Inside Ocean Spray’s cranberry empire
Behind the juice aisle lies an ingredients business that supplies everything from trail mixes and chocolate bites to canned cocktails – often with no Ocean Spray logo in sight
Juice drinks
Coca-Cola launches boba juice innovation
Coca-Cola has released its first ever boba product with the launch of a bubble tea-style juice: designed to deliver a unique sensorial experience
Juice brand Apple & Eve celebrates 50 years amid shifting trends
Family-focused juice brand leans on nostalgia and clean-label innovation to stay relevant in today’s marketplace
Sustainable September
From cartons to cars: Finding new avenues for used packaging
Fiat now incorporates recycled materials from used cartons into its vehicles. How much potential do cross-industry collaborations like this have?
How to get the most out of Drinktec 2025: Explore the latest in AI, innovation and technology
Drinktec’s executive director sits down with BeverageDaily and tells us what he’s looking forward to at this year’s show - and his top tips for getting the most out of the event
The latest tech in the sugar reduction toolkit
From honey truffle protein to sugar separation solutions: advances in technology sweeten the deal for beverage reformulation
Can a lower Brix standard help orange juice manufacturers?
FDA’s proposal to lower the required sugar content in not-from-concentrate pasteurized orange juice has been in development for several years, with some manufacturers and industry associations calling it a step forward in improving US citrus production
Juice cleanse brand targets kids with clean-label line
Raw Generation taps into the kids’ nutrition boom with cold-pressed juice line Little Sippers
Why Chobani bought Daily Harvest
Chobani’s strategic expansion into coffee and now ready meals is signalling an intent for a broader role in the US healthy food and drink space
Tetra Pak and other majors join manufacturing alliance
The newly formed FMTE aims to influence policy and boost R&D in food manufacturing
Vit D food fortification a ‘major industry challenge’ - until now
The problem of fortifying food and drink with sensitive ingredients is well known to industry. How can innovation help solve it?
Super juice success taking functional beverages to new heights
Sales of super juices are booming as functional drinks dominate the beverage market
Orange juice price drop: Explaining the change in fortunes
The once-high priced drink has rapidly tracked down since the start of the year
How Coca-Cola creates billion dollar brands
The Coca-Cola Company now boasts 30 billion-dollar brands: from classics such as Coca-Cola and Sprite to newer winners like Smartwater, Fairlife and Fuze Tea. How does it create billion dollar brands?
Fruit juice and sweet drinks ‘risk’ to toddlers
Sweetened beverages, including fruit juices, should not be consumed by young children and can increase their risk of obesity later in life
FDA unveils proposed front-of-package nutrition labels
Front-of-package labeling has the potential to be ‘as iconic as the Nutrition Facts label’, says the FDA, as it launches its proposals
Lactalis, Tetra Pak share industry-first packaging innovation
The partnership has yielded a first of its kind sustainable beverage carton, but a myriad of industry-wide challenges continue to overshadow progress in the sector
Singapore’s Re.juve touts customer loyalty, focus on meeting nutrient gap as key to survival amid cold press juice decline
Singaporean brand Re.juve’s ability to navigate cold pressed juices’ transition from being a trendy detox drink to a daily staple for meeting nutrient gaps, as well as support from loyal customers, have been crucial for its survival.
Suja Organic makes ‘every sip count’ with rebrand focused on transparency, flavor, function
Suja Life rebranded its line of Suja Organic cold-pressed juices and wellness shots to simplify the product’s functionality and flavors as the company grows into more occasions and dayparts with its acquisition of soda brand Slice.
AI tech boosts biodiversity across drink giant’s blackcurrant farms
Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I (SBF GB&I) is using AI technology to improve biodiversity across five of its blackcurrant farms in the UK this harvest season.
CPG disruption: SPINS shares why innovation is needed in juices, pickles, pantry staples
CPG companies seeking to disrupt a market might want to turn their attention to categories where whitespace innovation is lacking — including in juices, pickles and pantry staples — a SPINS representative suggested in a recent webinar.
Seven summer beverage trends for 2024
What's hot this summer? We take a look at the top beverage trends.
Summer Fancy Food Show
Upcycled Certified helps drive sales of snacks, juices, ingredients double & triple digits
Upcycling would-be wasted food or side streams from manufacturing into nutritious and sustainable products for human consumption continues to gain traction with more companies calling out the claim and sales of Upcycled Certified products overall growing...
Monk fruit ingredient no longer a novel food in UK, what about EU?
In sweet news for food manufacturers, monk fruit decoctions are no longer classified a novel food in the eyes of the UK Food Standards Agency. What does this news mean for the EU?
Orange juice outlook ‘challenging’ amid squeezed margins and soft drink competition
The coming months won’t be easy for orange juice manufacturers forced to keep product prices high.
Childhood obesity linked to high soda and milk consumption but not juice – Kuwait study
A Kuwait study found that children who consumed a lot of soda and milk had higher obesity risk than those who consumed high amounts of juice.
Feeling the squeeze? How juice brands are dealing with an orange shortage
The world’s top orange production regions are struggling: putting pressure on the global supply of oranges for the juice industry. Beverage brands are finding innovative ways to deal with high costs and shortages.
The global picture: How widespread are sugar taxes?
Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes are no longer a novel policy tool. A deep delve into the data throws up some surprises...
Fortified beverages in the Middle East: Germany’s Haus Rabenhorst identifies market opportunities for juice range
German firm Haus Rabenhorst is looking to capitalise on the functional beverages trend with its range of nutrient-enriched juices, amid growing interest among consumers in Asia and Middle East.
News
UK lifts tariff on California prune juice
The UK is to lift the current import tariff on California prune juice as it continues to navigate trade deals with its partners in the Indo-Pacific bloc.
Natural Products Expo West
Expo West trendspotting: Functional benefits, purity testing help justify premium pricing as consumers navigate economic challenges
Emphasizing the value of exisiting products appeared to trump breakthrough innovation this year at Natural Products Expo West where many companies either introduced smaller sizes of existing SKUs to lower the entry point or more prominently called out...
From paperization to promotional messaging: How are plant-based milk brands differentiating?
We speak to two leading packaging manufacturers about the materials, formats and branding choices that plant-based milk manufacturers are eyeing in 2024.
Michelle Obama’s PLEZi expands with carbonated fruit drink for tweens, on its mission to address the US’ ‘massive sweetness problem’
Co-founded by former First Lady Michelle Obama, PLEZi Nutrition is on a mission not only to lower the sugar in beverages, but to fundamentally adjust kids’ palates to less sweet beverages overall. Can it be done?
An ‘all time low’ for orange juice? Disease and drought squeeze supply
Is a global orange juice shortage set to plague the beverage industry?
Ireland introduces Deposit Return Scheme
Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) – a nationwide money-back initiative for plastic bottles and aluminum cans – launches this month in a bid to improve recycling rates.
‘A mutually beneficial opportunity’: Ingredion prepares to market Better Juice sugar reduction tech
From Q2 2024, Ingredion will begin marketing Better Juice’s sugar reduction technology to its customer base. It’s a ‘win-win situation’ that leverages each company’s strengths, Better juice co-founder and co-CEO Gali Yarom tells FoodNavigator.
'A disruptive solution': A closer look at Tetra Pak’s aseptic carton with paper-based barrier
From recyclability to carbon footprint and shelf life, we find out more about the properties of Tetra Brik Aseptic 200 Slim Leaf, Tetra Pak’s new aseptic carton with a paper-based barrier.
‘It will strengthen and broaden our portfolio': SIG poised to innovate ‘faster and better’ at new Packaging Development Center
The packaging solutions provider says the €10m/$10.8m facility will strengthen the company’s ability to optimize, test and qualify new packaging structures, paving the way for developing more sustainable packaging options for the food and beverage...
Incentivising reformulation: Tiered sugar tax in Germany could save up to €16bn in societal costs over next 20 years
A tiered sugar tax - one that incentivises brands to reduce sugar content - would be the most effective way of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in Germany, according to a new study published this week.
Gen Z shoppers will ‘be the greenest shopper yet,’ Non-GMO Project shares in latest awareness data
A majority of consumers are less likely to consider non-GMO or organic claims in their purchase decisions, but millennials and Gen Z consumers are more likely to seek out products with Non-GMO Project and USDA Organic labels than older cohorts, as Hans...
A.G. Barr acquires tropical drinks brand Rio
UK soft drinks company A.G. Barr is acquiring the Rio soft drinks brand through the purchase of Rio Tropical Limited.
Britvic acquires four brands in Brazil
UK soft drink company Britvic has completed the acquisition of the Extra Power energy drink brand from GlobalBev; also acquiring three additional soft drinks brands – energy brand Flying Horse, juice brand Juxx and acai smoothie brand Amazoo.
Yuzuco bridges the divide between juice availability in US, consumer demand for yuzu
Juice company Yuzuco is on a mission to spread the refreshing and aromatic attributes of yuzu in the US as it shores up its supply chain and release new products, company co-founder and CEO Basil Beshkov told FoodNavigator-USA.
Sugar Reduction
FDA seeks strategies for reducing added sugar consumption at upcoming meetings
FDA opened registration this week for a virtual public meeting and listening session it will hold Nov. 6-8 on strategies to reduce added sugar consumption, following a commitment it made last fall during the White House’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition...
‘Green’ straws raise red flags: PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ identified in 90% of paper straws tested in Europe
Single use plastic has long been vilified, prompting beverage makers to swap out plastic straws for paper alternatives. But fresh research warns paper straws in Europe contain ‘forever chemicals’, and that using such straws potentially contributes to...
SIG to increase paper content in F&B cartons to 90% by 2030
The move would ensure aseptic cartons can be recycled in the same pulping process as waste paper.
Taste still drives beverage choice among consumers, along with hydration, nutrition and simplicity
From convenience to hydration and satiation, consumer preferences for beverages offer manufacturers an opportunity to hone in on value, attributes and nutrition with taste and simple ingredients as a common driver, according to Hartman Group’s Modern...
FDA considers lowering the Brix level for pasteurized orange juice, but seeks additional information
FDA may change the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice to lower the beverage’s minimum Brix level – or soluble solids content – which influences sweetness and certain nutrients, at the behest of Florida citrus stakeholders depending on...
Capri Sun to take back sales and distribution from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in Western Europe
Kids fruit juice drink pouch company Capri Sun Group Holding AG will take back the sales and distribution of its pouch drinks in France, Monaco, Great Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Sweden, Spain, and Portugal in 2024: ending a sales and...
Döhler acquisition of SVZ to boost red fruit and vegetable ingredients portfolio
German ingredients company Döhler has announced plans to acquire SVZ, a Dutch supplier of fruit and vegetable ingredients, from Royal Cosun. The move is expected to buildout Döhler’s portfolio, notably in red fruit and vegetable ingredients.