Ecolab expands Brazilian research center
Ecolab has expanded one of its research centers in Brazil to keep pace with the strong growth of the business in the country and throughout Latin America.
Archives for June 12, 2013
World's biggest brewer AB InBev unwraps 100,000 ton packaging pledge
Anheuser-Busch InBev's (AB InBev) new environmental commitments include an ambitious pledge to reduce use of packaging materials by 100,000 tons annually by 2017, but the bulk of its new commitments will not result in overall reductions for energy and...
Tate & Lyle 'disappointed' by CSPI's note of caution about sucralose
Tate & Lyle says it is “very disappointed” that the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has removed sucralose from the ‘safe’ category in its guide to food additives on the back of unpublished research from a scientist it claims has been...
Fresh wings: Red Bull slugs EU vitamin B energy health claims
Energy drink leader Red Bull – previously hit by EU rejection of taurine health claims – is boosting its energy-attention marketing by using approved vitamin B claims.
Burger King customer in close shave
A Burger King customer has reportedly found a razor blade in a cheeseburger in California.
100% OJ and out? Rabobank sees US potential in Trop 50-style nectars
With orange juice sales sliding in the US, PepsiCo’s Tropicana Trop50 brand is one of the ‘few notable successes’ in the space, although its status as a nectar signals the potential of this category.
Editorial
Brawling cricketer lands damaging blow to Oz alcohol self-regulation
Cricket has for over a century been seen as a gentleman’s game, but that mantle fell a long time ago. The relentlessly evolving wealth and professionalism of the sport has served to “bring out the mongrel” in players in a way that would have been unheard...