Published: Jul 03, 2012

Wild Flavors GmbH has completed its acquisition of Cargill’s global juice cold blends and compounds business.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

Skinny Nutritional Corp., maker of Skinny Water, has reached agreement with Trim Capital L.L.C. involving the issuance of $9 million of preferred and common stock and a $6 million senior secured credit facility.

Published: Jul 02, 2012

The Union health ministry may soon ask caffeinated beverage manufacturers to carry a mandatory caffeine content warning prominently on beverage packs.

Published: Jun 30, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

The architect of a Taiwanese ‘bubble tea’ sensation sweeping London tells that his firm Bubbleology would be happy to discuss an attractive retail-focused partnership, but the current focus is on taking its café concept to Europe and beyond.

Published: Jun 30, 2012 By: Rory Harrington

The UK’s first beverage carton reprocessing plant is to be established thanks to a partnership between packaging giants Tetra Pak, SIG Combibloc and Elopak with Sonoco Alcore.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

The Hillshire Brands Co., the former Sara Lee Corp., has completed the separation of its international coffee and tea business.

Published: Jun 29, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Despite French test results showing that Coke contains trace levels of alcohol, the company insists they occur naturally in many foods and beverages, with the drink accepted as non-alcoholic in all countries where Islam is the principle religion.

Published: Jun 29, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

The US Patent and Trademark Office has approved a new patent for a method that claims 'significant flavor enhancement' of beverages such as Perrier and wine in taste tests, when these products are exposed to acoustic waves from a transponder immersed in l

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Mamma Chia, maker of organic chia-based beverages, has added three new varieties: grapefruit ginger, guava, and kiwi lime.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Growing at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 35%, the Indian non-carbonated drink market, which includes fruit drinks, nectars and juices, is likely to touch Rs 54,000 crore by 2015 from the current level of Rs 22,000 crore.

Published: Jun 28, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Drinking coffee regularly in moderation can reduce risk of heart failure contrary to earlier research that indicated coffee would increase the threat, according to a study.

Published: Jun 28, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

UK drinks giant Britvic is to some extent the victim of its success, where despite a market-leading position in categories such as squash, the stardust of brands such as Robinson’s risked rubbing-off on cheaper own label rivals.

Published: Jun 27, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Rexam Beverage Can Europe has confirmed to BeverageDaily.com that it has introduced a new CDL beverage can end that uses 10% less metal, with production starting in the first quarter of 2012.

Published: Jun 27, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Closure Systems International has launched a closure that they claim delivers improved packaging cost and sustainability, superior CO2 performance, and enhanced impact resistance.

Published: Jun 27, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

India’s food safety watchdog is set to issue new regulations and crackdown on caffeinated energy drinks, possibly stripping them of their ‘energy’ tag.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Royal Wessanen n.v., a multinational food company with a focus on organic, has started the divestment process of its U.S. subsidiary American Beverage Corp. (ABC).

Published: Jun 27, 2012

The Coca-Cola Co. announced plans to invest an additional $3 billion in India through 2020 for the continued development of the non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage market. The new investment brings Coca-Cola’s total investment plans for India to $5 bill

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Oceans Omega L.L.C. has reached agreement to supply Cott Beverages Inc. with Ocean Omega’s emulsions. Cott Beverages intends to use the emulsions to fortify private label and control brand beverage products, with omega-3s EPA and DHA.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Two Leaves and a Bud Tea Co. is introducing Paisley Tea Co., a line of organic and Fair Trade traditional English-style tea.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: Our Bureau

With onset of rainfall likely to be late and continuing high temperature this year, tea growers in Assam are faced with the challenge of reaching their tea production target of 1,000 million kilos. Tea production in the state had declined by 20 per cent t