soft drinks
Vita Coco enters CBD market
Following two successful product launches this year, coconut water brand Vita Coco is launching a new canned CBD infused beverage in the UK.
Radnor Hills opens consumer e-shop
Water and soft drinks manufacturer Radnor Hills has opened its first online shop for consumers.
Radnor Hills reformulates Radnor Splash and introduces recyclable variant
The reformulation to the new Radnor Splash recipes gives them a much cleaner ingredients deck.
UK bottled water sales top 4 billion litres
Last year’s hot summer boosted UK water drinks consumption by more than 7% to 4.2bn litres, according to a new report from food and drink analysts Zenith Global.
Monster Energy expands into RTD Coffee
Monster Energy is expanding its portfolio with the launch of a ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee drink range.
New flavours from Coca-Cola brands
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has announced new flavours from some of its biggest brands, including Capri-Sun, Appletiser and Fanta.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Fentimans targets growth in Middle East
Fentimans, producers of botanically-brewed premium adult soft drinks, is planning to expand its footprint in the Middle East.
Japan’s Asahi buys Fuller’s for $327 million
Japanese brewer Asahi is buying the beer business of Britain’s Fuller Smith & Turner’s for £250 million ($327 million), in a deal that will allow Fuller’s to focus on its pub and hotel holdings.
Rise in food and drink acquisitions
2018 was another record year for food and drink industry transactions, with 777 registered in the bevblog.net mergers and acquisitions database, an average of 15 each week.
Döhler take taste on a multi-sensory journey
Döhler presented pioneering ingredients, ingredient systems and integrated solutions for the beverage industry to visitors at BrauBeviale 2018. This is a sponsored message.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability
First CBD tea drink launched
Botanic Lab has launched its new Cannabidiol Botanical Tea Drink, which it says is the first of its kind in the UK.
Round Up: Processing
Here is your weekly round-up of processing news. Next week’s round-up will focus on Shelf Life news.
Britvic drinks to production line progress
Soft drinks giant Britvic is installing new production lines at its UK manufacturing sites in Leeds and Rugby.
Bemused by post-sugar tax pricing
I know I’ve banged on about sugar reduction on more than one occasion over the past few weeks, and the huge strides made by the soft drinks industry with regards to reformulation in a bid to avoid the so-called Soft Drinks Industry Levy.