Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., one of the world’s largest independent bottlers of Coca-Cola, said it is committed to reducing calories per liter across its entire portfolio by 10 percent by 2020.
The anti-obesity non profit Alliance for a Healthier Generation and a coalition of some America’s biggest beverage companies began work at four Los Angeles area neighborhoods as part of an initiative to help reduce beverage calories consumed by 20 percent per person by 2025.
A former MillerCoors vice president and seven co-defendants were charged this week in a twenty count indictment as a result of an alleged plan to defraud the company of at least $7 million, the US Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Illinois announced.
This week Nielsen announced its 12 US Breakthrough Innovation Winners for 2015 which included nine food and beverage products from big names such as PepsiCo, MillerCoors, Kellogg’s and Kraft Foods.
Bud Light has apologized for a slogan it printed on bottles part of its #UpForWhatever campaign after the tagline came under fire from consumers who say the ad promoted rape culture.
Beginning in August, Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi in the US will be sweetened with a blend of sucralose and acesulfame potassium.
Proving once again that beer is big business, the Brewers Association released its annual lists of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the US, based on sales volume.
After a relatively flat rate in 2013, the US liquid refreshment beverage market grew at its strongest rate in several years, up 2.2 percent in 2014, according to new data from Beverage Marketing Corporation.