The 42 Degrees Company, which acquired the patent for self-heating coffee cans last year, has redeveloped the ingredients and packaging of the product launching it to suppliers and convenience stores soon.
New Zealand’s wine industry has recorded its 23rd consecutive year of export growth, with exports now valued at $1.7bn NZD ($1.13bn USD). Meanwhile, wine tourism is playing an increasingly important role in promoting the nation's wines.
Start-up firm Sated has revealed its new range of Omega oil-infused, ketogenic replacement shakes have set a new one-day funding record on Kickstarter in the first 24 hours, doubling the prior one-day record.
Bruichladdich Distillery Co. has installed two Linx CSL30 laser coders from Linx Printing Technologies to reduce downtime on its whisky and gin bottle lines.
Marvolio’s Nostrums has launched a trio of small batch liqueurs combining premium spirits with fine ingredients to create complex and stimulating flavors.
France-based company Saverglass has started production at its first North American factory, in Jalisco, Mexico. The $120m facility has created 400 jobs producing high end and premium glass bottles.
Just two months after California lawmakers passed a 12-year ban on soda taxes, the state has passed the nation’s first 'healthy kids' meal bill': with water and milk set to become the default drink choice with kids' meals.
Taghleef Industries (Ti) has reached an agreement to acquire Biofilm, a Bi-oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) films manufacturer for flexible packaging, labels and industrial applications.
With retail sales of protein expected to reach $21.5 billion globally by 2025, manufacturers are incorporating the ingredient in everything from the standard shakes, bars and smoothies to the unexpected, such as, pancakes, chips and now with the launch...
Non-alcoholic and grape-free wine replacement brand Botonique found success with its first Crisp Dry White flavor and has since expanded the line to include a Blush variety, which launched in the UK this summer.
Hygiena has entered into a strategic partnership with Charles River Laboratories to market, distribute and support its Celsis dairy, food and beverage product line.
Australian beer brand Cascade is discontinuing the use of plastic six-pack rings on its cans; with other Carlton & United Breweries brands to follow over the next 12 months.
Sneak Peek at October’s PACK EXPO International 2018 show floor
The global market value for packaging machinery is expected to reach $42.2bn by 2021, according to PMMI’s Global Trends Impacting the Market for Packaging Machinery 2018 report.
Coca-Cola Singapore has launched a new line of low- or no-sugar ready-to-drink (RTD) teas called Authentic Tea House, as the firm continues its focus on reformulating products with lower sugar content.
Coca-Cola FEMSA is to sell back its 51% stake in Coca-Cola Philippines, after a tough period marked by labour unrest and the introduction of a sugar tax.
Domestic beer consumption in the US has fallen over the last two decades while China’s interest in American beer has spiked. Budweiser sales finally flipped in China’s favor in the first half of 2018 and the trend is expected to continue.
Chicago-based Napa Hills turned wine into water last year when it launched two flavors of antioxidant-enriched functional water. It’s now expanding outside of Illinois and considering more flavors for 2019.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Egyptian dairy and juice producer, the International Company for Agricultural Industries Projects, S.A.E (Beyti), with a $44m loan.
A French politician is calling for the country to create a legal definition for natural wines, saying it is important to distinguish the category against other wines.
Plastic makes up 45% of packaging material and will grow to 55% in the next decade, hitting $45.5bn, according to the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI).
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded GEA a letter of no objection (LONO) for its ABF 1.2 technology, with integrated blowing, filling, capping and aseptic rotary blowing machine.
The first four months of the UK’s sugar tax has failed to create any significant change in consumer behaviour; but it has encouraged widespread reformulation and the proliferation of lower sugar options, according to Nielsen.
Philippine conglomerate San Miguel revealed that it is preparing to sell a 20% stake in its food and beverage business unit, valued at around $1.7bn, on the same day it posted promising half-year figures.
Washington state produces about 60% of the country’s apples, resulting in a flourishing market for hard cider. As public demand for cider options continue to grow, creating an experience and showcasing diversity in the category will be the key to success,...
Ardagh Group discussed the environment and sustainability in its Q2 2018 financial results conference call recently, claiming it is working on improving and increasing the use of recycled materials in its Glass Packaging business in North America.
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Coca-Cola is on a mission to ‘kill the zombies’: products that - for whatever reason - simply haven’t taken off. So far this year it has identified 125 ‘underperforming SKUs for elimination’ in one region alone.
Live Nation eliminated straws at its amphitheaters nationwide earlier this summer and has now also phased them out of its House of Blues locations in the US.
Two types of plants in Yunnan, Myriopteron extensum and Derris eriocarpa have been found to contain highly sweet-tasting compounds that are at least 25 times sweeter than sucrose, according to researchers from the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese...
This week, Tesco became the first major supermarket to sell cans of water. There were gushing appraisals of the move to “forget plastic”. On-the-go drinking options “just got way more sustainable”, noted the Huffington Post, citing the fact that aluminium...
Danish coffee group Peter Larsen Kaffe has established Northern Europe’s first coffee farm with the aim of developing new products that unlock the high nutritional value of coffee plants.
SIG has partnered with South Korea’s Seoul Dairy Cooperative (SDC) to launch ‘Achimae’ Soymilk (Morning Soymilk) in its Heat&Go microwaveable aseptic carton.
Mainstream culture has seen huge changes with the rise of social media, the internet, ecommerce and smartphones. Innovation and disruption has turned many industries upside down when it comes to retail and marketing, but to date the drinks industry has...
New product launches, good weather and the FIFA World Cup has helped Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company grow revenue 6.4% in the first half of the year.
Japanese firm Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.’s Oronamin C beverage has entered the South East Asian market for the first time, with its recent launch in Indonesia seeking to capitalise on the country’s rising demand for nutritional products.
Protein water brand Protein2o is on an “amazing growth trajectory,” said its president Andy Horrow. It’s poised for more growth after securing a distribution deal in 900 Publix stores.
Wine has been popular for centuries: but as consumers becoming increasingly concerned about sustainability there’s huge potential for niche categories – such as organic, natural and biodynamic – to grow. BeverageDaily puts the spotlight on the trends...
Scotch Whisky distilleries enjoyed 1.9 million visits from tourists from the UK and around the world in 2017, according to figures from the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).
