News
Overt sugar labelling move
Premium natural soft drink brand Zeo has introduced new bottle neck labels to reinforce its low sugar, all natural messaging.
Clean label confusion
‘Clean label’ continues to trend, but new consumer research from Canadean reveals a lack of consensus over what ‘clean’ really means.
Packaging for world first
Creative print company Bridge Media has produced bespoke packaging to support the launch of Seedlip, the world’s first distilled, non-alcoholic spirit.
Brave and bold beer bottles
PET Engineering established a partnership with ColorMatrix, an innovator of liquid colour and additives for plastics, in order to investigate new colours.
Round-Up: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients news. Next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news. To submit an item for inclusion, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com.
Flavoured water sales set to soar
Global sales of flavoured water rose an estimated 4% last year to 7.5 billion litres, finds a new Zenith International report.
UK wine market to grow
Above average growth is expected in volume consumption of wine in the UK over the next five years, according to forecasts by Vinexpo.
Sugar tax piles on the pressure
Greater consumer awareness of health initiatives is putting pressure on soft drinks companies to develop a coherent, global strategy that is able to address rising concerns regarding the sugar content of their products, notes Crimson & Co.
Non-alcoholic indulgence
Sensient Flavors’ has launched a new line of flavours for cocktail inspired, carbonated soft drinks.
Dietary supplement market sees growth
The market for dietary supplements has seen strong growth in recent years, reports Innova Market Insights.
Tackling iron deficiency
Produced by AB-Biotics and marketed by Frutarom BU Health, AB-Fortis is a patented encapsulated iron system, which supports vegans/vegetarians who commonly suffer from iron deficiency.
Starch for block cheese
Ingredion has launched a new functional starch texturiser, Precisa 655S starch.
Global ready meals market analysed
Technavio has released its latest food and beverage industry report, covering the present scenario and growth prospects of the global ready meals market from 2016 to 2020.
Warning issued as court rejects trademark application
Roythornes is advising food businesses to invest in protecting their key designs after the courts rejected a plea by Kit Kat to trademark its four-finger shape.