Danone announced that Shane Grant will become the CEO and executive vice president of its North America business starting May 11, according to a release. Grant comes from the Coca-Cola Company, where he was most recently the president of the non-carbonated beverages business unit. He replaces Mariano Lozano, who vacated the position after about five […]
Fresh research out of Denmark reveals that drinking coffee changes our sense of taste, making sweet foods even sweeter. Could these findings help inform sugar reformulation strategies? The newly published study aimed to investigate the effects of coffee consumption on immediate gustatory (taste) and olfactory (smell) sensitivity. Having tested 156 participants’ sense of smell and […]
The cannabidiol (CBD) industry is witnessing phenomenal growth, and this is expected to continue through 2020 and beyond. CBD oil and other topical products, which are said to relieve pain and insomnia and reduce stress and anxiety, are growing in sales, though these claims are mostly unproven. In the food and beverage space, CBD-infused coffee, […]
The Coca-Cola Company-owned milk brand fairlife has debuted its latest line of premium products of creamers made with ultra-filtered milk, available in four varieties: Hazelnut, Caramel, Vanilla and Sweet Cream. The launch of these real dairy coffee creamers marks fairlife’s first venture into the creamer category in line with the company’s predictions of a booming […]
It’s been 15 years since the first Starbucks soy latte (and soy chai tea latte and soy cappuccino) was served. The company launched its first dairy alternative in 2004 just as plant-based milks were starting to gain in popularity. Starbucks added coconutmilk to its lineup in 2015 and almondmilk in 2016. The company’s Research & […]
New products featuring pumpkin spice this year have come in the forms of coffee, donuts, bars and Twinkies. Pumpkin spice-flavored Spam, when made available on the internet, sold out in less than seven hours. “There’s pumpkin spice everything it seems these days,” said David Banks, marketing director for Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Northbrook, Ill. Starbucks […]
The almond, oat and coconut latte mixes will hit UK Tesco shelves initially and will later be rolled out to international markets. Nestlé has launched three plant-based latte coffees in the UK and Ireland under its Nescafé Gold brand. The range of almond, oat and coconut coffees are the world’s first plant-based soluble coffees mixes, […]
Zinc, a trace mineral important to human health, may play an important role in helping to protect the body against oxidative stress. A team of researchers from Auburn University and the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg discovered that when zinc is taken together with a hydroquinone group found in foods like wine, tea, coffee, and chocolate the […]
Acquisition to give Coca-Cola a global coffee platform with a footprint in more than 30 countries. The Coca-Cola Company it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Costa Limited, which was founded in London in 1971 and has grown to become a major coffee brand across the world. The acquisition of Costa from parent company […]
Coffee lovers have a new reason to feel good about their caffeine habit. Research findings published last month in the journal PLOS Biology help to explain the mechanism by which caffeine reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and suggests that a concentration equivalent to four cups of coffee daily may be the amount needed to […]
Cold coffee which will be called–Nitro Cold Brew marks Starbucks next chapter of coffee innovation through the newest take on its signature cold brew. Tata Starbucks, a 50-50 joint venture between the US-based Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Global Beverages has been on an innovation spree of its products. Starbucks today introduced a new generation […]
Researchers have shown that tea consumption in women leads to epigenetic changes in genes that are known to interact with cancer and estrogen metabolism. Epigenetic changes are chemical modifications that turn our genes off or on. It is well known that our environment and lifestyle factors, such as food choices, smoking and exposure to chemicals, […]
The use of leftover coffee grounds as an antioxidant dietary fibre is a lowcost valueadded opportunity for an otherwise waste product, say Spanish researchers. About two kilograms of wet spent coffee grounds are produced for every kilogram of instant coffee made, which constitutes to about six million tonnes each year globally. While uses in biofuels, […]
