News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Last year's stockpiling of bottled water in advance of the Iraq war had a beneficial effect on first quarter sales at Nestlé Waters, the Swiss-based bottled water group, but meant that this year's figures showed a significant downturn - a situation...
Latvian fruit and vegetable processing company Pure Food says that it has reached an agreement with a major Chinese shopping chain to supply its products there.
Offices of bakery ingredients and sweeteners giant CSM were raided yesterday by the Dutch competition watchdog NMa on suspicions of price fixing in the firms sugar division CSM Suiker. In a parallel raid, the NMa hit leading Dutch sugar processor...
Flavours and extracts firm Frutarom has gained the worldwide marketing rights to a range of natural antioxidants made by Israel's RAD Natural Technologies, boosting its offering to health and functional food makers.
Leading producers of baby food in China are continuing efforts to reassure consumers as the scandal over fake baby food that is said to have killed dozens of babies continues to unfold, reports Simon Pitman and Danny Vincent.
Public concern over BSE outbreaks is set to boost sales of organic meat products in North America, according to a new report. But North Americans have not historically been as influenced by food scares as their European counterparts.