Black tea for Coca-Cola/Nestlè
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Coca-Cola and Nestlè announce plans Nov. 2 to refocus the activities of their Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW) joint venture on black tea beverages. The transaction, subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to close in early 2007, a release says. The firms will "independently develop, produce and market ready-to-drink coffee and non-black tea based beverages." BPW recently announced the introduction of Enviga, a green tea beverage "proven to burn calories," sold currently in the northeast U.S. market (1"The Tan Sheet" Oct. 23, 2006, p. 11)...
You may also be interested in...
Nestle Plans To Increase “Large-Scale” Research Partnerships
A partnership Nestle recently announced with one of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology is the first of more large-scale collaborations to come, the Nestle Research Center (NRC) director says
New Products In Brief
Calorie-burning green tea: Coca-Cola and Nestlé will introduce Enviga, a sparkling green tea beverage "proven to burn calories," to the northeast U.S. market in November, the firms state Oct. 11. A nationwide launch of the product will begin in January. A 12 oz. can of Enviga contains 90 mg of EGCG (green tea extracts), 20% daily calcium and caffeine to boost metabolism, the firms state. "Healthy subjects in the lean to normal weight range can experience an average increase in calorie burning by 60-100 calories" with the consumption of three cans of Enviga over the course of a day, according to a study conducted by the Nestlé Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland in collaboration with the University of Laussane, the firms state. The drink will be available in green tea, berry and peach flavors for an SRP of $1.29 - $1.49 a can...
GE HealthCare Launches AI-Powered Voluson Ultrasound For Women’s Health
Voluson Signature 20 and 18 ultrasound provides clinicians with workflow efficiencies in detecting female reproductive health problems, especially those related to pregnancy.