Do you like coffee or smoothies? Or maybe you’d prefer some bone broth…
In New York, London and other trendy cities, people are now descending in droves on new hip “broth bars” and ordering a cup of bone broth to go. In Germany,...
Category: Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Plastics: Where do bottles end up?
“If we don’t change the way we produce and use plastics, there will be more plastics than fish in our oceans by 2050,” warns Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President and EU...
Trend Barometer: What’s in store for the nonalcoholic beverage industry?
Companies like to gaze into their crystal balls at the start of every new year and 2018 is no different. This year, the questions concern the challenges faced by the...
The good old can: adaptable and timeless
No other drink container has seen as many ups and downs in Germany as the can. But now it’s time for a renaissance.
Curiosity creates new markets and products
The consumer preference for natural, regional and healthy products has long been recognized by the non-alcoholic beverage industry. At the same time, food engineers are showing a special interest in...
Color concepts for beverages: Appealing to both the eyes and the taste buds
Color and style advice has long been standard for the right clothing, cosmetics and even for hotels, apartments and gardens. It is relatively less recognized that forward-looking beverage concepts should...
Themed Week Marketing: Demystifying the world of additives
In the food and beverage industry, products offering customers that “healthy edge” are both sales drivers and motors for innovation. The success of these products depends entirely on whether customers...
Canning: beyond beer
Featured post: In a competitive market, the desire to create stand-out, individual packaging options continues to drive the packaging choice made by many beverage producers. This has never been more...
Themed week Product Safety: Aseptic cold filling meets consumer demand
Demand for sensitive beverages, such as fruit juices, isotonic drinks and milk mix products, is on the rise. More and more sensitive drinks are being filled into PET bottles, which...
Themed Week Process Optimization: Communication between machines – An opportunity for the alcohol-free beverage industry?
The real and virtual worlds are becoming more and more interwoven. In the beverage industry, a network of machines is bringing the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, to life...
Themed Week Energy Efficiency: Non-alcoholic beverages: Consumers want sustainability
Sustainability – a key term that is essential when we speak to our customers. It is also something that a large number of consumers now take into account when purchasing...
Are bioplastics the future?
We hear more and more about bioplastics these days. But what exactly does this term mean? How much information do consumers already have about using bioplastics? And what benefits can...
Themed Week Flexibility: Think outside the box and stay on the ball – packaging opens up opportunities
Every single day, billions of people around the world buy consumer goods and food. The majority of these purchases come in some form of packaging. Beyond protecting its contents, packaging...
Are non-alcoholic beverages surrounded by organic hype, too?
The days when organic products could only be found in health stores and organic-food stores are long gone. Now organic hype has pervaded all distribution channels, as verified by the...
Themed week Flavor variety: Niche Success on the Agenda for Soft Drinks Too
In Germany, consumption of soft drinks is currently on a slight downward trend. Globally, however, the trend is somewhat different: Although per capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks is evidently...