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Pick n Pay helps wine industry recover from lockdown damage South African retailer Pick n Pay has announced its commitment to purchasing 25 million bottles of wine in 2021 to support the local wine industry. This comes after industry body Vinpro reported that the local wine...
UK: Gordon’s pushes into ‘low & no’ with 0.0% spirit Spirits giant Diageo is taking its Gordon’s into ‘low & no’ with a 0% version of the massive gin brand. Gordon’s 0.0% is claimed to contain “the same finest distilled botanicals as Gordon’s London Dry Gin”...
SAB is taking South Africa’s latest alcohol ban to court SA Breweries (SAB) is challenging the constitutionality of South Africa’s latest alcohol ban. The ban on the sale of alcohol was reintroduced a part of the country’s move to an adjusted level 3 lockdown at the...
The Duchess and Castle Free go apartying The Duchess and Castle Free have joined together to offer conscious consumers an alcohol-free party-pack, dubbed Brew & Botanical. These two local brands are both pioneers of the growing alcohol-free beverage category, the former offering gin-and-tonic style options. “Due...
New approach to sugar reduction via super-sweet proteins US cranberry company, Ocean Spray, has partnered with Amai Proteins to incorporate healthy, sweet proteins into its product portfolio, creating cranberry juice with roughly 40 percent less sugar. Israeli biotech company, Amai Proteins, has designed this protein to maintain...
Bloody good beer for a bloody good cause To celebrate menstrual products being made free for all in Scotland, BrewDog has released a new beer titled Bloody Good Beer. [Interesting example of cause marketing. Ed] Recently, Scotland became the first country to make period products free...
New Gingerade+ joins the Sir Fruit juice family With ginger and its great health benefits trending in the age of Covid, SA premium juice company, Sir Fruit, has introduced a new variant, Gingerade+. “The combination of lemon and ginger has traditionally been used to soothe the...
Fitch & Leedes debuts new sodas & mocktails Nice, on-trend NPD from Chill Beverages – the launch of “Classics” and “Moments”, new ranges of soft drinks and mocktails under its Fitch & Leedes brand that should find lots of takers with today’s growing trend to ‘nolow’...
Heineken on its SA plans and lockdown impacts Local Heineken MD, Gerrit van Loo, was recently interviewed on The Money Show. He talks to Bruce Whitfield on its continued investment in SA and surviving lockdown. Heineken remains South Africa’s favourite beer brand according to the Sunday Times...
How is canned wine innovation evolving? Covid-19 has prompted consumers to increasingly shift to on-the-go drink offerings. IWSR looks at how the canned wine space is evolving. Canned wine is overcoming the stigma surrounding alternative wine packaging formats thanks to its environmental credentials, convenience and a...
Tonic water market expected to reach $1.1bn by 2027 The gin craze has spawned a complementary boom in tonic water – here are some insights into this market published in the US by Allied Market Research. The report, “Tonic Water Market by Flavor, Packaging form and Distribution...
The environmental impact of five different soft drink containers People are increasingly aware of the environmental harm of plastic waste, and many would avoid buying single-use plastics if they could help it. But are the alternatives to plastic much better? Let’s look at one example –...
Hydrosol takes giant step into plant-based ingredients The plant-based food trend is an over-arching movement around the world – and now Germany’s Hydrosol has taken a massive step to serve this market with the launch of a new company, Planteneers – The Plant Based Pioneers. The...
Bernini goes amber in time for SA’s summer Distell’s Bernini, the super-successul fizzy wine RTD range, has added a stylish new fourth variant in time for summer 2020: Amber. This time, the natural sparkling grape Frizzantè has taken its inspiration from the growing orange wine trend....
PepsiCo’s enormous project to redesign its two-litre bottle First designed in 1970 by PepsiCo and improved in the 1990s, the two-litre bottle is an imperfect mainstay of the soft drink industry. But now, after 30 years without change, it’s getting a complete makeover. PepsiCo’s curvier new...
Red alert! GNT Group predicts 2021’s top food and beverage colour trend Red is set to shake up the food and beverage industry in 2021 thanks to its ability to spark powerful emotions, according to the GNT Group, supplier of EXBERRY food colourants. Red has long...
Another step to a better disposable coffee cup The quest for a better single-serve beverage cup is ongoing – with US scientists reporting progress in developing a viable plastic replacement by combining bagasse and bamboo. Sugar cane contains around 10% sugar, and that means there’s a...
Striking taste innovation from Hunter’s – Red Apple Distell has introduced another Hunter’s variant, following its alcohol-free one that débuted earlier this year: introducing bold new Hunter’s Red Apple. “Hunter’s Red Apple is crisp and refreshing with all kinds of succulent, sweet red apple notes, complemented...
New Calm on SA’s water shelves A Cape Town-based entrepreneur has launched a new premium water onto the SA market, unusually presented in cans. Here’s Michelle Richardson’s launch journey of Calm Natural Mineral Water, told in her words.… The idea for a mineral water in a...
New study: three sweetened drinks a day has ‘minimal effect’ on gut microbiome High consumption of sweeteners such as aspartame or sucralose over a two week period has minimal effect on gut microbiota composition or SCFA production, according to the secondary outcomes of a double-blind RCT....