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Better Juice, GEA partner to disrupt global orange juice industry Better Juice, the innovative sugar-reduction foodtech start-up, is joining forces with GEA Group, Germany, to scale up and expand its global footprint. Better Juice and GEA TDS have agreed to collaboratively construct and install the technology...
Vinpro: Sustainability the priority for the wine industry Wine industry body Vinpro welcomes the lifting of SA’s third lockdown Prohibition, and will continue various actions to boost the wine industry’s long-term sustainability. Wine businesses were unable to earn any income from local wine sales for a...
Heineken SA says Windhoek ad wasn’t meant to ‘offend any viewers’ The widely circulated and aired Windhoek Lager advert featuring international actor Gerard Butler received backlash from South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB), which decided last week to ban the commercial for “promoting toxic masculinity”. The...
If Cape Town were a coffee what would it taste like? In a special tribute to South Africa, the world leader in portioned coffee has quite literally encapsulated the essence of the Mother City in its Cape Town Envivo Lungo, which forms part of the Nespresso...
Lockdown’s shattering of SA’s wine industry We have all had to face the damaging impact of Covid-19, but none more so than in South Africa as wine producer, Bruce Jack, explains in this deeply personal account of life on the front line of a pandemic and...
Founder of Zico beverage brand buys it back from Coca-Cola Zico Beverages Mark Rampolla is bringing his beverage baby back home after seven years apart. PowerPlant Ventures, a venture-capital firm co-founded by Rampolla that backs emerging plant-based products and brands, acquired coconut water-based beverage brand Zico...
Mintel’s global food and drinks trends for 2021 Mintel has outlined three key trends for the global food, drink, and foodservice industries, including analysis, insights, and recommendations centred around the ‘now’ (next 12 months), the ‘next’ (18 months+), and the ‘future’ (five+ years) of consumer behaviour....
Wine producers head to court over alcohol ban Vinpro, an organisation that represents more than 2,000 wine farmers and wine producers, is taking the government to court to ask that the alcohol ban be lifted in the Western Cape. It wants the ban to be lifted...
The biggest alcoholic drink trends for 2021 Some drink trends will continue into 2021 because of the pandemic (canned wine sales have increased by as much as 232%) and other trends will continue to grow in spite of it (such as the boom in demand for...
Taking the immunity trend into a beverage syrup Global syrups and sauces brand DaVinci Gourmet is capitalising on functional foods with the launch of Beverage Boost in the US. The naturally flavoured beverage syrup is formulated with Kerry’s immunity ingredient Wellmune, positioned to easily add immune...
Distell invests in cannabis business amid crippling booze ban As South Africa’s lockdown prohibition laws continue to cripple the liquor industry, the country’s leading producer, Distell, has turned to invest in the burgeoning CBD market. Distell has announced that it bought a 20% stake in the...
Global wine trends to watch in 2021 After being hit hard by Covid-19, global consumption of still and sparkling wine is expected to bounce back in 2021. IWSR analyses which trends will be driving the market. Global wine consumption has been severely affected by Covid-19, with...
SA’s Pura Soda has billion dollar ambitions Three years after launching into its local market, the South African lower-calorie, lower-sugar soft drink brand, Pura Soda, is riding the right trend waves and is already available in 13 countries, including the US. Founder and CEO, Greig Jansen, ascribes...
Elderberry soars on the immunity trend From beverages to bars, more companies are adding the deep purple berry to a variety of products for its hue, flavour and health appeal. Elderberries are the deep purple fruit of the elderberry shrub and have a history of use...
Firmenich’s two Flavours of the Year for 2021: a super-root and a super-fruit Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, has declared ginger and yuzu as the two Flavours of the Year for 2021. Here’s why…. Following an unprecedented year of uncertainty, Firmenich says...
UK: Sainsbury’s reveals top food trends of 2020 UK food retailer, Sainsbury’s, has revealed the top taste trends that swept the UK in 2020, as well as what food people favoured in a year like no other. Using data from 18 million members of its Nectar...
Kroger shares trending foods of 2020 and 2021 The Kroger Co, America’s largest grocery retailer, has announced the top 10 trending foods of 2020, as well as its food trend predictions for 2021. Based on year-over-year sales growth across Kroger’s business, including nearly 2,800 retail stores...
Wine in the wake of corona South African wine blog, Glou Glou, talks wine trends that have been created, enhanced and shifted by the pandemic. Let’s be honest, the past year hasn’t been a bed of roses. From Covid-19 to an economic downturn, so much of...
Wellness drinks trend: meditation and relaxation in a can Once, there were hobbies — jigsaw puzzles, stamp collecting, folk dance nights down at the Y. Now many of us share the same lone pastime: fighting anxiety and depression. Or at least, stress and melancholy. We work out, we meditate, we...
SAB ordered to remove misleading labelling from Brutal Fruit products The High Court of South Africa has interdicted and restrained the SA Breweries (SAB) from distributing, marketing or selling two Brutal Fruit Spritzer variants with non-compliant labelling and advertising. The SAB products affected by the order...