Juice

Michelle Obama’s PLEZi expands with carbonated fruit drink for tweens, on its mission to address the US’ ‘massive sweetness problem’

12-Mar-2024 By Rachel Arthur

Co-founded by former First Lady Michelle Obama, PLEZi Nutrition is on a mission not only to lower the sugar in beverages, but to fundamentally adjust kids’ palates to less sweet beverages overall. Can it be done?

Britvic hit by Ecuador passion fruit shortage

26-Jun-2006 By Chris Mercer

Severe shortages of passion fruit supplies from Ecuador threaten to
disrupt food and drink firms, as Britvic says it will pull its J2O
Orange and Passionfruit drink from shop shelves in Britain this
summer.

SMC ups profits, eyes further regional growth

06-Aug-2004

San Miguel
Corporation, the largest food and beverage group in southeast
Asia, has reported a steep increase in both its turnover and net
profits for the first six months of the year. The figures come on
the back of increasing...

Del Monte's PET

17-Nov-2003

Global fruit juice manufacturer Del Monte has become the first
company to launch a 330ml PET bottle for 100 per cent ambient fruit
juices in the UK.

Breatheable packaging

20-Jun-2003

Graham Packaging has begun supplying single-serve PET Monosorb
barrier bottles for fruit juices and other oxygen-sensitive drinks.

Radio waves used to enhance fruit juice safety

28-Mar-2003

In the US, an Agricultural Research Service scientist has devised a
means of using radio waves to make fruit juice safer.