Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is to launch its first-ever range of plant-based drinks, as it looks to tap into the growing health and wellness trend in the UK.
Soft drinks manufacturer Coldpress Foods will expand into new overseas markets after a £2.3M cash injection from investment firms Odexia and Marechale Capital.
Fruit juice and smoothies company Get Juiced has plunged into liquidation in Stirling, Scotland, as a result of a cash shortfall, putting 21 workers out of jobs.
Somerset food manufacturer Framptons says that a planned new building will allow it to harness continued business growth, as it predicts a 2011 turnover of £30m up from £25m last year.
Fruitapeel md Terry Haigh says his firm could potentially create up to 15 more new jobs at its newly acquired fresh juice extraction facility in Wales.
Growing demand for fruit juice has helped Fruitapeel turn around the fortunes of a former SunJuice facility in South Wales, restoring 47 of the 100 jobs lost when the site originally closed in January 2009.
Organic fruit juice sales are plummeting as consumers switch to cheaper standard ranges, according to David Patmore, recently appointed md of organic...
Juice sales in eastern Europe are in healthy growth, but manufacturers are having to innovate to tempt palates in stagnant western markets, says Michelle Knott
Exeter-based fruit ingredients supplier Cobell has opened a £500,000 aseptic juice blending and packaging facility enabling chefs, restaurateurs and...
German fruit juice producer Eckesgranini and equipment developer Ytron Process Technology have developed an alternative method of homogenising fruit...
Over the past five years sales of smoothies and juice drinks have soared. But how can drinks companies sustain this growth for another five? Stefan Chomka reports
