Published: Oct 10, 2012 By: LESLIE JOSEPHS And ALEXANDRA WEXLER

Brazil's coffee farmers have been hoarding some of their crop, waiting for the right price. But buyers are testing their patience.

Published: Oct 10, 2012

Despite a sensational and raucous booth befitting its brand name, Rockstar rather quietly unveiled a new line of energy waters at the 2012 National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show yesterday.

Published: Oct 10, 2012

Waterbury, Vt.-based Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) and Plano, Texas-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) have partnered to offer Snapple premium iced teas in K-Cup and Vue packs for Keurig single cup brewing systems.

Published: Oct 10, 2012 By: Leon Stafford

The major soft drink companies, including Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, plan to launch next year a “Calories Count Vending Program” that will focus on promoting lower-calorie products at vending machines, Beverage Digest reported Monday.

Published: Oct 09, 2012 By: Elliot Njus

An investment firm controlled by the family of hedge fund manager James Simons will buy Portland-based Columbia Distributing, one of the nation's largest beverage distributors.

Published: Oct 09, 2012

Bai’s Limu Lemonade is the most recent addition to their line of 5 calorie per serving beverages.

Published: Oct 09, 2012 By: Eric Schroeder

Smart Balance has introduced a line of milks specially formulated to support the growth and development of toddlers and children.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Jeffrey Klineman

It’s not so much been a long time coming as it is a long way for them to come, but Red Bull has finally announced that it was going to move three flavored line extensions from overseas into U.S. markets.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) will conduct their two conferences during the same dates at the same location.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Trends such as sustainability and daily nutrition from packaged beverages will be some of the highlights at this year’s Pack Expo International 2012, Oct. 28-31 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Harcha Bhaskar

Microbial studies conducted by the Department of Food and Nutrition, Andhra University (AU), Visakhapatnam, have revealed the presence of E. Coli microbes in packaged drinking water, which makes it scientifically unsafe to consume.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Arla Food Ingredients' Lacprodan DI-7017 product is a new generation of pure whey protein concentrate that is stable in ultra-high temperature (UHT) formulations at neutral pH.

Published: Oct 06, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has partially upheld a complaint against Britvic for the advertising of its Club Orange soft drink, which features scantily clad women inviting men to admire their “bits”.

Published: Oct 06, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

The amount of time spent chewing food could have an important impact on feelings of fullness – calling into question the suitability of beverages for increasing satiety, according to a new Nestlé-sponsored study.

Published: Oct 05, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

Here we round-up the world’s top 5 non-alcoholic beverage brands, according to Interbrand. Our gallery shows that Coca-Cola excels in reinvention, but is Nescafé running too far too fast with a recent focus on quality over convenience?

Published: Oct 05, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

A leading Coca-Cola Company executive says that as the top consumer brand on Facebook, the firm is embracing its 52m fans who act as an unofficial sales force.

Published: Oct 04, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Husky Injection Molding Systems has updated its beverage closure operations with the first product to take advantage of the addition of closure moldmaker KTW.

Published: Oct 04, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley,

AG Barr and Britvic have confirmed that they are extending the offer deadline regarding their potential merger to October 3, as reports suggest deadlock in talks to agree a new group name.

Published: Oct 04, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Tetra Pak has completed a €42m site expansion in Singapore and opened a ‘coconut knowledge’ center at the site, as it tipped the US as the main driver for impressive global growth in drinks using the fruit.

Published: Oct 03, 2012 By: Laurence Gibbons

Coca-Cola Enterprises has revealed it succeeded in the “bold ambition” set out before the London 2012 Olympic games to collect and recycle every left over product put onto the Olympic Park.