Karpati Water, a Sydney-based company, has come up with an innovative way of producing high quality drinking water from fruit. The method utilised in making water from fruit incorporates the process of making fruit concentrates. Fruit concentrates are typically made from steaming the fruit, with 3 out of 4 litres ’steamed’ off to make the end product. Karpati Water, however, is made from a ‘pressure-chilling’ process, which reportedly retains the high quality fruit water and makes... ...Read more »
Victorian-based Cool Change Natural Spring Water has launched Australia’s first beverage (spring water) packaged in a bottle made from plants, as they seek to “go green” in an industry often criticised for a lack of sustainability. Rather than packaging a drink in PET, a polymer (plastic) derived from crude oil, Cool Change Natural Spring Water bottles are made using Ingeo PLA, derived from annually renewable sources - plants. This new material is derived from plant sugars and requires... ...Read more »
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) proposes amending the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to allow manufacturers to voluntarily add fluoride to bottled water. The addition of certain substances, such as fluoride, must undergo a pre-market safety evaluation by FSANZ before they are approved for use at specified levels. If FSANZ approves the sale of bottled water containing added fluoride, it will be a voluntary permission. Manufacturers will be able to add fluoride or not, under... ...Read more »
Isklar Norwegian glacial natural mineral water has scooped the highest accolade of Best Overall Concept and winner of the Platinum Award, as well as being awarded silver in the Best New Brand category, at this week’s 2008 Water Innovation Awards. The Awards, which recognise excellence and creativity on a unique global platform, were known as the Bottledwaterworld Awards for the past five years. An international panel of experts, made up of buyers and industry leaders, judged over two... ...Read more »
Global bottled water consumption advanced 6% to 206 billion litres in 2007, according to the new 2008 Global Bottled Water report from leading drinks consultancy Zenith International. Escalating demand for pure water in emerging markets outweighed the impact of poor summer weather in the most developed market of West Europe.Asia/Australasia reinforced its position as the largest regional market with a 26.5% share, achieving a 10% increase on 2006 volumes. Volumes climbed in all other regions except... ...Read more »
The American Beverage Association, a trade organization representing manufacturers and distributors of non-alcoholic drinks, has criticized the decision by a committee of the US Conference of Mayors to discourage the use of bottled water as “sound-bite environmentalism”. The resolution was reportedly passed narrowly after contentious debate amongst mayors and will result in a phase out of city spending on bottled water and an attempt to reduce purchases of the beverage. The bottled... ...Read more »
Australia is slowly developing a love affair for bottled water, with sales figures indicating it is Australia’s fastest growing beverage. Over the past six years consumption has increased, on average, by 10% per annum and, despite recent negative press, the current 12L consumed by each Australian consumer is set to escalate. The opportunity for growth of Australia’s bottled water industry is staggering if you consider that Italians, the world’s leading consumers of bottled... ...Read more »