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the australian competition and consumer commission (accc) has announced it will not oppose the proposed acquisition of p&n beverages australia by japanese brewery group asahi after competition concerns were resolved by asahi. on 9 march 2011, the accc opposed an earlier acquisition proposal, saying it would ‘remove p&n as a vigorous and effective competitor in the markets for the supply of carbonated soft drinks (csds) and cordial’.

for over a hundred years, soda companies been selling products with ingredients that we now know are linked to diabetes, obesity, gout and kidney stones. those are some of the effects of the high fructose corn syrup and phosphoric acid found in conventional sodas, and we haven\'t even mentioned the health problems caused by aspartame.and yet, despite the fact that these soda products are demonstrably harmful to human health, the soda industry has been working hard for many decades to convince parents to feed their infants and children more soda.

the coca-cola company and the nature conservancy announced today the release of a water footprint report in conjunction with world water week in stockholm, sweden. the report, entitled “product water footprint assessments: practical application in corporate water stewardship,” examines three pilot studies that were conducted on coca-cola products and ingredients.a product water footprint is the total volume of freshwater consumed, directly and indirectly, to produce a product.

beverage companies will need to move beyond their traditional categories in terms of future mergers with increasingly health focused consumers and an unprecedented level of retail pricing pressure creating serious challenges for the sector, says a rabobank report. acquiring competitors within their core segment is becoming increasingly complicated for leading beverage manufacturers due to the tighter competition regulation and existing level of consolidation within the industry.

the coca-cola company has seen volume growth rise by a robust 4 per cent in the second quarter as beverage demand remained strong. the result was led by the key emerging markets of india and china, where volume growth came in at 33 per cent and 14 per cent, respectively. still beverages - which include juices, sports drinks, teas and water brands - outperformed sparkling beverages internationally, while the flagship coca-cola brand saw volumes climb by 3 per cent.

taiwan has said it would intensify checks on imported products into the country after a batch of concentrate for a coca-cola product was found to contain a preservative banned in the country. two weeks ago, a batch of concentrate for coke zero, which was being exported from china to taiwan, was banned in taiwan for containing methyl para-hydroxybenzoate. consumption of methyl para-hydroxybenzoate, an antiseptic chemical, is said to lead to stomach upsets and raise female hormone levels.

pepsico has beaten analyst expectations for first quarter profits but morning star analyst philip gorham believes that in beverages coca-cola is recovering better from the recession. quarterly net income at pepsico stood at $1.14bn - slightly above analyst estimates but down from the $1.43bn reported last year because of interest expenses linked to its bottler acquisitions. the maker of gatorade and tropicana said like-for-like beverage volumes rose 3.

minute levels of bisphenol a detected in drink cans pose no health risk to consumers, said beverage companies and a leading industry body as they rejected calls from an environmental group to ban the chemical. the metal packaging manufacturers association (mpma) said the report by bund, the german arm of friends of the earth, actually underlined the safety of the packaging as consumers would have to drink thousands of cans every day to exceed the established tolerable daily intake (tdi) level for bpa.

everyone wants to be involved in a \"hot\" consumer trend - like the cold coffee that is due to appear in supermarkets across the us, reports reuters. pre-packaged coffee drinks from pioneer starbucks\' started migrating to store shelves in 1996. despite an uneven track record, food and beverage companies are now rushing to appeal to the tastebuds and life styles of the twenty-something coffee bar set with pop-the-top, sweetened, iced cappuccino-like drinks.