Latest News in the food Industry

23 Apr 2021

A study published in The Lancet found that following the 2018 implementation of a 10% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in South Africa, the overall consumption of sugar from these beverages fell 35% from 16.25 grams per person daily to 10.63 grams per ...

8 Apr 2021

Danone’s VC arm, Danone Manifesto Ventures (DMV) made its first investment in a UK-based business with its commitment to a £2.5m funding round for the healthy drinks brand Moju. Moju said the French Dairy giant’s minority investment in the company will...

1 Apr 2021

Molson Coors Beverage Company, which is exclusively manufacturing Topo Chico Hard Seltzer through a brand authorization agreement with Coca-Cola, finally released the concept onto shelves on March 29 after announcing the development of the brand in Jul...

30 Mar 2021

Greek yogurt maker Chobani recently entered into a distribution partnership with PepsiCo to sell its new yogurt drinks at convenience stores, colleges and universities in the northeastern part of the U.S. In the original report on this news, Bloomberg ...

24 Mar 2021

As Danone continues to face pressure both from industry competition as well as activist investors, the company has decided to separate its chairman and CEO roles, which are currently held by Emmanuel Faber. Additionally, Danone is searching for a new C...

18 Mar 2021

Nestlé entered into an agreement in early March to acquire ionized alkaline water brand Essentia Water, which the Swiss company said was the No. 1 selling bottled water brand in the natural channel.

16 Mar 2021

Cranberry brand Ocean Spray launched a new line of functional water through an exclusive partnership with Walmart. Called Wave, the caffeinated sparkling water contains 50mg of caffeine derived from black tea, real fruit juice, and has no added sugars,...

11 Mar 2021

The U.S. alcohol delivery service Drizly expects “hard alternatives” to continue to flourish in 2021. However, the category is no longer limited to seltzer with hard versions of iced tea, kombucha and lemonade gaining ground amid a demographic that is ...

11 Mar 2021

Colombian-Israeli start-up Demetria is ready to scale up its Artificial Intelligence-driven tools that digitize the taste and aroma of coffee after closing a $3 million seed funding round.

9 Mar 2021

Healthy Height, the nutritional shake brand which has been clinically proven to increase children’s height is expanding its e-commerce presence in China.

8 Mar 2021

Asahi Breweries launched a carbonated, low-alcohol drink as part of its endeavor to increase the sales of beverages with ABV volumes under 3.5%. The Japanese brewery is working to expand low-alcohol sales from 6% to 20% by 2025. The 0.5% ABV Beery beve...

24 Feb 2021

After unveiling its paper bottle prototype last year, Coca-Cola is rolling out its initial market trial of the packaging in Hungary this summer. The paper bottle technology will be used to distribute 2,000 units of its plant-based smoothie brand, AdeZ,...