Published: Sep 10, 2012 By: Andy Morton

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has completed its takeover of a former Foster's Group Pacific Islands brewery and distillery for AUD58m (US$60m).

Published: Sep 08, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has completed the acquisition of Foster's Fiji Business for A$58m by buying a holding of around 89.6% in Foster's Group Pacific Limited (FGPL), and aims to launch Fiji Bitter and Bounty Rum brands in Australia by the end of 2013.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

The green tea compound epigallocatechin-3 gallate (EGCG) provides benefits to memory and special learning by boosting the production of important neural cells, say researchers from China.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) CEO Ari Mervis admits the SAB Miller subsidiary was wrong to change the recipe for Victoria Bitter (VB), but is changing the Aussie beer back to its original recipe.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Fraser & Neave (F&N) announced today that shareholders will vote on the firm's proposed sale of its interest in Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) to Heineken on September 28, and hailed the offer as its 'best opportunity' to realize value.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Hayman Distillers has launched a new 57% ABV 'navy strength' gin called Royal Dock that represents a style supplied to the British Royal Navy and merchant trade from 1863.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Japanese Pepsi bottler Suntory could enter the fray with a rival bid for Britvic, according to one City analyst, but he added that this was unlikely due to the firm’s debt levels and low free cash flow yield.

Published: Sep 06, 2012

New York City’s Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his health team together with Weight Watchers President Dave Burwick yesterday announced Weight Watchers’ support for New York City’s plan to limit the size of sugary drinks sold at food service establishment

Published: Sep 06, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Britvic and PepsiCo licensee AG Barr are locked in discussions over a merger, and with the latter's CEO Roger White earmarked for the top job, one M&A expert told BeverageDaily.com that Britvic CEO Paul Moody 'appears to be the casualty'.

Published: Sep 06, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Soft drinks firms Britvic and Irn Bru manufacturer AG Barr are planning a merger, both firms revealed today (September 5).

Published: Sep 06, 2012 By: Keith Nunes

PepsiCo is breaking down the category and paying greater attention to the premium and value segments.

Published: Sep 05, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Beverage major Coca-Cola Company has been given the green light by Indian authorities to manufacture and sell energy drinks in the country.

Published: Sep 05, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

Consumption of four or more cups of coffee per day may be associated with a reduced risk of colon cancer, suggests new data.

Published: Sep 05, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Gruppo Campari today announced a US $414.7m deal to acquire Jamaican rum company Lascelles (LdM) de Mercado and said it planned to use its new heritage brands to spur 'underdeveloped' super-premium rum sales worldwide.

Published: Sep 05, 2012 By: Staff Writer

The grandson of Red Bull’s recently deceased billionaire founder has been arrested in Thailand, after he reportedly struck and killed a police officer.

Published: Sep 05, 2012

SAB Miller insists the key attribute of the African beer market is rapid growth rather than competing for share, as in Europe, as the firm opens a new $100m brewery in Nigeria.

Published: Sep 05, 2012

Arla Foods Ingredients has introduced Lacprodan DI-7017, a new whey protein concentrate that is stable in ultra-high temperature (UHT) formulations at neutral pH.

Published: Sep 04, 2012

Mumbai residents now have another reason to wake up early on a weekend morning. Café Pico's outlet on the Upper Ground at Level Phoenix Market City at L B S Marg, Kurla is proud to introduce a Weekend Brunch.

Published: Sep 04, 2012

Danish firn Arla Food Ingredients says a version of its Lacprodan whey can withstand heat treatments typically used in clinical drinks consumed by the elderly.

Published: Sep 01, 2012 By: Stephen Daniells

Drinking green tea may affect parts of the brain linked to working memory, says the first study ever to use functional neuroimaging methods to test the effects of green tea on the brain.