Category: Beverage
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Brand Tap has partnered with Spirit Hound Distillers to manage importation, warehousing, and UK sales following a BCMPA-supported trade mission to Colorado. The first 2026 shipment includes more than 580 cases and 3,500 bottles across four spirits.
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SKS Copack has recalled powdered beverage mixes over Salmonella risk. The US incident extends the California Dairies dry milk recall chain into cafés, restaurants, smoothie bases, and specialty drink systems.
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One Living has recalled raspberry and pomegranate kombucha over cap pressure. The incident highlights fermentation control, cold-chain discipline, glass packaging safety, and recall handling for live beverage formats.
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Beverage packaging is becoming a production-efficiency problem. Lightweight PET, tethered closures, barrier coatings, aseptic lines, and integrated filling systems are reshaping soft drink operations under cost and regulatory pressure.
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Mineral water processing is facing sharper regulatory scrutiny in France. Raids at Perrier-linked sites have put treatment controls, natural mineral water definitions, and bottled water compliance under renewed pressure.
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Tate & Lyle is widening its BioHarvest sweetener collaboration. The expanded programme covers multiple plant-based sweetener molecules, strengthening its technical route into sugar reduction as manufacturers seek taste, label, cost, and processing solutions beyond single-ingredient fixes.
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Ardagh has restructured glass packaging leadership across its regional markets. The changes strengthen direct regional accountability as food and drink producers manage cost, carbon, and supply resilience.
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Austria Juice has introduced a yeast fermentation process that reduces sugar and calories in 100% fruit juice by at least 30%, giving beverage manufacturers a route into reduced-sugar juice ahead of new EU category rules.
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Amcor has launched a 38mm carry handle for large PET beverage containers, targeting water and non-carbonated drinks in 5–10 litre formats as bulk purchasing, convenience, and packaging weight reduction continue to shape beverage pack design.
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Sunrise Beverages is scaling Days inside the alcohol-free beer category. The deal adds a 0.0% beer brand to a UK drinks portfolio already spanning imported beers and several British breweries.