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'Majestic' mango juice fountain is world's highest, Indian firm

16-Feb-2012 - Indian firm Godrej Hershey has expressed its pride at creating what it describes as a 'majestic' 30-foot high fountain using its mango fruit drink 'Jumpin', and said the funfair stunt had created a real buzz for the brand as the world's highest mango fruit juice fountain.

Female consumers target of energy drink innovation in Sweden

14-Feb-2012 - Marketers in Sweden are targeting women with new product launches in the energy drink segment while organic and fair trade versions are also showing growing appeal in that market, claims Euromonitor International.

Most Americans oppose soda tax, survey suggests

13-Feb-2012 - Most Americans do not support taxes on sugar-sweetened drinks, according to the results of a new survey published in the journal Public Health Nutrition.

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Tata and PepsiCo see Indian nutrient beverage scope

09-Feb-2012 - Tata Global Beverages has announced that it plans to market a nutrient beverage in India in a joint venture with PepsiCo, as both firms seek to profit from rising ready drink sales in the country.

Getting a taste of flavor chemistry

03-Feb-2012 - From nature to the laboratory to supermarket shelves, FoodNavigator-USA takes a journey behind the scenes of flavor development. IFF flavorist Rich Dandrea tells us about his 20-year career in the industry.

Stevia buyers beware: There are some ‘awful’ extracts out there…

03-Feb-2012 - While traders “jumping in and out of the stevia marketplace” are disrupting prices and standards by peddling some “awful” extracts, high-quality stevia suppliers in it for the long-haul will ultimately prosper, according to one leading player.

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Some 'at-home baristas' see single-cup coffee as costly, Mintel

02-Feb-2012 - While single-cup coffee made using pods is still a popular choice among devotees of the drink in the developed world, recent Mintel research suggests that cost may be a barrier to further uptake of the technology.

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Coke takes Turkish delight in potential for 'built-in' sustainability

31-Jan-2012 - The Coca-Cola Company says that it has opportunities to build sustainability in to its plants in the emerging markets such as Turkey, through integration of best practice and the latest, most efficient technology.

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PepsiCo counts another three billion-dollar brands

27-Jan-2012 - PepsiCo now has 22 brands with at least $1bn of sales each year, including 14 billion-dollar beverage brands, with Diet Mountain Dew, Brisk and Starbucks RTD the most recent additions, the company has said.

Make way for the 'incredible bulk', fuelling wine sales explosion

26-Jan-2012 - An astonishing rise in bulk wine exports over the past decade has led to ‘democratisation, commoditisation, innovation and over-supply’ of products that has changed the industry for good, according to Rabobank.

World organic food sales shine, but dairy in doldrums

25-Jan-2012 - The overall global market for organic food and drink is in good shape but dairy sales in the sector fell during the recession, due to high 2008 milk prices in particular, according to Euromonitor International.

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World's hottest vodka uses hotter chillis than those used in 'law enforcement' pepper sprays

19-Jan-2012 - Online whisky and spirits retailer and bottler Master of Malt has announced it will launch what it claims is the world's hottest ever chilli vodka, which is infused with Naga Jolokia chillis and weighs in at an eye-watering 100,000 Scovilles on the heat scale.

Analyst suggests Catch-22 for big beer brands in one bid to boost sales

17-Jan-2012 - Big beer brands face something of a double bind in trying to stem the tide of declining UK beer sales and entice new consumers to the category, in a market where simply taking over small, successful craft brands risks diluting their appeal, according to a Mintel analyst.

Nuclear headlines overstate Beverage Partners Worldwide RTD tea rescope: analyst suggests

12-Jan-2012 - Following Nestlé and Coke’s decision to slim down its ready-to-drink (RTD) tea business, Beverage Partners Worldwide, Euromonitor analyst Richard Haffner told BeverageDaily.com that nuclear headlines suggesting a ‘global retreat’ perhaps overstated its significance.

Nestlé and Coke scale down Beverage Partners Worldwide JV

09-Jan-2012 - Nestlé and The Coca-Cola Company have announced plans to ‘rescope’ their Ready-to-Drink (RTD) business Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW), with the Swiss firm cagey about the decision to phase-out the existing global JV and focus primarily on Canada and Europe.

Hansen gets green light to turn into a Monster

06-Jan-2012 - Soft drinks maker Hansen Natural has secured its shareholders’ approval to change its name to Monster Beverage Corporation to better reflect the dominant role the Monster energy drink brand plays in its business.

World is flat for Schweppes, as Aussie soda runs outta gas…

06-Jan-2012 - Schweppes Australia admits it has suffered from a lack of CO2 over the past two months, leading to reported shortages of fizzy drinks in the nation, but the soft drinks giant insists it has ‘several workarounds’ in place to minimise customer impact.

Soft drink sales stalled when clear caloric information given, Johns Hopkins study

22-Dec-2011 - Sales of soft drinks to adolescents in Baltimore City nose-dived when study participants were exposed to ‘easily understandable’ information about calorie content, according to a new US study.

2011's beverage blockbusters: the news that filled our cup this year

22-Dec-2011 - We review the beverage thrills, and spills, of 2011, and raise a Christmas glass to a year that saw legal dogfights, giant steps forward in interactive packaging technology and a change of slogan for Carlsberg, never traditionally known for its modesty...

Leatherhead cites category overlap as ‘overriding’ soft drinks trend

19-Dec-2011 - There is an overriding trend within the world soft drinks market towards an overlap between categories, while economic unrest is expected to consolidate a trend towards cheaper products, according to Leatherhead Food Research.

Ingredient innovation central to global soft drink growth, Leatherhead

16-Dec-2011 - Increasing use of innovative ingredients within soft drinks is one of the most notable trends witnessed by that industry over the past few years, according to Leatherhead Food Research.

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Euro-Colombian juice brand builds UK base

15-Dec-2011 - Innovative Euro-Colombian juice brand Juna has told BeverageDaily.com it is expanding fairly rapidly in London after launching in October, having just secured new listings at Selfridges and sandwich shop chain Birleys.

Gin revival rumours greatly exaggerated: Euromonitor

14-Dec-2011 - Like author Mark Twain reacting to false reports of his death in reverse, rumours of gin’s sales revival have been greatly exaggerated, according to Euromonitor International.

Energy drinks market ‘screaming for innovation’, Premier Beverage Group

12-Dec-2011 - US functional drinks company Premier Beverage Group says that the market is ready for a new generation of premium energy drinks marketed under a novel ‘captive brands’ strategy.