Maaza turns the fastest growing brand for Coca-ColaThe company is stepping up nutrition as a core growth vertical globally as well as in India, and is investing heavily in dairy and glucose-...
03 Jun, 2022, 08.37 AM IST
Regional soft drink companies set to shift to 40% GST slabFacing heat from GST officials for evading taxes on the pretext of adding fruit juice or pulp to their carbonated beverages, local soft dri...
31 Dec, 2020, 10.40 AM IST
Coke, Pepsi lose market share in non-fizzy tooFor instance, Dabur’s Real has entered the top three nonfizzy beverages chart in India, overtaking PepsiCo’s Slice, according to senior ind...
23 Nov, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
Desi fizzy drinks add juice to cut lower GST slabOver the years, small regional players, including City Cola, Jayanti Beverages, Campa Cola and Xalta, have managed to wrest away share from...
19 Jul, 2017, 11.15 AM IST
PepsiCo sets global target for sugar reduction: Indian operations to reduce sugar content across beveragesThe step-up on zero or lower-calorie products will include close to two-thirds of the company's beverages having 100 calories or less per 1...
17 Oct, 2016, 02.37 PM IST
Real, Slice push fizzy drinks Coca-Cola and Pepsi out of top 5 beverage brands in modern tradeHealthier drinks are growing much faster than the aerated drinks segment that continue to post mid-single-digit growth of 4-6 per cent.
28 Jul, 2016, 10.58 AM IST
Dabur forays into fizzy drinks with 'Real VOLO'Mayank Kumar, Dabur India Category Head said: "We have been witnessing an increase in consumer demand for ready-to-drink beverages that are...
20 Jul, 2016, 07.24 PM IST
Dabur set to roll out fruit-based fizzy drinksDabur, which reported net sales of Rs 8,436 crore in 2015-16, isn’t the only one in the market for fizzy fruit drinks in India.
05 Jul, 2016, 06.20 AM IST
FSSAI proposal on juice in fizzy drinks to trigger more launches in categoryExisting FSSAI rules require a minimum of 10% fruit juice or pulp content in such beverages to qualify as a juice drink, except in lime whe...
24 Jun, 2016, 02.40 AM IST
Coca-Cola overtakes rival Pepsi in juice segmentIn the soft drinks category, both Pepsi and Coca-Cola lost share to Dabur, Bisleri and dozens of regional players.
02 Apr, 2016, 04.23 AM IST
UK’s Twiss Drinks enters India, announces launch of fizzy juice drinksTwiss Drinks in a tie-up with diversified business house Amarjothi group announced its foray in the aerated natural fruit juices segment in...
19 Jan, 2016, 02.52 PM IST
Cola industry stumped by Narendra Modi's juicy idea for aerated drinksPM Modi’s suggestion that at least 2% natural fruit juice be added to aerated drinks is impossible to implement, soft drink industry execut...
18 Jan, 2016, 12.31 PM IST
Coca-Cola’s ambitious plan to introduce fruit juice-blended fizzy drinks hits regulatory hurdlesIBA, which represents Coca-Cola & PepsiCo, has written to food processing ministry, highlighting certain challenges on behalf of the first ...
29 Dec, 2014, 12.19 PM IST
Coke takes cue from Narendra Modi’s suggestion; may launch fizzy fruit drink by next summerThe Prime Minister had urged Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to blend their aerated beverages with fruit juice sourced from local farmers.
07 Nov, 2014, 10.16 AM IST
PM Modi says using fruit in colas will help fruit growers; experts feel changing formula impossibleCoca-Cola and PepsiCo, used to receiving plenty of advice on products, got one on Wednesday that takes the cake—or, rather, the fruit.
25 Sep, 2014, 05.24 AM IST
- Coca-Cola creating independent unit for non-fizzy drinks
The new division of Coca-Cola will facilitate innovation, launch, incubation and development of new juices, energy drinks, powder drinks.
09 Dec, 2011, 03.59 AM IST
- Sprite, Mountain Dew, 7Up, Limca fast-growing category among fizzy drinks
Lemon and lime-based drinks like PepsiCo's 7 Up and Mountain Dew, and Coca-Cola's Sprite and Limca are the fastest-growing category among f...
29 Apr, 2011, 03.37 AM IST