Despite growing awareness and concern over the health impacts of alcohol consumption, global consumers are expected to flock towards premium and super premium spirit varieties in the future, says a new report.
A new range of taste enhancers have been introduced to try to improve the taste of liquor and provide mouth warming sensations that give the impression of a more premium product.
In the final part of an ongoing series, BeverageDaily.com looks at the issue of pricing on alcoholic beverages amidst industry claims that more expensive products will not deter misuse.
In the first of a two-part series, BeverageDaily.com looks at the issue of pricing on alcoholic beverages, both as a tool for social responsibility drives designed to curb alcohol use, and in ensuring financial success for manufacturers.
This week, PepsiCo is reportedly India bound to boost its beverage sales, Refresco looks to expand into European juice making and a beer with a Viking heritage comes into trouble over its branding.
Two food and drink research centres, CCFRA and BRI, have merged to strengthen their resources and help companies in the industry innovate and ensure the safety and quality of their products.
The global market for non-alcoholic beverages will remain dominated by more perceivably healthy soft drink options, amidst a growing population concerned with well being in what they drink, according to a new report.
The Australian drinks industry continues to hit out at government tax hikes on ready-to-drink (RTD) ‘alcopop’ beverages amidst press reports of new statistics suggesting consumers are opting for spirits in their place.
Drink makers operating in the UK may face tighter sales restrictions on their products amidst concerns at an alleged rise in hospital admissions from alcohol, according to the country's public health minister.
The self-regulation of alcohol sales and promotion has come under new criticism by a leading alcohol charity within the UK, which claims that current licensing laws at pubs and bars are failing to prevent alcohol abuse in the country.
Knife crime, obesity and skiffle music. Out of all the evils
currently threatening the welfare of Western teenagers, recent US
headlines finger the main culprit as the caffeinated alcoholic
beverage.
This week, Diageo heads to the court over new taxing measures in
California, a major US roadway is closed over beer-induced chaos
and InBev expresses its concerns to potential takeover target
Anheuseur-Busch.
New Californian legislation that classes flavoured malt beverage
'alcopops' as higher tax band spirit products is unlikely to be
adopted in the UK or other EU markets, according to a leading
alcohol charity.
This week, InBev confirms its interest in Budweiser brewer Anheuser
Busch, Foster's plans to shake up its flagging wine division and
the Dr Pepper Snapple Group targets the US energy drink market.
A two-day conference to allow the alcoholic beverage industry
to discuss the latest regulatory and sustainable challenges kicks
off today, says organisers, the International Federation of Wines
and Spirits (FIVS).
Energy drinks have the potential to cause liver damage, heart
failure and even death and should carry warnings for certain
population groups, according to a German body.
The manufacturers of 32 alcoholic drinks brands have been given
four months to modify their packaging to encourage responsible
drinking or face a possible UK-wide sales ban, according to drinks
watchdog the Portman Group.
The Alcohol industry remains divided over calls by the UK arm of
Diageo for the country's government to introduce mandatory health
warnings for pregnant women on drinks packaging.
Foster's today announced that it will immediately remove added
energy and higher alcohol ready to drink (RTD) brands from its
portfolio of goods sold in Australia due to concerns about
irresponsible drinking.
This week, SABMiller declines to bid for S&N, Playboy makes a
push into US energy drink market and The Scotch Whisky Association
aims to maintain a freeze on spirits tax.
Proposals for new mandatory labelling requirements on alcoholic
beverages in the US have come under criticism this week from
foreign manufacturers and watchdogs for offering no benefit to the
consumer.
This week, Heineken goes shopping in Belarus; Coca-Cola remains
tip-lipped on Honest Beverages deal; and a US energy drink brand
steps up its distribution in the country.
Beverage innovator Wild has come up with a new concept for clear
fruit-juice drinks called Refresher, to help manufacturers tap
demand for near water, spritzer and water-plus products.
Beverage manufacturer V&S has announced its intentions to sell
off a yeast production facility in Denmark to Canadian group
Lallemand, as it continues to chase improving profitability in its
spirit operations.
Dutch brewer Royal Grolsch hopes it can extend its in Australia's
burgeoning imported beer market through a new distribution
partnership in the country.
Demand for beverage containers in China is projected to increase
8.9 per cent per year to 2010, to about 181 billion units in 2010,
according to a new study.
The party could be over for manufacturers of alcoholic shots and
shooters in the UK, as an industry body this week called time on
any industry practices that promote rapid drinking.
Top brands, bottle manufacturers, retailers and technology experts
have teamed up under a UK-government programme to cut 20,000 tonnes
of glass from beer, cider and spirit packaging.
The use of alcohol branding on children's replica shirts is to be
red-carded, as the industry faces further restrictions on how it
promotes its products.
China's spirits industry continues to entice some of the world's
leading beverage groups with Sweden's V&S group becoming the
latest multinational to tap the market through a new joint venture.
Consumers do heed messages advising them to drink alcohol
responsibly, says a survey by Guinness maker Diageo, as it launches
a series of television adverts in the UK.
Diageo approached SABMiller to discuss carving up fellow alcoholic
drinks giant, Scottish & Newcastle, adding to speculation over
industry consolidation.
Beverage giant Anheuser-Busch has been called on to cease marketing
of its Spykes malt-based beverages, which have been accused of
carrying 'illegal' warning labels.
Alcoholic drinks makers could benefit from a new range of enzymes
that claim to increase production at the same times as
significantly reducing operating costs.
Thousands of litres of fake vodka seized at an illegal bottling
plant in Wales may pose a serious danger to consumers' health,
officials have said, warning the drinks trade to be on its guard.
Constellation Brands has announced it intends to buy the
fast-growing Svedka vodka brand for $384m, as the group looks to
improve earnings by delving further into the US spirits market.
Poland's largest vodka producer, Central European Distribution
Corporation (CEDC) has become the exclusive distributor of the
Gruppo Campari portfolio in the country, further consolidating its
share of the growing domestic whisky...
Drinks firm Diageo has teamed up with an Irish baker to put its
iconic Guinness drink into bread, part of a move to expand the
brand into a wider range of foods.
Cider sales have shot up 12 per cent in the UK this year,
provisional figures reveal, taking advantage of a stagnant beer
market with new varieties and a bigger promotion push.
Australia's biggest soft drinks maker Coca-Cola Amatil has expanded
its alcoholic beverages portfolio through a new agreement with
premium spirits distributor Maxxium.
Diageo, the world's largest alcoholic drinks firm, denied it
planned to launch sparkling spirit drinks in the UK in the near
future after filing a patent for a new way of adding fizz to hard
spirits.
Poor consumer confidence across Western Europe dented growth at UK
brewer Scottish & Newcastle in the third quarter and is likely
to continue into next year, worsened by a pub smoking ban in
Britain.