News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
The National Audit Office (NAO) claims that care should be taken before the government implements tax stamps on spirits. While the introduction could be the most effective way of reducing spirit fraud - the industry begrudges the high costs that such...
InterContinental Hotel's is to dispose of its juice drinks company Britvic. Pepsi who owns a minority stake in the company has vetoed the disposal in the past - but this time observers estimate that the company could be sold in the region of £1bn,...
A British brewer has been criticised by the UK's advertising watchdog for making a series of claims about the health benefits of beer including suggestions that it could protect against heart disease.
Much of the flour that goes into breads, pasta, cakes, breakfastcereals and other foods comes from so-called 'winter wheats', planted in autumn and harvested in spring. New research has identified the key gene involved in the crops development, a...