News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Thousands of nutritionists gathered in Granada, Spain, last week for the 20th International Congress of Nutrition. It was a huge event with eight simultaneous streams of seminars over a full week.
Australians might have been developing a taste for wine over beer, but on the whole the country is drinking less alcohol, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
drinktec 2013: live from the show floor
Tania Higgins from DrinkTec TV wraps up the show’s final day exploring new labeling technology from SACMI and the importance of secondary packaging to Carlsberg.
drinktec 2013: Krones CEO stresses environmental concerns
Volker Kronseder, chairman of the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Association says that the amount of PET bottles in the world’s oceans is a ‘damning indictment’ of civilization.
Ardagh Group is to sell four glass container manufacturing plants as part of its $1.7bn acquisition of Verallia North America (VNA) which has been challenged by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) due to competition concerns.
DRINKTEC 2013: WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE AT THE SHOW
Ben Bouckley and Mark Astley from BeverageDaily.com and DairyReporter.com chat about technology and trends at Drinktec 2013, including the show’s growing international focus and the trend towards added-value dairy beverages.