, ethnic drinks, and teas are well poised for strong growth as consumers continue to turn away from carbonated soft drinks, seek more flavourful and exotic beverage alternatives, and look for drink options that are more natural and lower in calories and...
Keeping pace with coffee trends can be an exhausting business. The latest excitement in the UK, and elsewhere, is all about cold-brew, a centuries-old brew method that offers coffee geeks fresh nuances in flavour. And it is one that can easily be tried at home.
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Beer fans in Texas are rejoicing at news that a craft brewer in Austin has created a dream-come-true: a pack of beer with an eyebrow-raising 99 cans each!
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Beer companies may spend millions on branding, but a series of blind taste testings in a European study have revealed consumers struggle to distinguish between major beer brands. And beer fundis say this is good news.
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Coconut water, maple water, even birch, cactus and artichoke waters...
International research firm, Datamonitor, regularly publishes news of interesting FMCG product launches that it features as its "Consumer Product Launch Analytics innovation of the week". Here are three new beverage concepts that recently won this accolade.
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Functional benefits, natural sweeteners and surprising ingredients are among top trends in the soft drinks category, according to Innova Market Insights, the Dutch-based research firm.
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Coca-Cola and PepsiCo continue to face declining sales of their core products as consumers show greater interest in emerging beverage categories, such as enhanced water and cold-pressed juice. However, the cola giants are benefitting from a self-enacted compromise: smaller cans.
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