Cott Beverages has signed a deal to acquire UK food service player Cooke Bros Holdings for a undisclosed sum, and said the purchase fitted its diversification strategy as it aims to bring new soft drink packaging formats to market.
Regular consumption of silicon-rich mineral water could help to reduce the clinical signs of Alzheimer’s disease by removing excess levels of aluminium that are linked to the disease, suggest researchers.
Consumer tastes are changing, and they are keen to sample alternatives to carbonates and plain waters, such as waters with a higher fruit juice content, Danone Waters' UK & Ireland MD has told BeverageDaily.com.
German fine chemicals supplier Boehringer Ingelheim is offering a
new magnesium product to meet increasing demand from companies
looking to fortify with this mineral, writes Dominique
Patton.
Mars has been told to remove the main claims from its advertising
for the new AquaDrops range after they were rejected today by the
Advertising Standards Authority as misleading.
British soft drinks group AG Barr has reported a 3 per cent
increase in sales for 2002 - growth which far outstrips the UK
carbonate sector as a whole.
Austrian mineral water consumption continued to rise last year,
topping 90 litres per capita. With 2003 designated 'Mineral Water
Year', the aim is to push consumption above 100 litres for the
first time.