The UK's FSA has expressed 'disappointment' at Ofcom's proposals on
junk food advertising to kids, arguing that they are an
insufficient response to the problem posed to children's health.
World coffee production over the next year will rise by nearly ten
per cent, or nearly 11 million bags, over the previous year,
fuelling a rising demand for the brew, according to a forecast
report.
Sales of sparkling juices, bottled water and flavoured milk soared
in Queensland this summer, as the Australian state experienced one
of the longest and hottest summers on record.
Australian wine and beer group Foster's has sold its last Chinese
brewery to Japan's Suntory, it revealed today, allowing it to exit
the tough market after 13 years without profits.
Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH) will invest in a new brewery in
Tashkent, describing the move as part of the company's strategy of
entering into emerging markets.
Wild has acquired an Italy-based machine manufacturer and plans to
leverage the purchase by developing a new plant for the aseptic
filling of spouted pouches.
US beer firm Anheuser-Busch has been slapped with a lawsuit for
using a song in its commercials for which it had paid rights to the
record company alone, and not to the rock band that created the
song.
Australian beverage makers are being asked to review existing
products and new formulations to minimize the presence of benzene,
a carcinogenic chemical recently identified at levels several times
the WHO guideline in some US and...
Manufacturers in Ireland have recalled two diet drinks from the
market, after testing by the country's food regulator found high
levels of the cancer-causing chemical in their products.
Beer, bakery, confectionery, sweet drinks, pizzas, snacks galore,
and even dog food. The list of products with World Cup tie-ins is
dominated by junk food, while healthy food makers seem content to
pass up the marketing opportunities...
If hell freezes over and Australia wins football's World Cup, then
Scottish & Newcastle will be on the hook for splashing out a
lot of Foster's beer in Germany.
Roquette's marketing manager for beverage applications explains the
difficulties of formulating tasty sugar-free syrup drinks and why
she thinks her company has cracked it.
The UK advertising regulator Ofcom is under pressure to reconsider
its rejection of a 9pm watershed ban on junk food advertising,
according to a UK newspaper.
France will again get European Union money to turn 150m litres of
quality wine into unusable, industrial alcohol, as the Commission
promises to clean out Europe's wine lake once and for all.
Rising oil prices are likely to make Cadbury Schweppes miss its
targets for profit margin growth this year, despite sales rises
across most of the business, the group said.
Coca-Cola said nearly all of its new refrigeration equipment for
sales and marketing will work without puffing out powerful
greenhouse gases, as the group jumps aboard the trend for
sustainable production.
DSM Food Specialties has launched a new pectinase for red berry
processing, which it claims will help manufacturers achieve higher
juice yields and stable colour when processing acid red berries.
Nanotechnology, the science of the very small, has been employed as
a microscopic coating on a heat interchanger used by a Corona
brewing plant in Mexico.
Rexam is putting new beverage can capacity on the market, as it
strengthens its relationship with Red Bull by building a new
wall-to-wall plant in Austria.
The re-opening of a radioactive waste dump in France's Champagne
region, recently shut for safety reasons, threatens to contaminate
the area's famous vineyards, says campaigns group Greenpeace.
Britvic is looking to increase its presence in several markets
across Western Europe as part of a push to grow its international
soft drinks business, BeverageDaily.com has learnt.
UK scientists have drafted in blackcurrant varieties from New
Zealand to prevent warmer winters wiping out one of Britain's
traditional fruits, and destroying the source of the popular Ribena
soft drink.
More imagination is needed if the European Union's wine reform is
to truly create a wine sector that will fend for itself against
marketing masters from the New World, says the head of a French
winemakers' delegation to...
Britain's middleweight brewing sector has continued to motor along
nicely over the last few months, to the dismay of real ale
campaigners who see Britain's small-time brewers melting into the
history books.
A UK mineral water company has launched the first corn-based
biodegradable bottle in that country's market, linking its fund
raising activities with environmentalism.
French private equity group PAI Partners is reported to be weighing
up a bid for Britvic, as private equity rumours again stalk
Europe's food and drink sector.
The average UK citizen spends £34.31 per week on food and drink and
is increasingly spending this money on healthier foods, according
to a recent Defra report.
Adding one per cent vitamin C to the natural red coloured betalains
from the purple pitaya fruit boosted pigment stability, say German
researchers, and could offer a viable alternative to red beets.
A machine for applying barrier treatment to PET containers can
handle up to 40,000 bottles per hour, making it the fastest of its
kind in the world, its manufacturer claims.
Soft drinks firm Britvic has issued a profit warning following a 32
per cent drop in first-half profit, as demand for sugary carbonates
declines sharply.
A new thermoforming, filling and sealing machine for packaging cups
and other containers can result in savings of up to 35 per cent in
material costs, its manufacturer claims.
Coca-Cola and Cadbury Schweppes have joined the list of beverage
firms set to be sued in Florida over allegations their drinks
contained benzene, 15 years after the industry first pledged to fix
the problem.
Cognis and WILD are joining forces to form a powerhouse of food and
beverage product innovation, combining Cognis' store of ingredients
with Wild's formulation expertise.
Kraft Foods will face lawsuits in three US states over allegations
that one of its drinks contained cancer-causing benzene above the
legal limit for tap water, BeverageDaily.com has learned, as
pressure mounts on drinks makers.
The UK's Food Standards Agency is seeking views and comments on
proposed amendments to European colour regulations covering Sunset
Yellow FCF (E 110) and Titanium Dioxide (E 171).
New minimum nutrition standards for English school food, designed
to ensure healthier eating, has resulted in the banning of certain
products high in salt, fat and sugar.
Five US soft drinks were found containing the cancer-causing
chemical benzene at levels above the legal limit for drinking
water, America's food safety watchdog has announced, sparking calls
for more thorough testing.
Pernod Ricard announced it was in discussions with state-owned
Russian firm FKP Soyuzplodoimport to settle an ongoing dispute over
rights to the Stolichnaya vodka brand.
Russia and China have spurred on SABMiller's beer sales over the
last year, but shares struggled to recover after the brewer
remained cautious on future profits in North America.
With biodegradable becoming less of a buzzword and more of a
reality in the packaging business, a machine maker has adapted a
blow moulder for use with corn-based plastics.