A new report claims that the makers of sugar-laden drinks such as sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks and fruit drinks take direct aim at children, particularly black and Hispanic kids, in their marketing campaigns.
The Hain Celestial Group Inc. has acquired the assets and business of the Europe’s Best brand of all-natural, frozen fruit and vegetable products in Canada through its Hain Celestial Canada subsidiary.
For a number of products in need of a sweetener, it seems like everything old is becoming new again, particularly in beverages. Just this summer, Dr Pepper launched a limited run of its signature beverage "made with real sugar," and Dr Pepper Snapple Group was mulling sugar-sweetened versions of others in its stable, including Canada Dry, 7-Up and A&W Root Beer.
For centuries in Europe, trees, their leaves and fruit have been put to use in the most versatile of manners, i.e., as food as well as for the production of infusions.