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Six Tips For Managing Global Beverage Projects

Global Beverage Industry - Tips for Managing Projects

Globalization has contributed to a beverage business environment where geographical boundaries are blurred. The exchange of an ingredient or finished beverage can occur with just the click of a button and advice from an internationally-known industry expert is available instantly via a video chat on your mobile phone. O…

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What ingredient trends will be behind 2019’s most successful beverages?

2019 Beverage Ingredient Trends

The beverage space is evolving at a rapid pace as innovation and developments are rolled out to meet customers’ ever-changing tastes and preferences. There are marked shifts in the ways consumers think about their beverage choices and a resulting change in the types of ingredients that are being incorporated into those …

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Functional Fungus? A Closer Look at the Recent Boom in Mushroom Beverages

Adaptogen Mushroom Beverage Trend

Take a brief stroll through nearly any health food store at the moment and you can be sure you’ll see shelves lined with specialty beverages claiming all kinds of benefits—more energy, better sleep, enhanced mental clarity—the list goes on. Because of today’s busy lifestyle, more and more people are looking to beverages…

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Can You Boost Your Brain with a Beverage? — The Business & Buzz Surrounding Nootropic Drinks

Nootropic Beverage Trend

Have you ever wanted to fine-tune your brain?  If so, you’re not alone. In a competitive world where knowledge is often the key to success, the ability to enhance the human psyche to a superhuman level and give oneself an edge over the competition is something many of us find appealing. What’s more: that future [&hellip…

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Why Kombucha May Be The Next Big Thing In Europe

Kombucha Beverage European Trend

If you like to keep an eye on all the latest foodie trends, you’ve probably crossed paths with kombucha — a fermented tea mixed with a dash of bacteria, yeast, and sugar, often with a bit of fruit juice thrown in as well.  It’s a probiotic beverage, filled with live bacteria which help promote a […]

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What’s Happening In The World of Alcoholic Coffee

What's happening in the world of Alcoholic Coffee

The global market value of coffee is expected to witness a 5.5% CAGR between 2018 and 2023. More alcoholic beverage producers are looking for ways to incorporate coffee into their drinks to enhance flavor and entice coffee lovers to embrace their products. Here’s a look at what is happening in the world of alcohol and […

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MyDrink Beverages acquired by BevSource Inc

MyDrink Beverages acquired by BevSource Inc

First of all, I would like to say that I’m very glad introducing this news! MyDrink Beverages was acquired by the leading beverage operations company in the USA. BevSource, Inc is a provider of beverage development and operations solutions to beverage visionaries. For me, it’s a perfect proof that during the last 10 yea…

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Beverage Packaging Design: Key Questions To Start With

Beverage Packaging Design

We all on some level understand the importance of a packaging design in any product-driven business, especially in a beverage business. As much as a good packaging design can drive your sales up, bad packaging design can do the opposite and harm your brand image in a long-term perspective. Even if the product itself is …

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New GST Taxes for Carbonates Open Huge Opportunity For Beverage Innovations

Recently, the Indian government introduced a revised GST for soda (carbonated) drinks. The new rules state that aerated/carbonated drinks and possibly any drink with added sugar will attract a total duty of 28%–40% tax and a 12% additional levy. The taxes are categorized as 12%, 18%, and 28%. Multinationals are certainl…

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Beverage Industry Trends after PLMAs World of Private Label 2017

beverage industry trends 2017

Beverage industry cannot sleep. Due to the high consumer demand for healthy and natural beverage solutions, we see that the co-packers are working on the filling lines to produce beverages without any preservatives and high juice contents or to offer non-dairy packaging solutions. Some are even working on natural herbal…

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