AB InBev has opened its newest brewery in China, aimed at tapping into the booming growth of the country’s growing middle class - accounting for 76% of the total urban population by 2022 - and their premium beer preferences.
Consumers are taking a holistic approach to their health, which is why beverage development company Imbibe predicts that the top beverage ingredients in 2018 will be ones with cognitive, immune health, and beauty claims.
PureCircle has partnered with tobacco farmers in North Carolina (US) to commercially grow its StarLeaf stevia for the next planting season, to meet growing demand for food and beverage launches using the plant-based sweetener.
A study by researchers from the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University have found that counties located in legalized medical marijuana states reported a 15% decrease in monthly alcohol sales between 2006 and 2015.
Kona Deep has secured a $5.5m investment from Danone Manifesto Ventures, Grand Crossing Capital, and local Hawaiian investors: which the premium water brand will put towards expanding US distribution as well as ramping up consumer education and marketing...
Sparkling water brand SodaStream has introduced Fruit Drops - a range of bottled flavor essences - in US brick & mortar retailers, as the company aims to make sparkling water part of consumers' daily routines.
SodaStream, maker of at-home sparkling water machines, has become an advocate for cutting down plastic bottle waste within the beverage industry, a message the brand’s VP of global marketing Itai Bichler believes resonates with many consumers.
While 43% of American consumers would describe their financial situation as “healthy”, price still remains the most important factor in food and beverage purchases for many shoppers, according to Mintel’s 2018 North American Consumer Trends report.
Bottled water volume sales are seeing continued strong growth, driven by consumers' search for alternatives to sugary drinks. And these trends are benefiting the flavored water category, according to Comax Flavors.
Food manufacturers must re-formulate to keep their consumers healthy in a region famed for its love of sugar, and many are now cottoning on to their responsibility.
By the end of 2017, global wine production is projected to register an 8.2% drop to 246.7 mhl compared to 2016, with the largest declines seen in the EU which recorded a 14% drop, says the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV).
The allure of emerging markets has attracted brewers to new regions of the world, with rising global beer consumption fueling further M&A activity in the category, said Rabobank.
China Foods will sell all its wine and non-beverage business to its parent Cofco for HKD5.1bn (US$649m) after years of poor performance and gloomy forecasts for future business.
Tech has infiltrated the homebrewing space with digital tabletop brewing devices poised to be the next frontier of the beer industry as consumers look for a more personalized beer drinking experience, says Euromonitor senior alcoholic drinks analyst Spiros...
SomruS, a Chicago-based line of liqueurs, has secured $3.6m in growth funding from venture capital firm, Cleveland Avenue, and aims to achieve US national distribution in 2018.
PepsiCo’s Indian arm expects to sell off its bottling operations to franchisees in the south and west of the country in a bid to divest of its most difficult markets.
Liqui-Box is expanding from industrial liquid packaging to target consumer-facing customers, especially within the bag-in-box beverage industry, such as wine, water, and RTD coffee.
RTD coffee may be the fastest-growing segment in the US retail coffee market, according to Mintel, but a new report shows that the coffee shop market still resonates with on-the-go, premium-seeking consumers.
Serac has seen growing success with Combox, its packaging production and filling technology in a single block unit, within dairy for cartons, pouches, cups and bottles.
United Caps plans to launch a new version of its ProSpring closure for sports drinks in early 2018 to enter new markets such as Germany following the success the cap had in the UK and other parts of Europe, the company said.
Tetra Pak is making a $35.6m (€30m) investment in factory upgrades at its packaging material converting factory in Denton, Texas, to address the growing demand for screw-cap beverages in the US and Canadian markets.
Nestlé’s recent acquisition of a 68% stake in California startup Blue Bottle Coffee is a departure from its usual business strategy when it comes to its coffee portfolio, according to Euromonitor.
Despite declining soda consumption and sugar sweetened beverage taxes going into effect across the US, Coca-Cola saw its soda revenue rise 4% in 2016 thanks to smaller packaging.
Wild Tonic Jun Kombucha’s 5.6% ABV line is expanding its distribution and flavor offerings aiming to take the alcoholic fermented beverage nationwide in the US by mid-2018, the company said.
Euromonitor International has identified 20 of the most influential megatrends to shape the world by 2030 with analysis on eight megatrends with the furthest-reaching impact on industries and consumers in the years to come.
The Brewers Association Export Development Program (BA EDP) has seen an "explosion" of interest in American craft beer coinciding with an increase in exports to international markets.
Singapore’s biggest beverage brand has begun reformulating its drinks to reduce their sugar content, and has called on the government to take wider action against lifestyle diseases.
Annual coffee consumption in the UK is projected to overtake tea consumption by 2021 with black tea registering the steepest sales declines, according to Euromonitor.
Foreign soft drink manufacturers have taken control of more than half of Vietnam’s US$4bn non-alcoholic drink market for the first time, as local players work out how best to compete.
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC) 2017 half-year financial results saw net sales revenue grow 5.7% despite ‘softness’ in Russia and Nigeria, CEO, Dimitris Lois, said today.
The global coffee industry has more room for consolidation and shares a similar M&A pattern to the international beer market, according to a recent Rabobank report.
Tickle Water, a flavored sparkling water brands for kids, has expanded its distribution to wine and spirits stores to capture an adult audience after the company noticed an organic evolution of the brand’s adoption by millennials.
Nordic wine and spirits producer Altia has partnered with Infinium Spirits to begin US distribution of Koskenkorva Vodka in the US market taking advantage of the rise in premium vodka sales.
Suntory's net sales in its alcoholic beverages segment rose 3.1% year-over-year for H1 2017 driven by global demand for Beam Suntory's whiskey and bourbon brands particularly Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, and Knob Creek with performance tempered by...
The US craft beer market saw volume production increase 5% for the first six months of 2017, a slowdown from 8% volume growth in the comparable period last year, according to the Brewers Association mid-year 2017 growth report.
Coca-Cola is calling on the public via the crowdsourcing platform HeroX to develop a natural, low-to-no-calorie sweetener, but the compound must not contain, or be derived from, stevia or monk fruit.
Sapporo Holdings will acquire Anchor Brewing Company, maker of Anchor Steam beer, in a deal which will bring the California-based brewer to new international markets.
Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company has maintained its image as a family-owned, minimally-processed Florida juice company since 1990 while also innovating through revamped packaging and new flavor launches like its carrot ginger turmeric juice.
