News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Russian confectionery group Mechta has launched a new premium product line - the latest in a growing number of local producers entering an upmarket segment which was once the sole domain of western companies. Angela Drujinina reports.
Russian edible oils producer Solnechnie Produkti has reported sales growth in excess of that for the market as a whole, the second major producer to do so in as many weeks. As with market leader NMZhK, Solnechnie Produkti's growth has been helped by...
Gellan CP Kelco, bought by JM Huber last month, has launched Kelcogel HM-B gellan gum, a hydrocolloid system designed to provide suspension of cocoa and minerals in ready-to-drink dairy based beverages, writes Philippa Nuttall.
A UK firm has come up with an innovative packaging and processing solution that will allow smaller retailers to create their own branded ice-cream products at the point of sale (POS), giving them the opportunity to penetrate the highly-consolidated UK...
Huge increases in wheat prices have more than halved annual milling profits at top UK firm Carr's Milling Industries - yet the company is confident of getting back on track in 2005 despite warnings that prices will remain volatile, reports Chris Mercer .
The recent move to ban beer advertising in Russia is just one of a number of challenges facing brewers there, but a recent survey of the country's leading operators suggests that most of them are relishing the challenges to come. Angela Drujinina reports.
Danisco has taken up the low-carb, low-sugar baton and run with it, developing a line of flavours aimed at food manufacturers developing artificially sweetened and reduced sugar beverages and dairy products.