Bacchus is back! Moderate wine worship could help kidneys
Moderate wine consumption could help keep the kidneys healthy and may protect the heart in patients with kidney disease, according to University of Colorado researchers.
Archives for April 28, 2014
CUB takes rap for misleading consumers with city-brewed country beer
Carlton & United Breweries will relabel stocks of beer that it acknowledges might have “misled” consumers into believing the product had been brewed hundreds of kilometres away from its real source.
FOUNDER MOLLIE OPENSHAW CHALLENGES US 'SKINNYGIRL' CULTURE
‘Make fun of the menopause!’ with Mood Swing Merlot from Hot Flash Wines
‘Why not celebrate, laugh at, and even make fun of the challenges that the menopause brings?’ asks California’s Hot Flash Wine, which opposes America’s Skinny Rita diet drink culture.
Fight to the Finnish? Carlsberg may fight $51m fine for alleged tax evasion
Carlsberg faces paying a DKK 317m fine after a Finnish court found the brewer guilty of tax evasion, according to reports.
Metallica's Lars Ulrich drums up new Carlsberg bottle
Carlsberg is releasing a limited edition aluminum beer bottle featuring Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, which will go onsale at 7-Eleven in Denmark in May 2014.
INNOBEV GLOBAL SOFT DRINKS CONGRESS 2014
‘They get sugary sweet or water!’: ZEO shakes up adult soft drinks
Free Drinks insists consumers have been trapped between ‘sugary sweet and water’ in adult soft drinks with little in-between, as it ramps up distribution of its ZEO brand across the UK in 2014.
Special edition: Healthy beverage trends
What’s hot and what’s not in healthy beverage formulations? From chia to carrot fiber
Chia and quinoa are hot; fruit and veg fibers are cool again, and chamomile is still #1 for calming. But baobab - once touted as the ultimate super-food and healthy beverage ingredient - has failed to live up to its early promise, says one leading...
Key Insights from Food Vision
Innovation success recipe: Respect consumers and draw inspiration from the unknown
Understanding consumer expectations and respecting these, combined with a boldness to draw inspiration from new areas is the perfect mix for successful innovation, say experts.