SA Food Review

Beverage industry

09 Jun 2026

KHS ConnectApp Guide: Transforming maintenance for beverage producers

KHS ConnectApp Guide introduces dynamic maintenance, integrated BOMs, and real-time data, transforming beverage production efficiency and reducing costs. Dynamic maintenance: A smarter approach to efficiency The KHS ConnectApp Guide replaces outdated, time-based maintenance schedules with dynamic, usage-based maintenance. Tasks are now triggered by actual operating hours, ensuring maintenance is performed only when necessary. This approach...
15 Aug 2025

ENGEL showcases advanced cap production

Visit ENGEL at drinktec 2025 to explore their all-electric e-cap system, delivering efficiency, precision, and innovation in cap production. When the international beverage and liquid food industry meets at drinktec in Munich from 15 to 19 September, ENGEL will showcase the automated production of closure caps. At the heart of the fully automated production cell...
19 Dec 2024

Giraf Macadamia Milk range wins silver and gold awards

The one and only Giraf Macadamia Milk range has made a splash at the 2024 Food&Home Awards, snagging not just one, but two accolades — silver and gold. As a newcomer to the market Giraf Macadamia is already setting the bar high in South Africa’s growing plant-milk and beverage industry. Giraf Macadamia Original was awarded...
29 Sep 2024

3D line design by KHS

The KHS Group is expanding its virtual 3D line design software. Various new features allow customers to gain a holistic impression of their potential system as early as during the offer phase.  Possible sources of error reduced to a minimum and results reached in real time: during the course of a single meeting, users can see...
01 Dec 2023

KHS develops modular platform for can fillers

With the modular platform for its can fillers KHS not only gives operators great flexibility and optimised hygiene but primarily plenty of future viability. The new generation of KHS fillers is designed to cater for the future challenges of the market and the beverage industry in the long term. Modular, configurable and expandable: these are...
19 Mar 2023

Heineken, Distell deal passes all regulatory hurdles

The Competition Tribunal has greenlighted Heineken’s acquisition of wine and cider company Distell Group, concluding the regulatory hurdles the Dutch brewer had to overcome to seal the deal. The approval by South African competition authorities comes after the Namibian Competition Commission, the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa, as well as other concerned jurisdictions...
30 Aug 2021

Refreshment just a sip away with the new Coca-Cola no sugar

The highly anticipated, new Coca-Cola No Sugar is here! In a bold and thrilling move, Coca-Cola is launching a more delicious, refreshing Coca-Cola No Sugar recipe in a hard-to-miss can redesign, providing consumers with a more refreshing experience that’s true to the iconic Coca-Cola taste. The newly improved adaptation, which aims to please the existing...
30 Aug 2021

PepsiCo committed to becoming “Net Water Positive by” 2030

PepsiCo recently announced its ambition to become “Net Water Positive” by 2030,  aiming to replenish more water than the company uses, which would place it among the most water-efficient food or beverage manufacturers operating in high-risk watersheds. With safe water access a critical component of the holistic water stewardship agenda, The PepsiCo Foundation is also launching a new $1 million program with...
02 Aug 2021

Hybrid Beverages - The Best of Both Worlds

Hybrid beverages have been around for a few years now, and the popularity of these types of drinks continues to increase, especially among younger consumers. Tennille Aron looked at how the hybrid drink industry is faring and the trends it seems to follow. Curiosity might have killed the cat, but it certainly is doing wonders...
02 Aug 2021

The importance of safe sample transport with Assurecloud

When it comes to the integrity of samples and specimens, ensuring their safe transport to laboratories and testing facilities is of vital importance. Guaranteeing secure collection, safe sample transport and delivery is crucial in making sure that the samples’ value remains uncompromised, and that they are not damaged or mishandled in any way. For this...