All news articles for February 2018

The new Meoqui facility. Pic: Heineken

Heineken opens $500m Mexico brewery

By Rachel Arthur

Heineken has opened a brewery in Meoqui, Mexico, eyeing up a ‘flourishing beer sector and great additional potential’ in the country.

Inno-Bev gets US patent on botanical formula for alterness

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Inno-Bev gets US patent on botanical formula for alterness

By Hank Schultz

Israeli company Inno-Bev Ltd., says it has received a US patent on a plant-based alterness formula called WakeUp, which is sold both as a liquid supplement shot and in a separately branded ready to drink beverage.

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Isle of Man puts sugar tax back to 2019

By Rachel Arthur

The Isle of Man is postponing the introducing of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy by one year, with introduction now planned for April 1, 2019.

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Canadian spirits exports fall

By Rachel Arthur

The value of Canadian spirits exports declined 5.1% in 2017, although spirits remain by far the largest alcohol export category for the country.

A trolley full of ultra-processed food. © GettyImages/JackF

Ultra-processed food may be linked to cancer: BMJ study

By Niamh Michail

There may be a causal link between eating highly processed food and cancer risk, and four reasons why this could be, according to the authors of a 105,000-strong French study published in the British Medical Journal.

Roughly 80% of PureCircle's 2018 planted stevia will be its StarLeaf stevia launched last year, the company said. ©GettyImages/y-studio

PureCircle to bump up stevia planting by 200% in 2018

By Mary Ellen Shoup

PureCircle is set to plant nearly 16,000 tons of stevia in 2018 - a 200% increase from the year before - to meet increasing global industry demand for a zero-calorie sweetener that tastes ‘the most sugar-like.’