Some like it light
By reducing the calorie content of juice drinks or adding active ingredients, manufacturers are making sure that products appeal to the health-conscious.
ORANGE-plus flavours provide...
Fruit Shoot helps its young drinkers get their skills on
FOR the third summer running, Robinsons Fruit Shoot is encouraging its young consumers to get out and about and enjoy the weather.
Following up on...
Nurishment smells the coffee
MILK-based drinks provide the latest way to recover after exercise according to Nurishment Active, a high-protein milk drink specially formulated to help people recover...
New flavours at a premium
Lucozade Ribena Suntory, Red Bull and Coca-Cola Enterprises are some of the giants of functional, energy, and sports drinks in the UK. How do...
X-men provide first platform
MOUNTAIN Dew has just finished the first promotion of its new Green Screen marketing programme – a series of exclusive entertainment opportunities and on-pack...
Retail boosters to run and run?
Functional drinks and glucose energy drinks provide some of food and drink retailing’s most valuable lines – sales growth in convenience stores has been...
Sugar agenda boosts Coco
COCONUT water has benefitted from the demand for a sports drink that does not contain sugar, according to Giles Brook, CEO of coconut water...
Lose the sugar, win the sales
Some of the most innovative product and marketing work in functional drinks and in energy and sports drinks has been carried out by independent...
Energy gets the sour blues
AG Barr-supplied energy drink, Rockstar, puts the success of its Supersours range down to its “non-energy” flavours. The latest, Blue Raspberry, launched last month.
Barr...
Panda wants mums to think again
CHILDREN’S soft drink Panda has being relaunched ahead of summer by brand owner Nichols.
The new look’s designed to get what the brand owner calls...
Make sure there’s water everywhere
WATER is one of the winners whenever the sun comes out. According to Scott Dickson, senior brand manager at Highland Spring Group: “Summer is...
Barr predicts bumper sales
IRN-Bru manufacturer AG Barr is going all out to capitalise on the events of the coming year.
“Glasgow 2014 will focus worldwide attention on...
Fuel time till full time
ENERGY drinks firm Boost Drinks is advising retailers to make the most of the late-night World Cup fixtures to push sales of energy drinks.
The...
Multiples crash c-store party
AT first glance it looked as if it was good news. Britvic’s Soft Drinks Review for 2014, the latest in a long line of...
Launched with a cap and sparkle
JUICE, smoothie and juice drink brand, Sunmagic, this month launches a new lightly sparkling juice drink, which it says is the UK’s first drink...
Scots soft drinks fans show their independent spirit
WHETHER we call it ginger, juice or a bottle of skoosh, Brits, and especially Scots, are ensuring that the soft drinks category continues to...
