News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Canada's health regulator has found benzene in about 20 per cent of the soft drinks and other beverages it analyzed in a survey this year, with four found to have exceeded the country's standard for the cancer-causing chemical.
Fonterra's suppliers have set a new record for the just-completed production year, bringing more dairy ingredients on to an already competitive market.
Australian beverage makers are being asked to review existing products and new formulations to minimize the presence of benzene, a carcinogenic chemical recently identified at levels several times the WHO guideline in some US and UK beverage brands.
Manufacturers in Ireland have recalled two diet drinks from the market, after testing by the country's food regulator found high levels of the cancer-causing chemical in their products.