News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
China has been the dominant supplier of many herbs, spices and ingredients to the Russian market for the last 10 years, but a reduction in Chinese crop areas to make way for more profitable products has given local growers from the CIS a chance to up...
Archeologists believe that wine was first fermented in the now Republic of Georgia 9,000 years ago. But, the opening of a new hi-tech wine testing laboratory has given Georgian winemakers a reason to look to the future, writes Kim Hunter Gordon.
CSM, the Dutch food ingredients company continues to shed non-core activities, signing off its stake in natural alcohol supplier Koninklijke Nedalco in a €24 million deal.
Carlsberg Denmark yesterday announced that it would reduce the price of Carlsberg Pilsner in its new lightweight modern bottles.
The Irish government's 2005 budget, which halves the alcohol products tax for microbreweries, comes at a time when Europeans are drinking more beer from small breweries than ever before, writes Kim Hunter Gordon.
Pursuit Dynamics has signed an agreement with the UK subsidiary of Coca-Cola Enterprises to supply innovative fluid processing technology for the production of soft drinks.
Looking to new market gains in the UK, US and Australia German ingredients group Degussa has revamped its line of bakery cream systems to target food makers with a competitive package, writes Lindsey Partos.