Billy Sims-China Food Group will export whole milk powder and skim milk powder to China, where the demand for US dairy products is increasing. Billy Sims-China Food Group is also developing a dairy plant in Michigan with an investment of ...
Tags: Milk Powder, skim-milk powder
Rexam, a global beverage can manufacturer, has secured land in Sri City, located near the southern Indian city of Chennai to develop a new beverage can plant. Scheduled to be launched by the second half of 2016, the plant in Sri City is ...
Tags: Beverage Can, Packaging
Australian drinks company Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd’s underlying profit declined by a quarter (25.3%) to AUD375.5m ($292.8m) in the 12 months ending December due to drop in volumes of soft drinks. The firm's core brands saw dip in sales ...
Soft drinks company Postobon has received approval from Colombia's financial regulator to produce and sell Heineken beer in the country, under a partnership with Heineken's Chilean affiliate Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU). This move ...
Tags: Postobon, Heineken Beer
Globally, consumers buy 1.5 trillion calories a day, with the average global consumer purchasing 765 calories each day through packaged food and soft drinks, according to new findings from market research company Euromonitor International. ...
Tags: Packaged Food, Soft Drinks
SABMiller has announced that its organic lager volumes witnessed 1% decline in the third quarter ended 31 December 2014, due to fall in demand in China and Colombia. According to the figures released by the company, group net producer ...
Tags: beer market, Agriculture
Global soft drinks volumes expanded just over three percent in 2014, while value sales grew by more than six percent to reach US $867.4 billion dollars, according to market research organisation Euromonitor. While the US remains the ...
Tags: tea, coffee, sports, bottled water, Agriculture
British beverage can maker Rexam, along with Envases Universales de Mexico (EUM), has acquired Envases Del Istmo (Endelis), a single line beverage can plant in Colón, Panama. The acquisition complements Rexam's existing Central ...
Tags: soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, Agriculture
Caffeine linked to increased soft drink consumption, but industry says Deakin study is ‘flawed’ A study that links caffeine with increased consumption of soft drinks is ‘flawed’, according to the body representing ...
Australian scientists have disputed soft drink manufacturers' claim that the use of caffeine in soft drinks improves taste, and called for tigther control on its usage. This comes after a study conducted by researchers from Deakin ...
Tags: Soft Drinks, high energy foods, Agriculture
Dutch brewer Heineken has announced plans to build a multi-beverage facility in Timor-Leste, which will see an investment of up to $45m in the south-east Asian country. The company and East Timor government have signed an agreement to ...
Tags: beer, soft drinks, water, Agriculture
France-based fruit and vegetable juice producer Jus de Fruits d'Alsace (JFA) is investing €15m ($17.9m) in a new PET bottling line at its production plant at Sarre-Union. With the new line that will become operational in April 2015, ...
Tags: PET bottling line, vegetable juice producer, Agriculture
A new Coca-Cola campaign has been launched in Israel and, once again, unique packs were the order of the day. Waqas Qureshi caught up with the soft drinks giant to discover how it came up with its summer push. The brief Design two ...
Tags: Coke Drive, Bottles
Stevia manufacturers are making moves to target the dairy sector, with global stevia producer PureCircle launching a product aimed specifically at this category. PureCircle is a leading global producer of “high-purity” stevia ...
Tags: Dairy Sector, Agriculture
Over 1.5 million fewer Australians aged 14 years and older are drinking packaged fruit juice in an average week compared with 2010, according to findings from market research organisation Roy Morgan Research. The number of Australians ...
Tags: Fruit Juice, Nudie juice, Agriculture