Drinking several cups of green tea every day could cut peoples'
risk of death from a range of diseases, but does not appear to
lower the chances of getting cancer, says a Japanese study.
Dutch brewer Grolsch defended its stand against supermarket price
cuts on beer in the Netherlands, despite losing market share in the
first half of 2006.
China's biggest wine producer Changyu has set up an alliance with
Canadian ice wine maker Aolos to build what is expected to be the
largest ice wine estate in the world.
Soaring demand for espresso coffee in Europe will see Nestlé spend
almost €95m to open a new production and distribution centre for
its Nespresso drink by 2008.
Plans by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the
definition of grass-fed animals, has caused concern in the industry
that the growing market for organic pastured meats could be
undermined by commercial operations.
Rising beer sales across Eastern Europe and Latin America during
the second quarter have taken international brewer Inbev a step
closer to becoming the most profitable brewer in the world.
Heineken today reported organic revenue growth of 6.3 per cent
during the first half of 2006 compared to the previous year, held
up by strong US demand for the company's light beer and sales
increases in central and eastern Europe.
In a bid to capitalise on the booming South American wine industry,
Saint-Gobain has purchased control of one of the regions largest
wine bottling companies.
Food can polarise opinion more than most issues, but can we please
have some balance and debate, rather than mudslinging and crop
burning to get to the truth?
Drinking three glasses of fruit or vegetable juice a week could cut
the risk of Alzheimer's disease by a whopping 75 per cent,
according to a population based study from the US.
Lawyers in the US have warned they will sue any US retailer that
has failed to recall, by the end of this week, bottled water found
to contain cancer-causing bromate above the legal limit,
BeverageDaily.com has learnt.
Sales of Guinness have slipped in the beer's Irish homeland over
the past year, its maker Diageo has announced, taking the shine off
a solid sales rise for the drinks firm.
As French winemakers prepare for the annual rush to pull in this
year's grape harvest, anyone who does not own a Chateau is looking
cautiously ahead at another year of problems.
Australian beer and wine group Foster's said it was unaware of any
takeover interest, after shares soared Tuesday amid rumours that
multinational brewers were circling to buy the group.
The growing use of membrane filtration technologies for water
purification and recycling is being driven in part by the dramatic
reductions in cost, according to study by Frost & Sullivan.
Coca-Coca Australia will relabel all of its drinks to include the
number of kilojoules on the front of the package, as part of a
major new marketing campaign to show the group's healthy
credentials.
Bottled water firms have refuted the latest contamination scare to
hit the soft drinks industry, saying their products are safe from
cancer-causing bromate in the US.
Soft drinks industry officials will meet this September to discuss
progress on cutting benzene residues out of their drinks, six
months after BeverageDaily.com revealed there was still a problem.
The discovery of mouldy coffee beans at a port in Italy has put
further pressure on an already tight market this month, with prices
expected to continue rising.
British researchers are starting a small trial to investigate if
the antioxidant benefits of apples are passed on to cider drinkers,
and could possibly lead to "functional" ciders.
The antioxidant content of tea could mean that drinking three or
more cups a day could reduce the risk of a wide range of health
problems, ranging from cancer to heart disease, and may even be
healthier than water, says a review from...
Two soft drink firms accused of using ingredients that could mix to
form a cancer-causing chemical in drinks plan to sign a settlement
with lawyers today, agreeing to change formulas and offer refunds.
Global packaging provider Rexam says it will begin renegotiating
contracts with its European clients later this year in a bid to
recover some of the rising costs of the aluminum used in its
beverage cans.
America's food safety watchdog is expected to announce the recall
of several bottled water drinks, thought to contain cancer-causing
bromate above the legal limit in the US, BeverageDaily.com
has learned.
Cargill has indicated that it may take its Regenasure glucosamine
chondroitin ingredient into functional beverages - yet it has
emerged that another company's foray into the market has not proved
positive, raising questions as...
India's Health Ministry has rejected a campaigns group study that
found Coca-Cola and PepsiCo soft drinks containing pesticide
residues an average 24 times above the proposed maximum limit.
Nestlé said bottled water and ice cream sales had been helped in
the first half in Europe by the heatwave that has swept across the
continent this summer.
Cargill is seeking the go ahead for its Regenasure vegetarian
glucosamine hydrochloride to be used in functional beverages, which
would open up a whole new area for the joint health market in
Europe.
Packaging giant Rexam has gained its first foothold in India,
signing a local joint venture that plans to supply cans to the
country's promising beer market.
Incorporating aspartame-sweetened food products into the diet does
result in weight loss, says a new meta-analysis that fills a gap in
the science behind the sweetener.
Coca-Cola is to be sued by an Indian state after new tests showed
its soft drinks contained pesticide residues above the proposed
legal limit, says a report.
Food scientists are becoming a rare species in Britain, and things
won't change unless schools and food firms start telling young
people there is more to food than a supermarket depot.
Fizzy soft drinks and low alcohol beer do not increase risk of
esophageal cancer in consumers, says a new study from Sweden,
backing up earlier research in the US.
Drinking the occasional cup of coffee could trigger a heart attack
in some consumers within an hour, warns a new study, adding to the
debate over the risks and benefits of caffeine.
Scientists in Australia will harness the sensory ability of insects
and worms to improve the electronic noses used by the food and
beverage industry, particularly in the wine industry.
PepsiCo has appointed Indian-born Indra Nooyi to be its new chief
executive, displaying the group's international credentials as it
looks to build on recent success.
Last week's comment on the food industry's role in the rising
obesity epidemic has generated a flood of responses from readers
agreeing with or disputing our position that the industry deserves
a break. Some of the comments...
Bottled water containing cancer-causing bromate above the level
allowed by America's food safety watchdog has been pulled from
shelves by one of the country's upmarket retailers.
Britain is failing to recruit enough world-class scientists because
the country's education system is not up to the job, the UK's
Confederation of British Industry has warned.