2018 BIO World Congress
How bioplastics will affect materials and packaging companies
Corbion, DuPont, Synvina and Origin Materials are some of the companies taking part in this year’s 2018 BIO World Congress this month (July 16-19).
Archives for July 10, 2018
‘A new challenger in the beverage industry’: Keurig Dr Pepper announces merger completion
Keurig Dr Pepper has announced the successful completion of the merger between Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group: creating the seventh-largest company in the US food and beverage sector and third-largest beverage company in North America,...
Lion acquires London craft brewer, Fourpure Brewing Co
Australian-headquartered Lion has acquired London craft brewer Fourpure Brewing Co. And while Fourpure says the beer and culture will remain the same, it wants to embrace the opportunities the acquisition brings: ‘We truly hope you will see some change,...
California doctors respond to soda tax ban with new ballot measure
Physicians and dentists are fighting back after California passed a statewide ban on soda taxes for the next 12 years.
Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws by 2020
Starbucks announced Monday that it plans to pull plastic straws from all 28,000 of its global locations by 2020.
ASA: 'Smartphones do not extract more coumarin and EGCG to make tea taste better'
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have rubbished online claims that an app can improve the taste of drinks by extracting more coumarin and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) in tea using pulsar wave technology delivered from a smartphone.