Juice Drinks News Today

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes are no longer a novel policy tool. A deep delve into the data throws up some surprises...

Is a global orange juice shortage set to plague the beverage industry?

Despite the regulations on HFSS dating back to 2018, fewer than 1 in 6 consumers have ever heard of ‘HFSS legislation’ and just 4% of adults can correctly

A tiered sugar tax - one that incentivises brands to reduce sugar content - would be the most effective way of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in Germany, according to a new study published this week.

A majority of consumers are less likely to consider non-GMO or organic claims in their purchase decisions, but millennials and Gen Z consumers are more likely to seek out products with Non-GMO Project and USDA Organic labels than older cohorts, as Hans Eisenbeis, director of mission & messaging at the Non-GMO Project shared in a recent webinar.

UK soft drinks company A.G. Barr is acquiring the Rio soft drinks brand through the purchase of Rio Tropical Limited.

UK soft drink company Britvic has completed the acquisition of the Extra Power energy drink brand from GlobalBev; also acquiring three additional soft drinks brands – energy brand Flying Horse, juice brand Juxx and acai smoothie brand Amazoo.

FDA opened registration this week for a virtual public meeting and listening session it will hold Nov. 6-8 on strategies to reduce added sugar consumption, following a commitment it made last fall during the White House’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health and pressure from The Center for Science in the Public Interest and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

The winners of this year’s Licensing Awards have been crowned. The ceremony took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel where more than 1,200 industry executives filled The Great Room. The event opened with a special message from Angry Birds’ Red, before Jakki Brown, director at Max Publishing – which o

Single use plastic has long been vilified, prompting beverage makers to swap out plastic straws for paper alternatives. But fresh research warns paper straws in Europe contain ‘forever chemicals’, and that using such straws potentially contributes to human and environmental exposure of PFAS.