Published: Jun 12, 2012

The Dr Pepper Snapple Group has introduced Snapple brand lightly sweetened teas, which feature sugar as the sweetener. The new beverage is available in two flavors: peach passionfruit and cherry pomegranate.

Published: Jun 12, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Dutch brewer Heineken has cited new activity in the cider category and global interest among consumers, and says its takeover of Belgian company Strassen Ciders provides it with production capacity in continental Europe.

Published: Jun 12, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

The first company is to infuse flavored rums with two novel ingredient combinations, with the US launches also featuring 'breakthrough' temperature and light-activated bottles.

Published: Jun 12, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

PepsiCo has appointed Mauro Porcini in a newly created role of chief design officer, with responsibility for 'infusing design thinking into PepsiCo's organisation and culture' by globally managing the firm's brand design.

Published: Jun 11, 2012

The third annual and two-day strategic conference on Functional Food and Beverages (FF&B) India 2012 will be held here from July 26-27, 2012.

Published: Jun 09, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coca-Cola Germany says it will take time to consider the written judgement handed down by the Hamburg Regional Court, which ruled that PepsiCo's 'Carolina' glass bottle did not illegally resemble Coke's hallmark 'Contour Bottle'.

Published: Jun 09, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

The Starbucks Coffee Company has acquired US bakery firm Bay Bread and its La Boulange brand giving it scope to roll-out branded baked goods in selected US retail stores over time.

Published: Jun 09, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

KHS says that a novel discharge system applied to filling valves in two new machines will greatly reduce product foaming by allowing liquid to gently slide down bottle walls.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

French food safety agency ANSES has called for healthcare professionals to report on undesirable effects among patients that linked to energy drink consumption alongside alcohol, and plans to release a report on risky consumption trend this autumn.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Britvic has redesigned the packaging for its key J2O brand in tandem with the launch of reformulated recipes for its core flavours, with a slimmer bottle designed to give the appearance of a taller, more sophisticated shape.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Sarah Hills

Smoothie, drinks and veg pot maker Innocent has shown how to get ahead in social networking by winning first place in a list of 100 brands judged to make the best use of social media.

Published: Jun 07, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

The coffee pod revolution is here to stay in the US, and the expiry of patents relating to Green Mountain’s coffee pods next year could even cut prices further and strengthen its grip.

Published: Jun 07, 2012

Abbott Nutrition has extended its Ensure beverage line with the introduction of Ensure Clear, a fruit-flavored nutrition beverage that offers three times more protein than juice as well as vitamins and minerals to help adults fill gaps in their diet.

Published: Jun 07, 2012

Europe has approved a patent on Virun technology designed to add omega-3 fatty acids into beverages while the United States has given the technology a Notice of Allowance, Walnut-based Virun said June 4.

Published: Jun 06, 2012 By: Stephen Daniells

Ganeden Biotech has announced that its BC30 probiotic ingredient will soon be available in instant coffee, as the company builds on success in teas and other beverage formats.

Published: Jun 06, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Japan’s Kirin Holdings has promised to increase the percentage of high added-value products it launches in future, after sensational sales of what is claimed to be the world’s first ‘healthy cola’.

Published: Jun 06, 2012 By: Elaine Watson

Almost two thirds of Americans oppose NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg’s radical approach to tackling obesity by cracking down on sales of super-sized soft drinks, according to a new survey.

Published: Jun 06, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Drinking three cups of coffee a day could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study by Florida-based researchers.

Published: Jun 05, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

NASA has told BeverageDaily.com that it has nothing to do with ‘space drink’ AS10 after media reports citing research claiming it repaired skin damage, but the brand’s UK distributor insists the agency did co-develop a superfruit 'quartet' used therein.

Published: Jun 05, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

German ingredients giant Döhler claims that many consumers now see RTD teas as too sweet, and says its new range of tea concepts with more authentic tastes could drive uptake.