drinks
‘Greenest ever’ refillable bottle
Plastics packaging firm Petainer has developed what it’s calling its ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle. The new bottle is manufactured using more than 25 per cent post-consumer ‘one-way’ recycled PET plastic but has the same performance characteristics as a refillable bottle made entirely from virgin material, according to Petainer. "This is a very exciting development,” says […]
Scot a lot of wins
Border Biscuits has scooped the prestigious title of Business of the Year at the 2012 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards. The success completed a double for the Lanarkshire company, which was also recognised for its commitment to developing its employees with the Profiting Through Skills Development award. The night’s second big winner was Katy […]
First UK soft drink with stevia? SoBe it
Britvic has, together with PepsiCo UK, become the first to market a soft drink containing purified stevia extract. The reformulation of SoBe V Water will offer health-conscious consumers a vitamin water with zero-sugar, and meet growing demand for low-calorie refreshment, according to the firms. From the end of this month, all six SoBe V Water […]
Food and drink exports soar by 11 per cent
Food and non-alcoholic drink exports rose to over £12 billion (€14bn) last year, according to new figures. The previous year’s results (2010) proved a landmark for the industry when figures broke through the £10 billion (€12bn) barrier, but the 2011 results show performance is up by 11.4 per cent on 2010. Export growth has been […]
Thirst for soft drinks continues, says latest Britvic report
In tough economic times, sales of soft drinks have demonstrated their continued resilience – grow to £9.7 billion (€11.6bn), according to the 2012 Britvic Soft Drinks Report. Key findings from the report, based on independent Nielsen and CGA market data, reveal that take-home sales were up seven per cent in value and one per cent […]
US demand for alternative sweeteners set to soar
US demand for alternative sweeteners is expected to soar by 3.3 per cent by 2015 to £2.1 billion (€2.5bn), according to a new study, with gains led by continuing market penetration of relatively new entrants to the industry, including the stevia extract rebaudioside-A. The more mature segments of the market – high intensity sweeteners (such […]
Provexis wades in with GB rowing team
Provexis, the life-science business that develops, licenses and markets functional food and sports nutrition technologies, has signed a new five-year deal to continue as the official supplier of sports drinks and sports nutrition for the Great Britain rowing team. The partnership, through the newly acquired Science in Sport (SiS) division, renews SiS’s commitment to the […]
Coffee market chilled out
While the ready-to-drink or iced coffee market is relatively mature and showing only modest growth in much of Asia, levels of interest elsewhere in the world appear to be growing, according to Innova Market Insights. This is not only in the relatively well-established US market, which is the number two global market after Japan, but […]
Launch of Vitafoods Asia ‘a great success’
The debut of Vitafoods Asia proved a hit with exhibitors and visitors alike when it launched in Hong Kong earlier this month, say organisers. With more than 2,150 attendees from over 40 different countries – including Australia, Malaysia, China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodi – a making their way through the doors over the course […]
Bubbly results for soft drinks firm
Soft drinks group Nichols – whose products include Vimto, Sunkist and Ben Shaws – has revealed ‘excellent results’ for the interim period ended 30 June 2011. The figures reveal group sales up 14.4%, with pre-tax profit up 20.4%, and both UK and international sales were up 13%. “I am delighted to be announcing such excellent […]
Poor weather bites for Britvic
Robinsons and Tango maker Britvic has this week announced its third-quarter trading perfomance and said, despite weakening consumer spending, the soft drinks market performed in line with expectations – until feeling the impact of below average weather. As a result, the markets in both GB and Ireland have contracted sharply in both volume and value […]
Superfruits continue to soar
A growing consumer awareness of the health benefits of so-called superfruits, and their high antioxidant content, has brought many hitherto little known fruits into the mainstream market for the first time. As a result, there has been a 10 per cent rise in the number of marketed on superfruit platform in the 12 months up […]
National Starch pushes new pulp
National Starch Food Innovation says its new starch-based solution Precisa Pulp 02 can be used in a variety of fruit-juice bases, including peach, apricot guava, pear, and mango. Highly functional as well as versatile, it offers manufacturers the opportunity to create cost-optimised beverages that appeal to consumer demand for exotic juice drinks, says the global […]
Coca-Cola Enterprises launches latest education centre
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) this week launched its brand new education centre at its UK site in Sidcup, Kent, as part of its commitment to youth development. The new facility – the fourth of its kind in the UK – forms part of CCE’s national education programme, and is designed to help introduce young people to […]