CEO of the beverage giant behind Corona: Cannabis is one of the ‘most significant’ growth opportunities of the next decade

Corona Beer on Instagram Constellation Brands’ CEO Rob Sands is “extremely bullish” about the burgeoning cannabis industry. He defended the company’s $ 4 billion purchase of a 38% stake in Canopy Growth on a call with investors on Thursday. “We’re not playing defense, we’re playing offense,” Sands said.  The beverage giant behind Corona and Modelo […]

Weight loss: Drink this beverage in the morning to lose weight fast and reduce appetite

How to lose weight fast is the million dollar question for dieters – and now one expert has explained how drinking coffee in the morning can help. Nutritionist Sarah Flowers advises drinking the beverage first thing to “boost both concentration and energy levels” but also to slim down. One of the ways it does this […]

Tasting tomorrow: How food and beverage companies use AI

GUEST: People have become picky eaters. Our ancestors ate whatever they could forage, but modern day Homo Sapiens expect gourmet meals at street food prices on demand. Consumers prefer fast, affordable, healthy, and delicious. To meet fickle consumer tastes, food and beverage (F&B) companies look to artificial intelligence to help them scale ne…Read More

Diabetes type 2 diet: Drinking this beverage will SLASH risk of developing disease

Diabetes risk – both type 2 and type 1 – is increased by drinking beverages high in sugar. Those who drank sugar-sweetened drinks had a whopping 99 per cent increased risk of developing the condition. This not only covered artificially sweetened beverages, but included naturally sweet drinks, such as fruit juice. However, making the right […]

Coca-Cola wants to dominate a $7 billion industry with a new type of beverage that’s taking over the world (KO)

Zico/Mermaidens Coconut water is estimated to become a $ 7 billion market globally by 2021.  Coca-Cola wants to own the category with its Zico brand, debuting flavors like jalapeño-mango and a new line of coconut water that’s blended with cold-press juices. Healthy options are increasingly important to beverage giants like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo — making […]

Juice takes another hit as a ‘healthy’ beverage

Saaleha Bamjee/Flickr The American Academy of Pediatrics released new recommendations Monday warning parents against giving fruit juice to children under age one. “Fruit juice offers no nutritional benefits over whole fruit for infants and children and has no essential role in healthy, balanced diets of children,” the group states in its report in the journal […]