News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
UK-based consumer packaging company Rexam has completed its acquisition of Latasa, Brazil's largest beverage can maker. Just over 5 million shares of Latasa common stock and 80,000 preferred shares have been acquired, bringing Rexam's ownership to...
ICI subsidiary National Starch has launched a new starch which it claims delivers superior freeze/thaw and shelf-life stability.
There is a growing section of UK society which is still largely untapped by the food and drink marketers, despite a growing number of products, in particular functional food and drink products, likely to appeal to them. The consumers in question...
Increasing production efficiency to generate higher profits is the aim of every plant manager. But now manufacturers have to think about their legal obligations to reduce waste and conserve energy. Can new fluid handling technology offer food...
Plant extract suppliers are developing new technologies to sterilise herbs to help customers avoid increasing scrutiny of solvent use and meet higher demands for product quality.
Almost a year after first reaching agreement with the brand's owner, Cerestar Food & Pharma Specialties Europe is to begin the pan-European distribution of trehalose, the multi-functional ingredient created by Japan's Hayashibara company, on 1 June.
Numerous studies of the properties of green tea have shown that the beverage can stimulate the human immune system to fight against a variety of diseases, but new research presented this week suggests that its cousin, white tea, may have even more...
Dairy ingredients giant Fonterra says a new joint venture, set up to search for novel health ingredients in milk, has already identified a number of bioactives, currently waiting for patents.