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Milk Could Be New ISHAA Official Beverage
WOWO 1190 AM - Indiana
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August 18, 2025
Share0 FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) — The Indiana High School Athletic Association and the American Dairy Association Indiana are teaming up to make milk the official beverage of Indiana high school sports. The new three-year partnership will bring...
VAST-Ghana urges stricter sugar-sweetened beverage regulations to protect youth health
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 18, 2025
GHANA – The Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development (VAST-Ghana), a civil society organisation, has urged the government to strengthen enforcement of existing laws on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and close regulatory gaps that expose...
SA Canegrowers calls on food, beverage manufacturers and retailers to commit to buying local sugar
Engineering News
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Industry organisation the South African Cane Growers' Association (SA Canegrowers) has called on food and beverage manufacturers and retailers to commit to buying mainly local sugar in order to support the industry on which one-million livelihoods...
Investment analysts call for policy coherence on sugar-sweetened beverage taxation
Business Day
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August 18, 2025
The Chartered Institute of Financial and Investment Analysts, Nigeria (CIFIAN) has called on the Federal Government to urgently align its sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax policy with broader public health objectives and Nigeria’s industrial...
State lawmakers pass ban that could reshape food industry — here's what you need to know
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 18, 2025
Hot and acidic contents, like coffee or tea, can cause the foam to leach chemicals into the beverage. by Sam WestmorelandAugust 18, 2025 Lawmakers in Illinois have moved to ban a particularly harmful kind of food packaging. According to an...
How could sugar tax shake-up reshape the UK beverage market?
Beverage Daily
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August 18, 2025
The UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) was introduced in 2018 and has generally been considered successful in its goals to reduce sugar intake from sugary drinks and encourage reformulation across the beverage industry. Consequently, other...
Raffles Udaipur appoints Shri Raj Goswami as director of food & beverage
ETHospitalityWorld.com
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August 18, 2025
Shri Raj Goswami, director of food & beverage, Raffles Udaipur.Raffles Udaipur announced the appointment of Shri Raj Goswami as its director of food & beverage. With over 12 years of experience across the finest global luxury hospitality brands,...
Reliance enters herbal beverage market, acquires majority stake in Naturedge Beverages
ETRetail.com
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August 18, 2025
Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL), the FMCG arm of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), has forayed into the fast-growing healthy functional beverage space with the acquisition of majority stake in a Joint Venture with Naturedge Beverages...
New beverage launches: Hendrick’s, The Macallan and more
Beverage Daily
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New product development (NPD) in the beverage industry is essential for driving growth, staying competitive, and meeting evolving consumer demands. As tastes shift and health, sustainability, and lifestyle trends gain momentum, brands must...
What’s cooking? The side hustle of celebrities in the food industry
Hindustan Times
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August 18, 2025
The newest ‘side hustle’ stars are banking on isn’t beauty or fashion, but food! Hollywood actor Pamela Anderson has just rolled out a limited-edition line, Pamela’s Pickles, selling a few hundred jars she made herself from a recipe passed down by...
Xinghua emerges as a national powerhouse in health food industry
China Daily
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Xinghua emerges as a national powerhouse in health food industry etaizhou.gov.cn Updated: Aug 14, 2025 Xinghua, a county-level city administered by Taizhou, Jiangsu province, is building on its existing strengths to further elevate its position in...
Bacolod Goes Lift Mode: Coca-Cola PH Introduces New Beverage Lift with Epic Unveiling
Punto Central Luzon
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August 18, 2025
18 August 2025, Bacolod City, Philippines– Coca-Cola Philippines has launched Lift, its newest invigorating drink powered with Vitamin B3, Zinc, and Caffeine to energize today’s generation of go-getters. With its vibrant citrus taste and...
PFA seals cake, beverage units, imposes Rs5.62m fine
The Nation
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August 18, 2025
LAHORE - An enforcement team of Punjab Food Authority (PFA) sealed a renowned cake production unit and an international beverages factory while imposing a Rs1 million fine during a grand operation, here on Sunday. The food safety teams inspected...
The six global trends shaping beverage alcohol in 2025
The Shout
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August 18, 2025
Industry data and intelligence analyst, IWSR, has outlined the six global trends shaping the beverage alcohol sector in 2025, from selective premiumisation to shifting drinking occasions, digital disruption, and mounting external pressures. The...
What the Fast Food Industry Is Telling Us About the Economy
Newsweek
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August 17, 2025
For many Americans, cutting back on dining out is one of the first signs of financial pressure—especially among lower- and middle-income households. And when they do choose to eat out or order in, they're shifting to lower-cost options. That...
Proposal to reintroduce refunds for empty glass beverage bottles
Gulf Daily News Online
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A PROPOSAL to reintroduce refunds for glass beverage bottles in Bahrain has been tabled – three decades after the practice was abruptly halted. Under the plan, beverage companies would be required to provide their products in glass containers...
New report from The Food Foundation warns food industry will suffer consequences if biodiversity and nature crisis is ignored
Retail Times
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August 15, 2025
With the UK government backtracking on measures to prevent biodiversity loss, a report published today by The Food Foundation warns that if we fail to address biodiversity loss now, it will only lead to much higher economic costs down the line....
Tanzania directs stakeholders of health sector to invest in food industry
Daily News Tanzania
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August 15, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: THE Tanzanian government has directed stakeholders of health sector to collaborate with the government in improve nutrition services by investing in the food fortification machines operating in the country. Speaking in Dar es Salaam...
Australian Food Industry Shows Resilience With Robust Growth Amid Global Challenges
Retail News Asia
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August 15, 2025
The food and grocery manufacturing industry in Australia has demonstrated robust growth, further solidifying its significance as the country’s biggest manufacturing sector and a crucial provider of regional employment opportunities. The Australian...
Future uncertain as food industry braces for rapid change
Food Navigator
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August 14, 2025
Summary of food’s uncertain future Nearly half of CPG executives believe they won’t survive with their current structure AI is a popular strategy to streamline and cut costs Product innovation is still seen as a key growth driver, but CPGs are...