Published: Jun 02, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Braskem Idesa is to open a petrochemical facility in Mexico which will produce thousands of tons of polyethylene (PE) for the food and beverage industry by 2015.

Published: Jun 02, 2012 By: Elaine Watson

PepsiCo has scored a victory in the ‘all-natural’ civil litigation stakes after persuading a judge in California to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging it misled consumers of its SoBe beverages.

Published: Jun 01, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

As it races to become a mobile marketing ‘pioneer’, Coke has signed a deal that will see QR codes serviced by US firm Scanlife’s platform printed onto all Spanish Coke Classic and Coke Zero cans.

Published: May 31, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

UK firm INO claims to have created a coffee sub-category with ‘global potential’ by creating the first instant coffee fusing organic fruit with coffee beans using a trademarked method.

Published: May 31, 2012

Across the global food and beverage industry, 47% of top executive level respondents are "more optimistic" about revenue growth for their companies over the next 12 months, according to British research firm Canadean.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Bouckley

UK premium nectar juice brand Simply Nectar has warned small firms about the danger of ‘burning investors’ money’ to score big retail contracts in an effort to become the next Innocent Drinks.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Elaine Watson

Clarisoy, the ‘invisible’ soy protein developed by Burcon NutraScience and commercialized by ADM, is attracting interest from everyone from “top-tier multinational companies to niche regional fruit juice companies”, says ADM.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Red Bull has launched three new flavours - Blueberry, Lime, and Cranberry - onto the French market, with the first 250ml cans (pictured) available from the middle of March.

Published: May 29, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Diageo says its acquisition of premium ‘cachaça’ (Brazilian rum) brand Ypioca makes it a ‘relevant’ player in Brazilian spirits and will allow it to boost sales of other key brands such as Smirnoff.

Published: May 28, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

UK-based drinks producer Britvic has revealed a new distribution agreement with PepsiCo bottler to distribute kids still drinks brands Fruit Shoot J20 in Texas, but says acquisitions are unlikely this year due to macroeconomic uncertainty.

Published: May 25, 2012 By: Rod Addy

Training for quality control staff in the beverage industry has received a boost with a new partnership forged between UK companies FlavorActiV and Quay Pharma.

Published: May 25, 2012

Fresh & Honest Café Ltd, India’s leading coffee vending and retailing company (and a part of Lavazza India), has launched the Lavazza BLUE LB 1000 coffee maker, which can dispense five varieties of coffee from authentic blends.

Published: May 25, 2012

Notty, a fruit-flavoured energy drink, has just been launched in India.

Published: May 23, 2012

Kraft Foods is introducing Capri Sun Super V, a new ready-to-drink beverage with a combined serving of fruits and vegetables.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Mike Stones

David Saint is the newly-elected president of the British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA).

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coffee drinking has an inverse association with mortality, according to the results of a large-scale associational study undertaken by US researchers.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Campbell Soup Company CEO Denise Morrison has told analysts that the firm’s beverage business and other divisions currently have greater ‘brand momentum’ than its traditional soup business.

Published: May 22, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Californian firm Guayaki has launched a sparkling-based beverage containing natural stimulant Yerba Mate in Rexam sleek cans in an ‘ongoing effort’ to reach a more mainstream audience.

Published: May 21, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Leading US analysts believe that major shareholders are pushing for a PepsiCo split that could happen sooner rather than later, and said the firm could spin-out or sell its Americas Beverages or American snacks businesses.

Published: May 18, 2012

Drinking two to three cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk of dying by as much as 10%, according to a study from the National Cancer Institute that was published on-line in the May 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.