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Natural and Organic
In recent years, consumers have displayed a thirst for natural and organic drinks across a variety of markets. For beverage manufacturers, this demand can provide formulation challenges that suppliers are working hard to solve. But in a weak economic environment, are natural and organic products as popular as they once were?
BEVERAGEDAILY.COM: FUNCTIONAL & HEALTHY BEVERAGES
Marketing guru: 'Consumer co-creation’ key to healthy drinks development
Consumer 'co-creation' is essential when developing nutritious and functional beverage brand concepts, a healthy food and beverage marketing expert told BeverageDaily.com.
Global report on food colours
Clean label trend helps drive natural colours to overtake synthetics
Natural colours have overtaken their synthetic counterparts for the first time ever, and the trend towards clean label products is one of the key drivers according to new data from...
COKE: MINUTE MAID AND SIMPLY ORANGE LABELING COMPLIES WITH FDA RULES
Coca-Cola Company slams 'meritless' Minute Maid false advertising action
The Coca-Cola Company has failed in its attempt to strike out 13 consolidated lawsuits alleging that Simply Orange Juice and Minute Maid products were falsely advertised as natural, but says...
Innocent Drinks has no plans to crack US as Coke swallows new stake
Innocent Drinks tells BeverageDaily.com it will retain its current European focus and has no plans to crack to the US, as Coca-Cola moves to acquire almost all the shares it...
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Elopak installs UK's first gable-top aseptic filling machine for Fruitapeel
UK juice and smoothie company Fruitapeel has installed the UK's first gable-top carton aseptic filling line for juice, enabling British-based production for the first time, using an Elopak machine.
The Stella Cidre sensation – Where AB InBev went right: Mintel
Mintel analyst Chris Wisson tells Ben Bouckley how Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev) hit the bull's eye with its £62m Stella Artois Cidre brand in the UK, sucking beer drinkers...
‘US consumers will stop buying Coca-Cola’: 7 Key Trends report
The US beverage industry must accept seven key changes in the near future, including a slump in traditional soda sales and touch sensitive labeling, according to a white paper penned...
PepsiCo CEO promises ‘disruptive’ innovation: Novel natural sweeteners, flavorings, could ‘alter the trajectory of our cola business’
PepsiCo says it is exploring novel natural sweeteners and flavorings that will bring “disruptive innovation” to the cola market.
Natural vs. synthetic: ‘The consumer will always choose the natural product’
Switching to natural colours can be an important product differentiator, as consumers around the world will always choose a natural product when given the option, says ingredient firm Chr. Hansen.
Naturally coloured drink demand spurs quest for natural emulsifiers
The fast-growing trend of natural colouring has required new approaches to emulsification – particularly for beverages, says Naturex business manager Amandine de Santi – and it is an area of ongoing research....
Mountain Dew taps ‘natural energy’ trend with coffee, fruit juice Kickstart
PepsiCo brand Mountain Dew will launch a new fruit juice and coffee-based drink across the US from February 25 to provide a morning ‘pick me up’, and tap a key...
Nestlé Waters enrages US shock jock Glenn Beck
Nestlé Waters North America is under fire from high-profile US shock jock Glenn Beck, who rubbished the company’s Pure Life water and its PET bottle on his radio show Monday....
Coke and Pepsi shifting bottling assets to build brands in 2013: Rabobank analyst
The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo are looking to shift bottling assets onto strong franchise partners in order to refocus in house efforts on brand building and marketing.
Steviva Brands: New stevia syrup is ‘magic bullet’ beverage sweetener
Steviva Brands has launched a new stevia-based syrup blend designed to replace high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in beverages, and claims it is a no added sugar ‘magic bullet’ for...
Dr Pepper ‘stands by’ Mott’s for Tots immune support claims despite legal action
Dr Pepper Snapple Group says it ‘stands by’ immune support claims made on packaging for its Mott’s for Tots beverage brand, after a US-wide class action was launched against it...
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Bayn Europe and Barentz Group sign stevia agreement
Bayn Europe and the Barentz Group have signed a long-term cooperation agreement for the supply and distribution of Eureba-brand stevia extract blends.
Big interview: Scott Lerner, founder and CEO Solixir
Solixir CEO: The secret to a successful start-up, slapping consumers in the face, and the rule of six…
If you’ve trudged around any industry trade shows recently, you’ve probably seen your fair share of prototype product concepts targeting the key ‘need states’ created by ‘modern life’: Wake up!...
Big interview: Eric Schnell, founder MetaBrand; co-founder I AM Enlightened nutrition, Healthy beverage Co (Steaz teas)
Shot in the arm: The secret to success in shots... without going head to head with 5-Hour Energy…
Want to get a slice of the action in the shots category? Build a brand with a compelling story or ‘mission’, and formulate a product that delivers a discernible effect...
EFSA opens public consultation on aspartame review
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has opened a public consultation on its safety assessment of aspartame and has found no safety concern at current intake levels, following studies that...
Big interview: Ryan Black, founder and CEO, Sambazon
Surfing, super fruits and social justice: Sambazon and the genesis of an Amazonian super food empire
Want a dictionary definition of 'high-achiever'? Meet Ryan Black, a former NFL player and surfer who went on holiday to Brazil in his early 20s in search of waves and came...
Green tea trumps rivals for antioxidant and antimicrobial properties
A South Korean study evaluating the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of tea extracts found that green tea showed the highest antioxidant activity in most tests and potent antimicrobial activity.
Hot New Beverage Concepts for 2013: Episode One
The CEO of beverage development and innovation company MyDrink Beverages tells BeverageDaily.com why his firm's new non-alcoholic beverage concepts for 2013 could take the market by storm...
Tate & Lyle: New stevia sweetener can cut cola sugar levels by 50%
Tate & Lyle tells BeverageDaily.com that its new stevia ingredient, Tasteva, can be used to halve sucrose levels in cola drinks without a bitter aftertaste, and does not use masking...
BEVERAGEDAILY.COM EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Chr. Hansen sees red in Asia as vibrant natural colors ‘step off the shelf’
Chr. Hansen says it has high hopes in Asia and elsewhere for its new natural coloring ingredient for beverages, Ultra Stable Red, and claims investing in natural colors strips out...
Sensient’s natural apple flavors to plug ‘positive nutrition’ desires
Sensient Flavors LLC has developed a new range of natural apple flavors to plug consumer demands for fruit varietals as ‘positive nutrition’ takes hold.
