Red Bull is rolling out its energy drink in three fruity flavors this spring

Activate Drinks has announced the promotion of the company's chief operating officer Reza Mirza to president, effective immediately.

Economists monitoring the beverage industry’s promise to get sodas and many other sugary drinks out of schools found that companies shipped 90% fewer calories to schools in 2010, compared with 2004.

Cott Beverages has acquired soft drinks company Sangs.

Lycored Ltd.’s unique tomato lycopene formulation is tailored specifically for use as natural colorant in surimi applications, enabling food manufacturers to use a natural, vegetarian colorant. Surimi is a highly popular food product in Asia and the U.S. and is available in many shapes, forms and textures—which are often identical to the meat of lobster, crab or other shellfish.

U.S. global-beverage companies may be well positioned for long-term growth.

There is no free lunch, they say. But for now, at least, a glass of water is free when people go out to eat, and, increasingly, water is all they are drinking.

Coca-Cola plans to invest $2 billion over five years in India, stepping up its rivalry with PepsiCo in the South Asian emerging market giant.

Researchers surveyed 6,900 students in fifth and eighth grade from public schools in 40 states about their in-school access to sugar-sweetened beverages as well as their overall intake of these drinks.

Sun Pac Foods Limited has been acquired by Liquibrands Inc.