A new coffee drink that claims to help consumers lose weight by
reducing the amount of sugar the body absorbs from food will be
launched in the UK next year.
Cider sales have shot up 12 per cent in the UK this year,
provisional figures reveal, taking advantage of a stagnant beer
market with new varieties and a bigger promotion push.
Drinking a whopping seven or more cups of coffee a day could cut
the risk of developing type-2 diabetes by over 40 per cent, say
Finnish researchers from the country's National Public Health
Institute.
Regular consumption of the antioxidant rich green tea could reduce
blood lipid levels and cut the risk of developing heart disease,
suggests a small trial from Portugal.
West Europe's energy drink sales accelerated by 15 per cent to a
volume of 383 million litres and a value of over €3 billion in
2005, according to drinks consultancy Zenith International.
Serious questions remain over how America's food safety watchdog
handled the presence of benzene residues in soft drinks, a senior
ex-official has said, after tests showed some drinks still
contained the chemical 15 years after...
Plans to unite France's Languedoc wine region behind one
Appellation Contrôlée banner are set to be officially adopted at a
regional industry conference Friday.
Another soft drinks firm has reformulated and agreed to pay out
compensation in the US to head off a lawsuit over the potential
presence of cancer chemical benzene in its drinks, as the
controversial issue continues to bubble.
Drinking a cup of polyphenol-enriched oolong tea with a high fat
meal may increase the amount of cholesterol excreted by the body by
half, says a small study from Japan and Taiwan.
Australia's biggest soft drinks maker Coca-Cola Amatil has expanded
its alcoholic beverages portfolio through a new agreement with
premium spirits distributor Maxxium.
Diageo, the world's largest alcoholic drinks firm, denied it
planned to launch sparkling spirit drinks in the UK in the near
future after filing a patent for a new way of adding fizz to hard
spirits.
Poor consumer confidence across Western Europe dented growth at UK
brewer Scottish & Newcastle in the third quarter and is likely
to continue into next year, worsened by a pub smoking ban in
Britain.
Resveratrol, a polyphenol found in red wine, extended survival
rates of mice and prevented the negative effects of high-calorie
diets, says a new study published in Nature.
New Zealand's HortResearch is conducting research aimed at taking
fruit and fruit-derived ingredients into the next generation of gut
health drinks based on their prebiotic properties.
Coffee culture is thriving in Hong Kong with close to one third of
residents now purchasing ready-to-drink coffee outside of the home,
according to a new survey.
Scientists have reviewed the safety data and case reports of
supposed adverse reactions for noni fruit juice, and reached the
same conclusions as the EU that the fruit poses no safety risk to
consumers.
French wine authorities have laid down plans to ban the
controversial use of wood chips in higher quality appellation
contrôlée wine, after the practice was approved by the European
Commission.
Drinking more than three glasses of red wine a week could cut the
risk of colorectal cancer by almost 70 per cent, researchers told
the 71st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of
Gastroenterology in Las Vegas.
A bottled water containing fluoride in the US can now state it
helps to prevent tooth decay, the country's food safety regulator
has said, opening up both opportunities and debate.
Buying practices of the world's biggest coffee companies have come
under renewed public scrutiny from a new film which explores the
journey of coffee beans from plantation to cup. BeverageDaily.com
took an early peek.
More disappointment in the mainstream US beer sector was offset by
the World Cup effect in Europe and continued gains in emerging
markets, brewer SABMiller has announced.
The idea that drinking water containing extra oxygen could improve
performance during exercise cannot be taken seriously, says a new
journal review, in a blow to producers of the drink.
A daily glass of antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice could halve the
build-up of harmful proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease, says a
new animal study from the USA.
Premium spirits brands have kept Pernod Ricard moving forward over
the last year, offsetting difficulties in Europe to lift the
group's organic sales by seven per cent.
Winemakers across Europe were a step closer to ripping out their
vines last night after European agriculture ministers agreed in
principle to radical reform of the wine sector.
Danone has signed a deal to buy 49 per cent of Danish bottled water
company Aqua d'or, in an attempt to improve the group's position in
an increasingly competitive bottled water market.
The coffee market was very volatile during the month of August,
particularly with the explosion in Robusta prices, according to ICO
executive director Nestor Osorio.
Importing wine to Britain in bulk and bottling it in lighter glass
would save money and help the environment, says a recycling agency,
which has signed up supermarkets and wine firms to trial the idea.
Move over caffeine. A new breed of energy drinks are referencing
illegal drugs in their marketing - but without actually containing
them - in a bid to capture the lucrative, party-going youth market.
A little-known bottled water from Scotland may help to stop cancer
cells spreading, a study has found, giving the drink a unique
potential in healthy beverage trends.
French wine authorities have been criticised for creating three
more appellation contrôlée wine areas at a time when France is
trying to simplify its wine offering to consumers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
