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Amazon Grocery launch aims to balance quality with affordability
22 Oct 2025
Global e-commerce giant Amazon has introduced a new private-label food brand, combining existing Amazon Fresh and Happy Belly products with new everyday items.
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Powerade enters hydration space with launch of Power Water
21 Oct 2025
Coca-Cola’s Powerade brand has launched a zero-sugar, electrolyte-enhanced functional water, marking the brand's entry into the hydration space.
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Are fertility-focused foods the next functional frontier?
15 Oct 2025
Insights provider Tastewise has named functional foods that focus on fertility and hormonal health as one of its top global trends for 2026.
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Change at the top for Nestlé as it welcomes new leadership roles
7 Oct 2025
Nestlé has welcomed two new CEOs and a new chairman to its board of directors, marking a period of change at the top for the global company.
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US beverage industry hails growth in packaging investment
6 Oct 2025
The US drinks industry is forecasting a period of investment in packaging machinery as companies expand, introduce new lines, and change materials to meet client demand.
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Nactarome’s One Table enhances natural innovation
2 Oct 2025
Nactarome’s One Table vision brings natural flavour, taste, and colour solutions to empower food and beverage brands to meet market challenges while still meeting consumers where they’re at.
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Prebiotic and probiotic soft drinks ‘approaching staple status’
15 Sep 2025
Prebiotic and probiotic soft drinks are “approaching staple status”, with a three-year retention rate that puts them way ahead of other emerging beverage categories, say experts.
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Climate change threatens matcha supplies as social media fuels matcha mania
8 Sep 2025
Matcha’s popularity is rising across the globe, yet shrinking harvests caused by record-breaking heatwaves in Japan are dwindling global supplies.
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Alcohol consumption in the US hits a record low as health concerns rise
3 Sep 2025
Alcohol use among US adults has reached its lowest point in nearly nine decades, with growing health concerns and alternative beverage options driving a shift in drinking habits.
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Non-profit calls on Trump administration to support sugar reduction
21 Aug 2025
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is calling on the US government to create policies that focus on less sugar, not different sugar.
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PepsiCo’s prebiotic pivot: Innovative move, or identity crisis?
6 Aug 2025
After acquiring Poppi in May, PepsiCo is betting on its own legacy brand and launching Pepsi prebiotic cola. But not everyone is leaning in, with some raising questions about authenticity.
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Analysis: Can the UK’s new healthy food rules work?
31 Jul 2025
Industry insiders are hailing the UK’s new healthy food rules as “the next big moment” in food policy. But how will they work in practice – and will they have any impact on the worst offenders?
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