• 02 Jan
    Long Island Iced Tea Corp. announces Oak Beverages to distribute the recently acquired ALO Juice® Brand

    Long Island Iced Tea Corp. announces Oak Beverages to distribute the recently acquired ALO Juice® Brand

    The Long Island Iced Tea Corp. the specialist ready-to-drink (RTD) tea company in the US, has announced that Oak Beverages Inc. has agreed to distribute ALO Juice® which the Company recently agreed to acquire. This is the first new distributorship for the ALO Juice® brand since the announced acquisition by the company in December.

    Philip Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, stated, “We are thrilled to announce the first new distributorship for the ALO Juice® brand since we announced our proposed acquisition earlier this month. We are committed to building this brand and expanding its distribution in the future.”

    “Beverages such as ALO Juice® carry a functional claim that is a strong fit as Oak Beverages expands into the non-alcoholic arena. We are very excited to be ALO Juice®’s distribution arm in New York” said Manuel P. Bustos, General Manager of Oak Beverages.

    ALO Juice® is a non-alcohol ready-to-drink (NARTD) functional beverage made from juice derived from the aloe plant known as aloe vera. ALO Juice® sources its aloe plants from harvests in Thailand. The plants are exported from there to South Korea where they are processed in a unique whole leaf manner to ensure the nutritional and health benefit are maintained from the plant all the way through to the bottling process. ALO Juice® is packed in 0.5 litre and 1.5 litre bottles, with a wide variety of flavours including Original, Mango, Pomegranate, Pineapple and Raspberry.

    By Steve News
  • 02 Jan
    Imported fruit juices confiscated in Nigeria

    Imported fruit juices confiscated in Nigeria

    The Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) took action during the end of December to back up its policy of banning all imported fruit juices from supermarkets and other food and drink outlets. The ban that came into force on 31st December 2016 is an attempt to strengthen and increase the local fruit juice manufacturing industry.

    “This country is blessed with rich natural and human resources. Fruits are everywhere wasting” said Mrs Christiana Essenwa, Deputy Director of NAFDAC. “Go to waste dumps and see piles of fruits wasting because we have not been able to fully utilise our potentials”.

    Essenwa suggested that some of the juices coming into the country “are not even safe for drinking”, and stated that the agency would continue to carry out raids on imported fruit juices, urging the Nigerian Government to increase its presence at seaports to prevent these products entering the country.

    In Onitsha the value of confiscated imported fruit juices was reported to be worth several million of naira and included juices labelled Masafi, Euro drink and Peach.

    Sources: Vanguard Nigeria; Ships & Ports.

    By Steve News
  • 02 Jan
    Canadian organic juice maker Nothing But Nature acquired by GreenSpace brands

    Canadian organic juice maker Nothing But Nature acquired by GreenSpace brands

    GreenSpace Brands has agreed to purchase Nothing But Nature (owners of the Kiju organic juice brand) for total consideration of approximately USD8.88 million to USD9.88 million. The acquisition offers opportunities for growth through continued product line innovation and expansion and is expected to immediately grow GreenSpace’s earnings and cash flow, with a number of potential synergies that are anticipated to continue to improve EBITDA margins. Nothing But Nature has a very strong balance sheet and currently has no debt outstanding.

    By Steve News
  • 02 Jan
    ‘Disruptive’ Food Processing Technology saves waste and improves nutritional quality

    ‘Disruptive’ Food Processing Technology saves waste and improves nutritional quality

    South African biotechnology and IP Company Green Cell Technologies (GCT), has created a unique solution to overcome the challenges of the need to reduce the excessive amount of waste generated during the food processing cycle. The game-changing Disruptor, using Dynamic Cellular Disruption, provides manufacturers with a compact and cost-saving technology to process their food more expediently, reduce waste, and improve nutritional quality.

    The founders of Green Cell Technologies, Roy Henderson and Jan Vlok, have taken ten years to bring this revolutionary processing machine to market. It is now getting the attention of the world’s food and beverage manufacturers both large and small. Current processing methods generate huge amounts of waste – not only in the material itself, but also in not accessing 100% of the available nutrients.

    GCT’s Disruptor and Dynamic Cellular Disruption(DCD) process change all that. Without using harmful heat or chemicals, the patented process and machinery use wholefoods and plants (skin, pips, seeds, stalks and everything) to generate nutrient rich emulsions, which can be used for a variety of food types – from soups, convenience foods, baby foods and sauces and more importantly juices. The added nutrition is derived from the fact that the Disruptors are able to remove the plant cell membrane, thus releasing 99.99998% of the ‘actives’ inside and all the fibre is taken up into the flowable liquid.

    Trials and demonstrations for local and international food manufacturers has typically shown them “a 60% – 80% increase in the amount of product they can produce, and in many instances even higher, because there is very little to no wastage using DCD” confirmed Roy Henderson, CEO of GCT. In addition to this the taste profile of the material is much enhanced by the opening of all the plant cells.

    The Disruptor (baby two-barrel version) is a 3.2 ton piece of equipment. It’s a commercial proposition with massive export potential for the company – with machines available in 2,4, 6 and 8-barrel configurations. The company want to assist the bulk processors in changing their way of making consumer retail foods and beverages in response to consumers already vocal in their desire and need for healthier foods and drinks.

    Source: Green Cell Technologies

    By Steve News
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