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Diageo eyes new Connecticut opportunity in malt-based frozen RTDs

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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) tells BeverageDaily.com it opposes a successful state bill allowing sales of malt beverages in pouches on recycling grounds, as Diageo eyes frozen alcoholic RTD success in another major market.

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Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) insists its brands will continue to take market share in Russia from PepsiCo, as well as brewers hit by taxes and alcohol advertising and kiosk sales bans.

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Carlsberg faces Chinese challenge in booming Yunnan beer market

Danish multinational brewer Carlsberg, which once held a solid market share in the Southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, is facing tough competition from new entrants and existing competitors desiring a share of the region's booming beer market.

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Our free online event, Aseptic Technology 2013, brings together leading suppliers, brand owners and specialists including GEA, Sidel, Solvay, Coca-Cola Hellenic and Zenith International.

The true taste of strawberry: Researchers reveal mechanism to allow biosynthesis of key aroma compound

Molecular analysis has revealed a new route for the biosynthetic production of key strawberry aromas that may help industry produce products with 'the true flavour of strawberry', researchers have revealed.

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‘Agro-terrorism: One of the greatest terrorist threats we face’ – Professor from DairyReporter.com

Top public health professor David Dausey warns that increasing global supply chain complexity carries with it a greater risk of product contamination, with potentially disastrous results for dairy brands and public health, and a growing need to ensure product safety.

Back-again Danone prepares for China dairy threesome from FoodNavigator-Asia.com

Danone has agreed a series of deals with Cofco, China’s largest food company, and Hong Kong-listed China Mengniu.

Growth in polymers for plastic food packaging is being driven by the world's expanding population

Global food demand drives polymer growth from FoodProductionDaily.com

Packaging polymers are growing in the developed and developing world, driven by the constant demand for more food to feed the world’s expanding population, according to PlasticsEurope.

Cadbury Dairy Milk: New look blocks with rounded edges

Mondelez upsizes Cadbury Dairy Milk blocks in New Zealand from ConfectioneryNews.com

Mondelez International will introduce larger rounder pieces for Cadbury Dairy Milk in New Zealand for the same price point.

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Bacardi USA partners Coke and MIT to bring ‘spirits into digital age’
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Bacardi USA partners Coke and MIT to bring ‘spirits into digital age’

Bacardi USA has partnered with the Coca-Cola Company and university researchers to created a robotic bartending system...

Not so Super Trooper: Swedes upset by ‘aggressive’ Iron Maiden beer label

Not so Super Trooper: Swedes upset by ‘aggressive’ Iron Maiden beer label

Sweden’s state alcohol monopoly retailer Systembolaget tells BeverageDaily.com that it cannot stock Iron Maiden’s signature beer Trooper...

Less pretty in pink? Monster Beverage cans Ultra Pink energy drink launch

Less pretty in pink? Monster Beverage cans Ultra Pink energy drink launch

Monster Beverage has confirmed to BeverageDaily.com that it has shelved plans to launch female-oriented energy drink line...

Iron Maiden beer has been ‘big door opener’: UK brewer Robinsons

Iron Maiden beer has been ‘big door opener’: UK brewer Robinsons

Independent UK brewer Robinsons, which created a real ale in partnership with rock band Iron Maiden, says...

Heineken follows Carlsberg into Burma with $60m brewery build

Heineken follows Carlsberg into Burma with $60m brewery build

Heineken has signed a JV to produce and sell Heineken beers in Burma (Myanmar), and plans to...