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Gutsy GUDGU enjoys thriving market for sugar-free cordials Amid the economic carnage of COVID-19 in South Africa, one small SA beverage business venture has proven to be nimble and resilient… Cape Town based GUDGU describes itself as “an innovative South African wellness company that manufactures premium...
Ronaldo snub sees Coca-Cola market value fall by $4bn Soccer super-star Cristiano Ronaldo’s removal of two Coca-Cola bottles at a Euro 2020 news conference this week coincided with a $4bn drop in the market value of the American drink giant. The Portugal captain was visibly troubled when he saw two...
Rooibos tea joins Champagne on EU protection list In a significant development for the sector, the European Commission has approved the registration of the designation ‘Rooibos’/’Red Bush’ in its register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications. Rooibos is the first African food to...
Boosting SA’s indigenous honeybush tea industry The local honeybush tea industry has been receiving major support through a focused multi-year project implemented by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC). It has already greatly expanded practical know-how on the best practices available to the growing local honeybush industry....
Global beverage alcohol expected to gain +3% volume in 2021 Global beverage alcohol is showing positive signs of recovery, and is projected to grow in volume by +2.9% by the end of 2021. Some great insights from IWSR… By 2023, IWSR expects total beverage alcohol consumption...
Woolworths joins stand-alone liquor retailing with WCellar The rollout of stand-alone liquor stores is an obvious area of potential growth for Woolworths, as its competitors’ success experiences have shown. While major retailers have expanded their liquor presence aggressively in the past decade, Woolworths is a latecomer...
Tetley launches chai tea range in SA Tetley’s new Masala Chai and Elaichi Chai aim to fill the gap in the South African market for high-quality spice teas. “The rich flavour of India’s Chai (teas), with their aromatic and warming Masala and Elaichi flavours, has...
Women now drink as much as men — not so much for pleasure, but to cope That common image of who is affected by alcohol disorders, echoed throughout pop culture, was misleading over a decade ago. And it’s even less representative today. For nearly a century,...
Disrupting the maas sector Developed by some clever local and Italian food scientists – here’s news of Yangumasi, a brilliant solution to several African food issues: the easy preservation of milk, reduction of food waste and adding cost savings and convenience to a highly nutritious and...
How we’re drinking water wrong, according to SA’s only water sommelier One of the biggest misconceptions about water is that it is just water, but there are ways to consume it that help accentuate its taste, Candice Jansen, South Africa’s only certified sommelier, says. What gives...
Surprise! Not… illegal booze flourishes in SA The illegal alcohol trade has grown dramatically in the past year – even overtaking the legal wine and cider trade in SA, according to research by Euromonitor. The study was commissioned by the alcohol industry ie the Beer Association...
Nestlé’s new pea-based ‘not milk’ alternative Nestlé in Europe has launched Wunda, a new pea-based beverage that is ‘epic in everything’ that you would otherwise use milk for. With plant-based diets growing in popularity, more people are turning to alternatives to milk for their daily cereal,...
Coca-Cola cans energy drink line in N America In anther trimming of its portfolio, Coca-Cola will discontinue Coca-Cola Energy in North America, less than two years after it launched there. Coca-Cola Energy – which marked the first energy drink launched by the brand – was first released in...
More takes on the Heineken-Distell waltz Only months after cancelling investment in SA, the world’s second-largest brewer, Heineken, is in talks to buy SA drinks producer Distell, its main cider competitor and the country’s largest pnon-brewing player. The world’s largest cider producer has approached Distell, owner...
Deal brewing between Heineken and Distell After years of speculation of a possible deal between the world’s second largest beer group Heineken and SA’s leading wine and spirits maker Distell, is hatching. On Tuesday May 18 the two groups finally announced they were talking. Distell shares...
Tiger Brands’ R100m VC fund for launches in June Here’s what to know about Tiger Brands’ new venture capital fund of R100m aimed at assisting entrepreneurs who are either directly or indirectly linked to the food and beverages sector. Tiger says the fund would also help...
Space-aged wine expects to sell for small fortune A bottle of French wine that orbited the Earth for more than a year has been put up for sale by Christie’s – with an exorbitant price tag! The bottle of famed Pétrus 2000 – made from merlot...
Reversing T2 diabetes with Dr Sarah Hallberg Reversing T2 diabetes starts with ignoring the dietary guidelines…. Dr Sarah Hallberg provides compelling evidence that the solution is simpler than you might think. Her TEDx talk on the topic has had more than 7,2 million views to date…...
Purple wine launches in Australia An Australian winemaker has embraced nature’s rarest colour and made a completely natural purple wine in a world first. The incredible looking, $21 wine is made in Western Australia by winemaker Tim Macnamara’s start-up Masstengo, and has taken two years to develop. The wine,...
Super-premium Nescafé instant coffees Nestlé continues to take instant coffee to new heights, launching the Nescafé Gold Blend Roastery Collection, barista-style soluble coffees. Collaborating with its experts in several countries, teams at Nestlé’s coffee research and development center in Orbe, Switzerland and Marysville, USA, developed innovative...