Published: Jul 21, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

The owner of US novelty beverage brand ‘Zombie Blood’ is suing its development and manufacturing partners for negligence and breach of contract, after pouches containing the liquid exploded.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

Prem Kumar Dhumal, chief minister, Himachal Pradesh, has announced deferment of ban on gutkha and other tobacco products till October 2, 2012.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

MTR Foods has teamed up with Fox Star Studios, the makers of an animated franchise, to market its range of Badam drink mix. The company is offering badam and chocolate flavours under the new category of Ice Age 4.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Costa Coffee, world's second largest coffee chain today inaugurated its 100th store in India with the formal launch of its outlet at Carter Road in Mumbai.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Red Bull has declined to comment on a successful UK High Court judgment that saw the judge rule that rival energy drink maker Sun Mark had infringed its trademarks with a beverage named ‘Bullet’.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

PepsiCo claims that its new malt-based Mountain Dew is unlike any other soft drink on the US market, and predicts consumers will be keen to try the premium-priced limited edition 'craft soda’.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Strong Coca-Cola brand performance in India – which saw overall growth of 35% – underpinned three per cent growth in the year to date for the Coke in sparkling beverages, but the firm warned of a 'prolonged crisis' worldwide on the economic front.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Strong Coca-Cola brand performance in India – which saw overall growth of 35% – underpinned three per cent growth in the year to date for the Coca-Cola Company in its core sparkling beverages category.

Published: Jul 18, 2012

Fairtrade product sales rose 12% worldwide in 2011 due to ethical sourcing commitments from the food and drink industry and increased consumer awareness.

Published: Jul 18, 2012

PepsiCo, Inc. will expand its Pepsi Next line of beverages this month with the launch of two new fruit-flavored varieties: cherry vanilla and paradise mango.

Published: Jul 17, 2012

The Indian beverage market has observed strong growth over the past few years.

Published: Jul 17, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has changed maintenance procedures at Europe's largest soft drinks plant after admitting that defective maintenance led to an accident whereby a worker suffered caustic acid burns, as trade union Unite hit out at the firm.

Published: Jul 17, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

AB InBev intends to fight a court decision that will force it to remove its Jupiler Blue beer from sale in Belgium, after a ruling that it had infringed a colour trademark held by rival brand Maes, whose ultimate owner is the Heineken Group.

Published: Jul 16, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

Combining different sweet components from the stevia leaf – in a similar way to combining artificial sweeteners – may be the next step toward improving the flavor of stevia-sweetened products, says PureCircle’s vp of global marketing and innovation Jason

Published: Jul 16, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coca-Cola Great Britain insists that the controversial food colours it has reintroduced to drinks sold in some Burger King outlets via a new dispensing system are safe - and admits they are still used in Powerade Cherry on retail sale - but would be remov

Published: Jul 16, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coca-Cola insists it will launch a 'Southampton Colour' free version of Powerade Cherry - its only retail product still to contain the controversial colourings - by the end of the 2012.

Published: Jul 16, 2012

Mexican competition authorities have given the go ahead for Coca-Cola-owned juice maker, Jugos del Valle, to acquire Mexican dairy firm, Santa Clara.

Published: Jul 16, 2012

The Starbucks Coffee Co. has begun construction on a $172 million facility that will manufacture VIA Ready Brew and ready-to-drink beverages when it is completed in early 2014.

Published: Jul 14, 2012

Café Pico, the international gourmet cuisine café owned by Nilgai Foods has organised a Special French Week at its outlets at Phoenix Market City and Le Mill, Masjid Bunder, Mumbai.

Published: Jul 13, 2012

Starbucks Coffee Company, on Tuesday, announced the availability of handcrafted Starbucks Refreshers beverages, a beverage innovation that delivers thirst-quenching refreshment while providing a natural boost of energy from green coffee extract and real f