News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Containers may give glass jars a run for their money
Amcor Rigid Plastics aims to make the “PET or glass?” question moot with its introduction of a 24oz hot-fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container that accepts metal lug closures.
While mainstream food retailers discovered kombucha later than their counterparts in the ‘natural’ channel, they are playing catch-up now, says natural soda maker Reed’s, which entered the market in 2012 with its Culture Club kombucha range and now...
German discount supermarket giant Aldi Süd is examining market conditions for a potential launch in China.
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Linpac Packaging (Linpac) by Strategic Value Partners (SVP).
Smurfit Kappa has opened a €28m Bag-in-Box plant in Ibi, Spain, due to growing demand in the region.
Special edition: Functional Foods
With sales of $176.7 billion this year functional foods are a hot growth sector. But which ingredients, sectors and countries are the best bets for product launches?
Special edition: functional foods
To understand Functional Foods you must see it as a strategy to add value to processed foods, says the president and founder of the HealthyMarketingTeam, Peter Wennstrom, in this guest article.