Coca-Cola has launched Sugar Free Full Throttle, a clear indication
of both the potential growth of the energy drink market and
increasing concerns over the links between soft drinks and bad
health, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Opportunities are flourishing for flavour suppliers targeting
health-positioned drinks as number one soft drinks firm Coca-Cola
says it will push R&D investment in health positioned products.
In a new brand partnership tie-up, UK ingredients firm Tate &
Lyle hunts for growth in the competitive breakfast market raising
brand awareness for a new product that contains the company's
flagship golden syrup, reports...
NutraSweet has decided to restart a factory line in Georgia that
has been inactive since 2003 to increase production of the
sweetener aspartame, reports Philippa Nuttall.
Suggesting continuing growth for booming sweeteners market,
researchers once again claim soft drinks provide a generous slice
of sugar to a child's diet.
Iconic soft drinks firm Coca-Cola, hit by slowing sales of its
trademark fizzy cola, is set to buy up a leading fruit juice
producer in Russia, handing the firm key access to an important
emerging market, reports Chris Mercer.
Tate and Lyle said today that overall trading had continued to be
strong during the last three months boosted by demand for its high
intensity sweetener Splenda.
Coke war drives innovation in diet drink sweetener formulations
with the number one soft drinks player Coca-Cola rolling out a new
aspartame and acesulfame potassium based cola onto the market,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Global beverage giant PepsiCo, aiming to push diet drinks to
appease calorie-conscious consumers, will follow arch-rival
Coca-Cola by re-launching its Pepsi One brand with Tate &
Lyle's Splenda sweetener, reports Chris Mercer.
The Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling company, which this week announced
solid sales growth led by emerging markets in Eastern Europe, has
confirmed its interest in Serbia's second largest mineral water
bottler as the company plans...
Non-carbonated soft drinks in emerging Eastern European markets,
especially Russia, held up sales growth during a challenging period
for the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC), despite a €49
million one-off charge sending...
Sales and consumer awareness of sweetener from UK manufacturer Tate
& Lyle look set to rise as number one global soft drinks player
launches a new version of Diet Coke, complete with Splenda
sucralose logo on the packaging, writes...
Sales and consumer awareness of sweetener from UK manufacturer Tate
& Lyle look set to rise as number one global soft drinks player
launches a new version of Diet Coke, complete with Splenda
sucralose logo on the packaging, writes...
Bulgaria's Supreme administrative court upheld today a lower court
ruling to fine the local branch of Coca-Cola leva 20, 000 ($13,400)
for using illicit promotional methods.
Fortification is a growing trend in soft drinks and the dairy
sector, and played a role in 8 per cent of all new food and drink
products introduced last year, according to David Jago, director of
Mintel's Global New Products...
Emerging soft drink markets in Russia and Romania have helped the
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company to post steady third quarter
profit increases, despite problems elsewhere in eastern Europe.
A slump in international sales means that Coca-Cola is set to
switch its focus to the China market in an effort to sustain
growth. The company said that with current economic growth
continuing apace, China should be its third biggest...
The US cola wars have traditionally been fought on just two fronts
- Coca-Cola holding one and PepsiCo the other. But now a new player
is about to join the fray, and Britain's Virgin Cola is hoping that
its decision to focus...
In a close vote cranberry co-operative Ocean Spray on Tuesday
snubbed a joint venture proposal from soft drinks giant PepsiCo,
instead opting to continue as a farmer-owned co-op.
Coca-Cola is withdrawing its Dasani bottled water from sale in
Britain after finding that samples contained higher than permitted
levels of the chemical bromate. A Coca-Cola spokesman said that the
voluntary withdrawal was a precautionary...
Soft drinks are set to become the biggest beverage sector in the
world, overtaking hot drinks, with consumption rising by around 5
per cent a year, according to a new report from Zenith
International. But while the US remains the...
Leading cocoa and soybean processor ADM is making a few changes in
Europe announcing two new appointments at its product support and
development (PSD) Centre in Koog aan de Zaan, the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic sweetener...
The spread of cola brands from the US to the rest of the world
could be copied by the spread of health drinks and iced tea and
coffee westwards from Japan, claims a new Datamonitor report. But
if cola growth is slowing, reports of...
Health concerns appear to take a back seat when it comes to British
snack habits: Walkers crisps was by far the biggest UK grocery
brand last year. Premium bread brands, Diet Coke and its
'full-fat'parent, and Nescafé also...
Qibla Cola, the 'alternative' soft drink which gives 10 per cent of
its profits to worthwhile causes, is to enter the Canadian market
via an agreement with local distributor Bimex. The staunchly
anti-American brand is popular...
Qibla Cola, the UK-based drinks group which claims to offer Muslims
an alternative to US brands, has launched a number of new products
this week. But are they just another set of me-too products,
despite the company's posturing?
Carbonate sales might be fizzing, but a new report from beverage
analysts Canadean shows that the growth in sales of still drinks is
even greater - and that the rate of growth is likely to continue to
gather pace for the next few...
Pepsi-Cola earlier this week announced plans to revamp its
packaging, and so it came as no surprise yesterday when arch rival
Coca-Cola unveiled changes to its diet and light brands.
Polish soft drinks and mineral water producer Hoop has acquired its
counterpart Woda Grodziska, a move which it says will enable it to
step up its plans for expanding to the German market for the first
time.
Five months after its initial launch, and just as the diet version
hits the shelves in the US, Vanilla Coke is to be launched in
Europe. Sweden will be the first country on this side of the
Atlantic to get the drink, followed by the...
The European Union said on Tuesday it was investigating a growing
food scare in several member nations surrounding the discovery of
synthetic hormones in soft drinks and pork products.
Soft drink giant Coca-Cola, facing a stiff challenge from archrival
PepsiCo in the crucial North American market, on Monday unveiled a
new vanilla-flavoured version of its flagship Coke brand, reports
Reuters.
French food group Danone declined to comment last week on a report
it was in talks with Cadbury Schweppes and Coca-Cola over
distributing its Evian mineral water in the United States.
Philippine conglomerate RFM Corporation on Thursday completed the
sale of soft drink unit Cosmos Bottling Corp to a San Miguel Corp
joint venture through a series of transactions in the share market,
an RFM spokesman said.
US grain company Archer Daniels Midland Co. said that it expects
big price increases for corn sweetener next year as tightening
capacity and industry consolidation give them more bargaining
power.
The Philippines' leading food and beverage firm, San Miguel Corp
said on Wednesday it would take a second look at acquiring RFM
Corp's processed meats and poultry unit, Swift Foods Corp.
When Americans get queasy about the economy, they reach for comfort
food like chocolate and ketchup and don comfort clothes like Levi's
jeans, research from the University of Michigan showed on Monday.
The European Commission has granted clearance under the European
Union's merger control law to the proposed acquisition by UK soft
drinks company Cadbury Schweppes Plc of the soft drinks brands and
related businesses of French...
The Philippine food and beverage company San Miguel Corp announced
that it had sold its 49 per cent stake in juice firm Sugarland
Beverages Corp to unit La Tondena Distillers Inc (LTDI) for
PHP1.56bn.
Iain Napier, the former chief executive of Bass Brewers, refused to
comment on Sunday on a report that he had teamed up with Cinven to
mount a bid for Britvic, the soft drinks group.
Coca-Cola has recalled three of its newest drinks because they
lacked the proper labelling regarding an ingredient, potentially
dangerous to PKU patients.
Philippine soft drink maker Cosmos Bottling Corp has been valued at
$281.4m in a deal under which it will be sold to San Miguel Corp
and the Coca Cola Co.
Mexican soft drinks firm Coca-Cola Femsa said Monday it planned to
use its strong cash balance as a "war chest" for the possible
acquisition of smaller bottlers.
Philippine food firm RFM Corp said on July 26 that its board has
approved in principle the sale of a stake in Cosmos Bottling Corp
to the country's food and beverage conglomerate, San Miguel Corp.
