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New beverage launches: Functional soda, canned cocktails and more

New beverage launches: Functional soda, canned cocktails and more

08-Dec-2025By Rachel Arthur

New beverage launches: Festive NPD

New beverage launches: Festive NPD

01-Dec-2025By Rachel Arthur

New beverage launches: November’s top picks

New beverage launches: November’s top picks

26-Nov-2025By Rachel Arthur

Target leans on functional beverages to steady slipping sales

Target leans on functional beverages to steady slipping sales

24-Nov-2025By Timothy Inklebarger

Promotional features

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Why pineapple is set to be 2026’s flavour of the year

Why pineapple is set to be 2026’s flavour of the year

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Unbottling the future of beverages at the EU Forum

Unbottling the future of beverages at the EU Forum

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Flavor fusion: Uncovering functional flavor trends in Europe for 2026

Flavor fusion: Uncovering functional flavor trends in Europe for 2026

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Why radical sustainability innovation is the best strategy for value creation

Why radical sustainability innovation is the best strategy for value creation

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Manufacturers

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Who is Henrique Braun, Coca-Cola’s next CEO?

Who is Henrique Braun, Coca-Cola’s next CEO?

11-Dec-2025By Rachel Arthur

Coca-Cola names new CEO

Coca-Cola names new CEO

11-Dec-2025By Rachel Arthur

Brand on fire: How Trip has pioneered the calming beverages category

10-Dec-2025By Rachel Arthur

Monster Beverage energizes growth through innovation that reinforces, not replaces what consumers love

Monster Beverage energizes growth through innovation that reinforces, not replaces what consumers love

05-Dec-2025By Elizabeth Crawford

Ingredients

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OnSwitch: Energy drink collab goes beyond caffeine to target systemic optimization

OnSwitch: Energy drink collab goes beyond caffeine to target systemic optimization

10-Dec-2025By Danielle Masterson

Inside Ocean Spray’s cranberry empire

Inside Ocean Spray’s cranberry empire

01-Dec-2025By Timothy Inklebarger

Cargill, ADM tap growth in natural, low-calorie sweeteners

Cargill, ADM tap growth in natural, low-calorie sweeteners

22-Oct-2025By Timothy Inklebarger

Processing & packaging

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How to create a PFAS action plan

How to create a PFAS action plan

04-Dec-2025By Rachel Arthur

Packaging news: From smart labels to PPWR ranges

Packaging news: From smart labels to PPWR ranges

31-Oct-2025By Teodora Lyubomirova

Tetra Pak taps APAC plant-based trends to shape drinks and packaging

Tetra Pak taps APAC plant-based trends to shape drinks and packaging

27-Oct-2025By Audrey Yow

Laser-powered PET tech: How far PET blowing technology has come - and where it’s going next

Laser-powered PET tech: How far PET blowing technology has come - and where it’s going next

02-Oct-2025By Rachel Arthur

Markets

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Functional coffee trends: Nootropics, gut health, collagen and more

Functional coffee trends: Nootropics, gut health, collagen and more

12-Dec-2025By Rachel Arthur

Texas’ ingredient label law sparks a major food fight

Texas’ ingredient label law sparks a major food fight

11-Dec-2025By Gill Hyslop

OnSwitch: Energy drink collab goes beyond caffeine to target systemic optimization

OnSwitch: Energy drink collab goes beyond caffeine to target systemic optimization

10-Dec-2025By Danielle Masterson

R&D

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World-first barista milk without cows hits the market

World-first barista milk without cows hits the market

02-Dec-2025By Teodora Lyubomirova

Yuka brings aspartame fight to the US

Yuka brings aspartame fight to the US

16-Oct-2025By Timothy Inklebarger

Both sugary and sweetened drinks increase liver disease risk

Both sugary and sweetened drinks increase liver disease risk

13-Oct-2025By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Bringing flavor to the front of alcohol-free innovation

Bringing flavor to the front of alcohol-free innovation

23-Sep-2025By Rachel Arthur

Regulation & safety

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Will the EU ban energy drink sales to children?

Will the EU ban energy drink sales to children?

10-Dec-2025By Rachel Arthur

‘A mandate for innovation’: R&D is back at the top of the agenda with UK sugar tax shake up

‘A mandate for innovation’: R&D is back at the top of the agenda with UK sugar tax shake up

04-Dec-2025By Rachel Arthur

Soda taxes: Finding the sweet spot between health goals and business growth

Soda taxes: Finding the sweet spot between health goals and business growth

27-Nov-2025By Rachel Arthur

Editor's choice

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‘The Pearl of Africa’: How Ugandan coffee is building its place on the world stage

‘The Pearl of Africa’: How Ugandan coffee is building its place on the world stage

10-Jun-2025By Rachel Arthur

Coffee mixology, functional brews and robot baristas: Top trends from the world’s most exciting coffee markets

Coffee mixology, functional brews and robot baristas: Top trends from the world’s most exciting coffee markets

03-Jun-2025By Rachel Arthur

Innovators in alcohol-free: Kin Euphorics

Innovators in alcohol-free: Kin Euphorics

30-Jan-2025By Rachel Arthur

Innovators in alcohol-free: Lewis Hamilton’s Almave

Innovators in alcohol-free: Lewis Hamilton’s Almave

27-Jan-2025By Rachel Arthur

Industry voices

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How to build a beverage brand: Plezi’s mission to transform food and drink with Michelle Obama and Stephen Curry

31-Oct-2025By Rachel Arthur

How to build a beverage brand: C4 on carving out the performance energy category

29-Jul-2025By Rachel Arthur

China Focus: Modernising baijiu, new rules on plant-based colours, dairy trade shifts, and more

China Focus: Modernising baijiu, new rules on plant-based colours, dairy trade shifts, and more

14-Jul-2025By Audrey Yow