The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Saint James’ entry into the lemonade-tea hybrid segment leverages organic credentials and aluminium packaging to the summer RTD category via a massive nationwide sampling programme.

Sauce Shop and Heler Foods have launched a co-branded spicy sliced cheese range, leveraging craft condiment popularity to drive high-margin volume in the UK dairy aisle.

Community Coffee has expanded its core range with zero-sugar Chocolate Lava Cake and Cinnamon Roll variants, leveraging bakery-inspired profiles to capture the "permissible indulgence" market.

Utz Brands is leveraging nostalgia and high-velocity seasonal demand by launching two limited-edition, new Sizzlin’ Summer Burger and returning Lemonade, to drive summer retail volume.

Tim Hortons is leveraging its dominant "away-from-home" brand equity to secure a primary position in the Canadian "at-home" iced coffee market, utilising unsweetened RTD formats and customisable syrups to capture off-premise consumption.

PIM Brands has announced the launch of Welch’s Probiotic Yogofruits, utilising 2 billion probiotic cultures and 3g of fibre per serving to target the surging digestive health snacking market.

Califia Farms has launched a Blueberry Matcha Almond Latte to capitalise on the UK’s surging matcha demand, utilising a three-month Tesco exclusive to drive trial in the premium RTD category.

Tenzing has launched its second Natural Energy+ SKU, Focus White Peach, utilising a 160mg L-theanine and caffeine stack to target the high-growth cognitive performance and deep work markets.