Stellar year for US craft beer: $14.3bn sales in 2013
US craft brewers grew their domestic market share to 7.8% of total beer volumes in 2013 as the Brewers Association insists drinkers are increasingly keen on fuller flavored local brews.
Archives for March 18, 2014
CiderLab system for quality control in cider processing
An analysis system for use during cider processing can help industry test for a range of parameters, according to Quadrachem Laboratories (QCL).
Tennessee Whiskey wars! Diageo attacks Brown-Forman ‘sleight of hand’
Diageo has hit back at Brown-Forman in an acrimonious dispute over the designation of ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ claiming its ‘Jack Daniel’s recipe law’ stifles innovation.
Mushroom-derived technology takes the bitter out of coffee, chocolate
An all-natural fermentation process using mushrooms to remove bitter and acidic qualities from food ingredients created by food technology firm MycoTechnology Inc. claims it will revolutionize the coffee and chocolate markets.
Grundfos celebrates its 50th anniversary this year
Grundfos Pumps saves Birds Eye £9k a year
Grundfos, which works with Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Molson Coors, has replaced three pumps at Birds Eye Foods saving 107,835kWh, which equates to £9,705 savings a year.
Putting the chai into Dubai: Rise of the world’s tea re-export capital
The order given by Dubai’s ruling sheikh in 1959 to dredge the Creek, the water channel that flows into the heart of what was at the time a sleepy fishing village, is commonly seen as the move that would transform the Gulf state into an economic powerhouse.
‘We’d like to buy more brands like Capri Sun’: Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) says it would be keen to buy or distribute more brands like Capri Sun to expand in still drinks alongside increasing its footprint in Western Europe.
EPA ALLEGED 27 RISK MANAGEMENT FAILINGS AT MICHIGAN MINUTE MAID PLANT
Coke thrashes out EPA deal after $278,000 ammonia fine threat
Coke is brokering a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after it threatened a $278,000 fine for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at a Minute Maid plant in Michigan.