18 Apr Norwegian soda company sets world’s largest message in a bottle adrift
Sending messages in bottles has been around since at least the Ancient Greeks...
27 Mar Bowler Metcalf’s plans for Quality Beverages
In news just come to hand, Bowler Metcalf in late January bought out the remaining 25,1% it did not already own in soft drink producer, Quality Beverages (QB), for R34,5m. The acqusition by the JSE-listed Bowcalf is part of a longer-term vision of vertical...
21 Mar US: Coca-Cola puts bubbles, flavor in Glaceau fruitwater
Coca-Cola is taking bottled water and doing what it does best - giving it some bubbles and flavour. The Atlanta-based company has confirmed that it would introduce a line of zero-calorie, carbonated, fruit-flavoured waters called "fruitwater" starting April 1. The drink will be part of...
18 Mar Shifting drinks tastes: America swops soda for water
Mayor Bloomberg of New York City should be pleased - Americans apparently are soda-banning themselves, with the average United States person now drinking 38 percent more water than 15 years ago.
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07 Mar UK: Coca-Cola to replace full sugar Sprite with calorie-reduced stevia-sweetened version
Coca-Cola Great Britain has announced that it is taking further action to be part of the solution to the global problem of obesity. The move includes the launch of a new, reduced calorie Sprite in the UK from this month that will contain 30% fewer...
07 Mar Still believe ‘a calorie is a calorie’?
If you do, you fly in the face of mounting and incontrovertible evidence that some calories - in particular, "sugar calories" - are jeopardising both your and your family's health. Physicians and politicians who cling to the dogma that "all calories should...
18 May US: Soda makers scramble to fill void as sales drop
Cold, bubbly, sweet soda, long the American Champagne, is becoming product non grata in more places these days. Schools are removing sugary soft drinks from vending machines at a faster pace, and local governments from San Antonio to Boston are stepping up...
07 Mar US: Science again dismisses caramel colouring scare
American advocacy group, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), is well-known/infamous for alerting the public/overblowing fears about many of the foods we eat. This week it has been creating headlines again, repeating its soda scare - on the chemical in...