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An extensive misconduct investigation concludes that a researcher "is guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data."

A California woman is suing the maker of Tropicana claiming it is squeezing consumers by touting the best-selling U.S. orange juice as "100% pure and natural" when it is not.

New functional and nutritional ingredients, including those with clean labels; those targeted toward heart and bone health; plus an ingredient for skin hydration were all topics of discussion at one 2010 Prepared Foods’ R&D Applications Seminar-East.

With New Year’s Eve and its traditional libations now officially in the history books, it might seem a bit soon to take too close of a look at the alcoholic beverages segment. However, Mardi Gras is just over a month away, so it may well be a perfect time to examine the latest releases and news in the category.

Nestlé S.A. and The Coca-Cola Company agreed to focus the geographic scope of their ready-to-drink tea joint venture, Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW), on Europe and Canada.

Food maker Sara Lee Corp. has purchased Tea Forte in order to enhance its foothold in the fast-growing tea business.

A Texas court has ruled state ordinances defining beer, ale and malt liquor are unconstitutional.

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

The holidays can be a time for indulging and, in some cases, overindulging. Alcoholic beverages, alone, can have as many as 600 calories per serving; one recent launch in the segment is a calorie-conscious, yet quite adult, beverage.

Premier Beverage Group founder and president Fouad Kallamni cited a Morgan Stanley industry report on strong, sustained growth in the energy drink market as reason for optimism in 2012.