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Cans benefit from surge in craft beer sales
New research by a consumer research company has revealed cans make up a quarter of craft beers sold in the UK.
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Qatari firm to import German and Australian cows amid blockade crisis
A food processing company in Qatar will begin importing cows from around the world in a bid to supply 45 per cent of the state's dairy needs.
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Japanese drinks giant to team up with Pepsi on Thai venture
American PepsiCo Inc, Thailand's market leader, has joined with Japan's Suntory Food and Beverage to target a growing market.
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Natural sweetener stevia plant genome sequenced for the first time
The findings, co-funded by Coca Cola, were unveiled by PureCircle Stevia Institute at the International Congress of Nutrition in Buenos Aires last week.
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Considering putting it in a can? There’s a website for that…
A new website has been launched to help new businesses get to grips with that slipperiest of topics: the drinks can.
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Hammond’s spirit tax behind slump in Scotch sales
The Scotch Whisky Association is holding the so-called dram duty to account for a drop of 1 million bottles in sales.
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Industry to stop sales of sugary drinks in schools across the EU
The European soft drinks industry, represented by UNESDA, has announced that it will voluntarily cease sales of drinks containing added sugars in secondary schools across the EU.
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Reducing the risk of Microbial Spoilage in beverages – Using new PCR technology
28 September 2017 | By Pall Corporation
In this webinar Pall analyses the growing market demands for minimally processed products or mixed beverages and the increasing need for effective controls...
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Milk-alternative drinks lack ‘vital’ iodine
Consumers of milk-alternative drinks may be at of risk iodine deficiency, according to the findings of a new study in the British Journal of Nutrition.
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Beer should only be beer – Application summary compendium
Beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage in the world, and must contain at least three basic ingredients, water, a starch source brewer’s yeast, and a flavouring agent such as hops. With different options available beyond this and various brewing methods available there are endless varieties of beer on the…
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There’s no stigma in a stein of alcohol-free beer, research shows
With Oktoberfest underway, Mintel have released the results of a survey that may give brewers something to think about.
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New beverage trends hot topics at Drinktec
With over 1433 exhibitors from 76 countries gathering at Drinktec, the hot topics in beverages and the challenges facing the industry are all anyone is talking about.
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Cold brew, matcha and ginger: Google’s trending markets to target
Healthy and homemade lead the pack in Google's latest trends report.
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The Sound of the Crowd
The drinks can is increasingly becoming the consumer’s drink pack of choice, with growth of the craft beer movement, and now soft drinks, playing a key role in changing the general perception of the can’s aesthetics. European consumers, it seems, share a cluster of primary needs when it comes to…
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Brewers stand to save as spent grain gets new lease on life
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University have developed a process that could see 85 per cent of a brewery’s waste repurposed.
