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Consumer trends shaping alcoholic beverage innovation

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Consumer trends shaping alcoholic beverage innovation

In the fast-paced world of alcoholic beverages, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for any brand. With consumers constantly on the lookout for the latest and greatest offerings, companies need to be able to adapt and innovate quickly to keep up with...

How to use climate performance as a growth factor in a competitive market

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Where Do You Stand in the Race to Net Zero?

The food industry is facing increasing climate demands from legislators, consumers, and retailers alike. However, the complexity of the food system and unique emissions dynamics has resulted in the rest of the business world outpacing the food and beverage...

Five Functional Beverage Trends in 2022

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Five Functional Beverage Trends in 2022

It's important to keep an eye on what's next. With a cutting-edge portfolio of functional ingredients and over two decades of experience, AFS helps brands stay up-to-date.

New energy-saving and line concepts for beer filling

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New energy-saving and line concepts for beer filling

Krones has revamped the Dynafill, which has also undergone a number of field tests showing that the machine enables customers to implement new lines and energy-saving concepts.

Upcycled Barley: today’s most modern ancient grain

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Upcycled Barley: today’s most modern ancient grain

An ancient grain (dating back 10,000 years), barley is high in nutrients, is sustainably grown, and is an integral part of our food supply. Now, it's gaining new life as a taste-forward plant protein ingredient.

Sustainable thinking for plastics

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Sustainable thinking for plastics

With the movement away from resource consumption and towards a sustainable closed-cycle economy, we will have to find new ways to optimise packagings and recyclables in the future. In the best case, we use packaging that offers benefits throughout its...

Digitalisation in the food and beverage industry

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Digitalisation in the food and beverage industry

The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated the trend to digitaliszation in almost all areas of life, including in the food and beverage industry. Though the branch has already taken the first steps and implemented digital solutions in the past,...

Navigating the Caffeine Shortage – Opportunity From Adversity

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Navigating the Caffeine Shortage – Opportunity From Adversity

The beverage industry is currently experiencing a significant caffeine shortage. It can be challenging to fully comprehend how much caffeine influences beverages. Countless everyday products like sodas, cold brews, teas, energy drinks, water enhancers,...

The Evolving Beverage Industry

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The Evolving Beverage Industry

By 2026, Gen Z and Millennials, will make up the largest consumer group in the US, at 46%. These consumers are well-informed and passionate about sustainability and eco-friendly products, and want to align with brands and companies who are innovating...

Tips and Tricks for Beer Filtration

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Tips and Tricks for Beer Filtration

When doing microbial testing on a carbonated beverage, the most challenging and time consuming aspect is filtering 100mL of product. It can take what seems like FOREVER to filter

Summer sipping: the trends you need to know

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Summer sipping: the trends you need to know

Reducing sugar content is a necessity for the food and drinks industry. Formulators can count on acacia gum, the natural additive sourced from the acacia tree.

Low and no – the hottest trend in beverages

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Low and no – the hottest trend in beverages

Whether it’s joining the gym or giving ‘Veganuary’ a go, consumers have historically always used January as the motivation to embark on a lifestyle change.
We’re now three weeks into ‘Dry January’ – the season to cut out booze for a month after...

Molecular detection of spoilage bacteria in beer

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Molecular detection of beer-spoilage bacteria

Beer-spoilage microorganisms cause an increase of turbidity and unpleasant flavors in beer. Tthe role of strictly anaerobic bacteria like Pectinatus and Megasphaera has become more prevalent.

Tetra Pak: The future of packaging is undoubtedly digital

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Tetra Pak: The future of packaging is undoubtedly digital

Food and beverage manufacturers and brand owners face a wide range of future challenges, from the pressure to ensure traceability of their products, through to the need to identify better ways to engage with consumers. The positive for companies wrestling...

Driving the fruit and veg plosion

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Driving the fruit and veg plosion

Consumers around the globe are adopting plant-forward lifestyles. It is a trend evident in the non-food and food and drink sector.

Strengthen brand loyalty by meeting your customers’ need for transparency

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Strengthen brand loyalty by meeting your customers’ need for transparency

The beverage market is struggling. Consumers are making more mindful choices, and they want healthier soft drinks made with natural ingredients containing less sugar. American consumers want recognizable ingredients that are food safe, visually appealing...

How to stand out where the decision is made

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How to stand out where the decision is made and break through the autopilot

In a time when around 70% of shopping decisions are made in-store and when recent eye-tracking research shows that 99.8% of the store assortment isn’t even noticed by the shopper, differentiation is key.  In the last few years, immense changes have occurred...

Ecolean offers sustainable options for liquid food producers

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Flexible packaging offers new sustainable options for liquid food producers

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is no longer an option for any organization. Instead, it is an imperative belief that must be instilled into a company’s culture.CSR must now be evident throughout the entire organization—product-by-product, department-by-department,...