Beverages

Zeroing in on zero-sugar: Yeo’s plans portfolio-wide reformulation efforts for beverage products

15-Feb-2021 By Pearly Neo

Singapore F&B heavyweight Yeo Hiap Seng (Yeo’s) is making plans to reformulate as many products as it can within its beverage portfolio to both keep up with consumer trends, as well as fall in line with upcoming government standards.

Domestic entry: Thai energy drink brand reformulates to suit needs of skilled, middle-aged workforce

05-Jan-2021 By Tingmin Koe

A Thai energy drink brand is introducing healthier versions of its products as it enters the domestic market, including less sugar and a higher nutrient content, to attract the growing skilled work force in the country.

Black alkaline water for detox: Indian firm sets sight on SEA after NZ, UAE entry

24-Nov-2020 By Tingmin Koe

India’s health drink firm AV Organics is launching its black alkaline mineral water brand Evocus to New Zealand and UAE, with South East Asia countries to follow next.

Frosty Boy hopes for warm response in China, Middle East and Indonesia with new nutritional beverages

09-Sep-2020 By Tingmin Koe

Australian dessert manufacturer Frosty Boy has made its first foray into nutritional beverages and plans to make a push into major markets such as China, Middle East, and Indonesia.

Culture, convenience and age: How beverage firms can most effectively tap immunity innovation

06-Jul-2020 By Pearly Neo

Beverage firms in the APAC region can most effectively tap into immunity innovation for their products by focusing on key areas such as culture, convenience and demographic-targeting, according to experts at DuPont.

Indigenous focus: Kiwi Kai’s Maori-inspired beverage line aims for Asian expansion within six months

30-Jun-2020 By Pearly Neo

New Zealand firm Kiwi Kai has huge ambitions to expand its Maori-based beverage range Atutahi into Asia within the next four to six months, despite the range being just three-months old and facing several regulatory challenges.

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Plant-based in Thailand: ADM aims to fill high-protein gap with new beverage solution

12-Nov-2019 By Pearly Neo

ADM Human Nutrition has launched what it claims to be the first plant-based high-protein beverage in Thailand, in hopes of addressing what it perceives to be a clear gap in the market.

Fi Asia Thailand 2019

Healthy ageing beverages: New Glanbia protein-focused product banks on Thai trends for success

09-Oct-2019 By Pearly Neo

Glanbia is pinning its hopes on beverages with its new protein-based healthy ageing product in Thailand, because this format is ‘much bigger’ in the country compared to elsewhere.

FI Asia 2019

Clear protein beverage: Friesland Campina targets sports and active lifestyle nutrition with new launch

24-Sep-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Friesland Campina has entered the clear protein beverage market with a new ingredient launch.

Swire Coca-Cola capitalising on booming beverage growth in China

27-Aug-2019 By Guan Yu Lim

Swire Coca-Cola, bottling partner of Coca-Cola, is setting up its China regional headquarters in Shanghai to capitalise on the mainland’s beverage growth potential, a representative from the company told FoodNavigator-Asia.

Fermentation fear: One-in-five Aussie beverages non-compliant with alcohol limits

20-Aug-2019 By Pearly Neo

Over 20% of fermented beverages in Australia have been found to contain alcohol content above that of the limits stipulated by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), a government study has revealed.

Success via sleep: Thai brand Healthful Co sees beverage sales soar after Korea recognition

25-Jul-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Thai manufacturer Healthful Co has seen domestic sales spike for its functional drink, which claims to aid sleep, after gaining recognition in the South Korean market.

Beverages blow: Researchers find sugar in drinks carries higher health risks than that in food

16-Jul-2019 By Pearly Neo

A New Zealand study has revealed that sugar-sweetened beverages appears to contain higher health risks than sugar-containing foods, especially when it comes to metabolic syndrome development.

Meiji upgrades Lactobacillus yoghurt and beverage to claim uric acid-suppressing ability

24-May-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Meiji is relaunching two products, a yogurt and a beverage drink containing Lactobacillus, as Foods with Function Claims (FFC) in Japan.

Al Alamia dairy and beverage factory ordered to shut down after series of food safety violations

22-May-2019 By Tingmin Koe

A dairy and beverage factory owned by Al Alamia was ordered to shut down temporarily after officials said the company repeatedly ignored warnings about its food safety lapses.