News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Dutch distiller Toorank believes that its new range of vodka-based flavoured alcoholic beverages - Petrikov Red and Blue - has been able to establish high retail sales because of the market presence given by award-winning labelling.
Food manufacturers offering products with a low glycaemic value will help generate the necessary evidence to convince sceptics of the merits of the nutritional strategy, suggests an industry expert, even if they cannot carry a health claim.
A scientist from China has been awarded first prize in the International Year of Rice (IYR) global scientific contest for his work on genetic diversity and disease control, the UN's FAO announced this week.
The need of ingredients and equipment suppliers to reach Russian food manufacturers is becoming increasingly urgent, but in the absence of established B2B advertising channels, few avenues have been open. Now a new alliance between Europe's leading...
Hungary's accession to the European Union has already led to increased competition in the food industry there, prompting one of the country's leading food manufacturers, Pick Szeged, to embark upon a two-year restructuring programme aimed at cutting...
Steep declines in the number of milk cattle in Russia is having knock-on effect on the country's dairy industry, which is being forced to import increasing amounts of milk from other, more expensive sources. But calls for greater support from Moscow...
Double-digit growth rates are expected in the beverage sector throughout central and eastern Europe over the next decade, fuelled by growing consumer spending power and the arrival en masse of major western drinks groups. But it is not just drinks...