Bottled water manufacturers, including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, will face stricter standards following the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to implement new rules to prevent contamination with E. coli bacteria.
British demand for soft drink products has coped with both the unpredictability of the current economic climate and the seemingly more familiar wet weather, to post slight sales value growth in 2008, according to official industry figures.
European consumers are united in their demand for mineral water packaging that is ‘safer for the environment’, while remaining convenient to consume, according to new research.
Environmental criticisms over the impact of bottling mineral water is expected to lead to stagnant growth in the segment over the coming year, potentially forcing manufacturers to rethink their packaging, suggests new research.
The British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA) has said there is no evidence to support the claim by researchers based at the Goethe University in Frankfurt that water bottles contaminate drinking water with estrogenic chemicals.
Suppliers of bottled mineral water products in Ireland maintain that the public faced no danger from its products during a 2007 investigation by authorities into potential product contamination.
UK-based Market researcher Zenith International reports regular carbonated drinks are no longer the world’s biggest beverage category as they were surpassed by bottled waters in volume terms in 2007.
Irish food safety experts have rubbished reports suggesting consumers in the country may be at risk from alleged contamination of some bottled water brands.
Added-fluoride bottled water may soon be hitting chillers and shelves across New Zealand and Australia as authorities debates whether to bring their national formulation regulations inline with those of markets like the US.
This week, Britvic says the strong performance of its global brands is keeping it on track to meet profit forecast and the Eastern European market for bottled water shows potential for further growth.
This week, Pepsi's Indra Nooyi and Kraft's Irene Rosenfeld are top of poll of the leading female execs in the US, and a bottled water group goes natural to strengthen the image of its products.
Global consumption of bottled water and milk-based drinks continues to rise amidst burgeoning demand in Asia, despite a number of challenges facing both industries, according to consumer analyst Zenith International.
The three leading UK suppliers of bottled water have created a new group designed to spread the word on the economic and social value of their product, amidst continuing pressures surrounding its alleged environmental impact.
The bottled water industry, which has enjoyed strong sales growth in recent years as a beverage perceived to offer improved health benefits, is coming under increasing criticism in North America over its alleged environmental impacts.
Consumer watchdog Which? could be set put further pressure on the bottled water industry with the publication of new UK research suggesting that consumers would openly embrace free public water refilling stations.
Despite their dominance within the market, Bottled water
manufacturers are coming increasingly under pressure from
point-of-use (POU) water suppliers amidst recent environmental
criticism of the industry, according to a new report.
Bottled water manufacturers that attempt to show a more caring side
of the business are defying an overall slump for the product in the
UK market, according to new research.
The UK environment minister has this week kicked off a war of words
with the bottled water industry, claiming that it is acting in a
"morally unacceptable" manner.
In the latest news roundup, Anheuser-Busch will continue to step up
pricing in the US, Coca-Cola is considering Indian expansion,
Nestle take a controlling stake in bottled water group Henniez, and
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Increasing criticism over the environmental impacts of consuming
water from bottles instead of a tap supply is needlessly misleading
consumer opinion, according to an international association
representing the industry.
China Water & Drinks plans to acquire a stake in the
largest water packaging manufacturer in China, a bid by the company
to control its supply chain and bring down costs.
Nestle will expand its dominance in the bottled water market
after today agreeing to the acquisition of a majority share in
Switzerland-based Sources Minérales Henniez.
Healthy, environmentally friendly and delivered in a minimum time
period - a new water vending machine uses radio frequency
identification (RFID) to hit all the market trends.
Campaign group Sustain has reignited debate on the environmental
harm caused by soaring bottled water sales, criticising government
departments for adding to the problem and urging consumers to
re-embrace tap water.
Danone has signed a deal to buy 49 per cent of Danish bottled water
company Aqua d'or, in an attempt to improve the group's position in
an increasingly competitive bottled water market.
A little-known bottled water from Scotland may help to stop cancer
cells spreading, a study has found, giving the drink a unique
potential in healthy beverage trends.
Lawyers in the US have warned they will sue any US retailer that
has failed to recall, by the end of this week, bottled water found
to contain cancer-causing bromate above the legal limit,
BeverageDaily.com has learnt.
Bottled water firms have refuted the latest contamination scare to
hit the soft drinks industry, saying their products are safe from
cancer-causing bromate in the US.
Nestlé said bottled water and ice cream sales had been helped in
the first half in Europe by the heatwave that has swept across the
continent this summer.
Bottled water containing cancer-causing bromate above the level
allowed by America's food safety watchdog has been pulled from
shelves by one of the country's upmarket retailers.
Nestlé Waters said it would merge in Turkey with the country's
number one bottled water group, Erikli, to take better advantage of
Turks' growing thirst for mineral water.
Emerging markets and new 'health products' helped Danone to
continue its strong sales growth in the second quarter of 2006,
though the group has struggled to turn around losses on its home
French market.
Record bottled water sales in Britain, emergency supplies used to
cover water shortages in France - mineral water firms are
worshipping the summer sun.
Nestlé Waters has confirmed it is examining how to re-organise its
75 bottled water brands into a more coherent unit, as rivals spring
up from all sides.
Reducing paperwork and consolidating laws could save industry about
£200m (€293) in the first year, the UK's food regulator said in
publishing a plan to simplify legislation.
Bottled water consumption is expected to overtake fizzy soft drinks
around the world within five years, says a new report, with Nestlé,
Danone and PepsiCo leading the charge.
Danone has sought to calm customers after two bottles of Volvic
water were found to contain traces of potentially harmful chemical
Napthalene, threatening UK sales.
Nestlé's bottled water sales are rising again in Europe but
competition from both private labels and brands, as well as soaring
plastics costs, are increasing pressure in the sector.
Britain and France are leading launches of functional, bottled
water in Europe, yet the trend remains in the grip of niche sectors
and still below flavour in the R&D priority list of the big
players, reports Chris Mercer.
Bottled water sales are booming in Britain thanks to a new
generation of consumers who see the sector as more than glorified
tap water and better for their health and well-being than fizzy
drinks, reports Chris Mercer.
Coca-Cola will gain the right to sell Evian in the US after buying
out Danone from their joint venture, while Czech brewer Budejovicky
Budvar scores another victory in the Budweiser trademark war with
Anheuser Busch, reports Chris...
Coca-Cola's Greek bottling subsidiary has announced it will buy its
way into Serbia's bottled water market as the trend towards healthy
living increases the importance of non-carbonated soft drinks,
reports Chris Mercer.