Britvic has appointed consultant group Nunwood to carry out product
and concept testing into a new range of innovative soft drinks, as
the firm looks to keep up with changing consumer tastes.
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...
More lawsuits have been filed against soft drinks firms alleging
their drinks were contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical
benzene above America's legal limit for drinking water.
Long-term heavy coffee drinking does not increase the risk of
coronary heart disease (CHD) say Harvard researchers, results that
also have positive implications for the stimulant drink industry.
South Korea's food safety authorities called on beverage makers
last week to withdraw vitamin C-enriched drinks that had been found
to contain the carcinogen benzene.
America's Food and Drug Administration has questioned the accuracy
of its own testing for benzene in soft drinks between 1995 and
2001, but held off criticism from Congress members for refusing to
publish results from its current...
Lawyers in the US announced yesterday they were taking two soft
drinks firms to court, alleging lab tests showed drinks
contaminated with benzene above America's safety limit for tap
water.
Coca-Cola can continue selling orange juice fortified with calcium,
after having settled with Procter and Gamble over a patent
infringement lawsuit a development that opens the way forpotential
collaborations in the future.
Pursuit Dynamics, the UK-based creators of a novel sonic wave
processing technology, today announced the purchase of a specialist
food and drink equipment distributor.
Connecticut-based beverage company SoBe - South Beach Beverage
Company - has paid a $219,000 penalty for falsely claiming that its
drinks protect against colds and other illnesses and increase
energy levels.
As China slowly starts to wake up to the smell of coffee, we
consider whether or not it will ever prove to be a rival for the
nations favourite soft drink, tea. Simon Pitman reports.
Tetra Pak has launched what it describes as a low investment carton
packaging solution ideal for manufacturers looking to penetrate
lucrative new chilled beverage markets.
Tetra Pak has launched what it describes as a low investment carton
packaging solution ideal for manufacturers looking to penetrate
lucrative new chilled beverage markets.
Number two pectin player Danisco rolls out a line extension for new
gains from its Grinsted pectin range that targets food and beverage
makers looking to spear the growing sports nutrition and functional
food markets, reports Lindsey...
Sunny Delight, the much-maligned soft drink from Procter &
Gamble, is to be sold to a US-based private equity group as part of
P&G's decision to focus on its snacks and coffee units.
After three years of successful growth, Diageo's alcopops sales
have decreased the company's financial results have revealed. This
week the company has released a new version of its Smirnoff ice
drink in the US, in an attempt...
Japanese brewing giant Asahi is the latest foreign company to try
and crack the Chinese beverage market. The firm has teamed up with
Japanese trade firm Itochu and leading Chinese packaged food and
beverage producer Tingyi in a bid...
'Healthiness-to-go' appears to be the order of the day on Europe's
supermarket shelves as Mintel's Global New Product Database reveals
a number of new functional drinks launched in the last month.
Nestlé is investing $120 million (€120.8m) in the Russian coffee
industry. The firm is planning to build a full-cycle factory in the
Krasnodar region to produce its Nescafe brand coffee.
Competition in the world's leading drinks markets is due to get
fiercer as consumers in the developed world continue to increase
their consumption, according to drinks industry analysts
Canadean.
A new company, Advercan.com, has been formed in the US to tackle
the problem of drinks can hygiene while simultaneously providing
another means of can advertising.
More evidence to suggest that fortified drinks could contribute to
aiding dietary deficiencies in developing countries emerged this
week when a US scientist reported that a cheap, fortified,
orange-flavoured drink could reduce deficiencies...
In Zone Brands is one of the many companies from the US attending
this week's SIAL show in Paris in a bid to garner interest for its
products from buyers on this side of the Atlantic - which should
not be difficult for its striking...
Dark Dog, the European energy drink brand with a growing following,
has been snapped up by the US group XStream, a new entrant into the
beverage market but with big plans for the future.
Beverage company Leading Brands is to end its distribution
agreement with Energy Brands for Glaceau Vitamin Water and Go-Go
Passion Energy Drink. The company cited strong competition in the
vitamin-enhanced drinks sector as a major...
America's National Honey Board (NHB) has developed a sports
beverage formula which it claims offers the same nutrients as major
branded versions but has a higher level of potassium.
