Manufacturers are misleading consumers with images of fresh fruit on packaging when the actual fruit content is minimal or even zero, says trade group Freshfel, as it calls for a legal minimum threshold.
The world is getting fatter and unhealthier - are smaller portions and diet drinks really going to help when they sit next to full-sugar, supersized products? Is it time to tax or is industry doing enough? Catch the highlights from our live debate.
By J T Winkler, emeritus professor of nutrition policy, London Metropolitan University
The UK's sugar tax was little more than populist light relief to brighten a speech full of economic doom and gloom. But what's worse, argues Professor Jack Winkler, is that the government's 'pseudo-consultation' about the tax is...
Tate & Lyle CEO Javed Ahmed says earning and profit forecasts are intact – “mid single digit growth” – despite an unseasonably cold spring that has contributed to an annual drop of 4% in the US soft drinks market and hit its specialty and bulk sweeteners...
Consumption of high-energy snack foods and sugar sweetened sodas may be associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, according to new research.
A new aspartame distribution deal will benefit the UK and Irish food and drink sector through security of supply, claims leading player Atlantic Chemicals Trading (ACT).
French authorities have backed the safety of aspartame after scrutinising two recent studies that linked the intense sweetener with increased rates of cancer and pre-term births.
Demand for stand up pouches (SUP) in Europe is forecast to leap by at least 50 per cent to around 28 billion units by 2014 despite growth being hit by the world economic downturn, according to an industry report.
Soft drink makers could end up swallowing a £10m bill for no good reason by embracing the Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommendations for new slim-line 250ml drinks.
Bravo! The beverage industry has responded enthusiastically to Mrs. Obama’s campaign to tackle childhood obesity - but there’d better be more than froth behind that sparkling rhetoric.
Is taxing soda really an evil plan to curb your individual freedom? Conspiracy theories aside, perhaps it’s simply a sensible scheme to tackle obesity when personal choice has failed.
A manufacturer of bottle closures says its latest cooperation with
a leading German brewer reflects the growing demands within the
industry to adapt to a new lightweight standard.
PepsiCo and several other soft drink manufacturers have agreed to a
settlement in a lawsuit brought against the companies alleging
their products contained cancer-causing benzene.
Coca-Cola is launching a lighter-weight bottle for its major brands
in the UK, fulfilling a pledge to reduce the amount of
packaging used for its products, the company said today.
Product development gurus are increasingly attempting to use
consumer trends for natural ingredients and more nutritious
beverages to drive growth in the carbonated soft drinks category.
Roquette's marketing manager for beverage applications explains the
difficulties of formulating tasty sugar-free syrup drinks and why
she thinks her company has cracked it.
The drinks industry believes fortified beverages are the answer to
claims that Americans are increasingly drinking sweetened soft
drinks at the expense of more nutritious alternatives.
China's soft drink industry continues to boom, with market analysts
Canadean estimating that continued growth now means annual
production is in excess of 20 billion litres. And with retail
prices continuing to fall and expendable...
The plastic rigid food packaging market in North America reached
about 10.3 billion pounds in 2003 and is expected to increase to
over 13.6 billion pounds by 2008 at an AAGR (average annual growth
rate) of 5.8 per cent, according...
Research suggesting a link between soft drink consumption and
rising levels of diabetes in the US has sparked fierce criticism
from consumer groups and beverage industry associations. Scientists
with an axe to grind have manipulated...
A new study on artificial sweeteners reported in the news yesterday
has fuelled a rapid response from the soft drinks industry, which
branded the research by US researchers at Purdue University as
'pure speculation'.
New research appears to absolve the soft drinks industry from
responsibility for the low calcium intake among US adolescents but
it suggests that creative and effective ways of increasing levels
of the mineral, such as through fortified...
The last few years have seen a quickening in the pace of new
product launches by the world's top two soft drinks companies, with
new flavour or formula variants of the traditional Coca-Cola and
Pepsi brands leading the way.
Plastic containers, which already account for around half of all
beer and soft drinks packed in Western Europe, look set to
consolidate their position over the next five years. According to a
new report, plastic will continue to outperform...
Alcoa will feature several new products at the forthcoming Pack
Expo Las Vegas. The stand will feature two of the company's
packaging and consumer business units, Alcoa Closure Systems
International (Alcoa CSI) and Alcoa Consumer...
According to a five-yearly report from the Freedonia Group, US
demand for beverage containers, by far the biggest market in the
world, is projected to increase 1.7 percent per year to 224 billion
units in 2007, giving the sector an...
Arca Systems, which develops products and systems for materials
handling, has developed a new packaging system for soft drink
products together with The Coca-Cola Company.
Cott Corporation, the global branded soft drink supplier, has
acquired Premium Beverage Packers. Premium is Cott's largest
carbonated soft drinks co-packer in the US, with bottling
facilities located in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.
The Fridge Vendor, Riverwood International's newest packaging
product for soft drinks, is being introduced in selected US markets
with Dasani bottled water.
Mexico's largest beverage bottling company, Bepensa, has got the
thumbs up from analysts following an improvement in market
conditions and its business position.