The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Bang Energy has introduced American Berry, a zero-sugar 300mg caffeine LTO celebrating America's 250th anniversary to drive sales across summer retail and music festivals.

Sonic has launched a line of Frozen Refreshers combining real fruit purees and green tea caffeine, leveraging its frozen beverage dominance to target the functional active-lifestyle market.

Pringles and Miller Lite have expanded their co-branded line with Beer Cheese Burger and Beer-Braised Steak crisps, targeting high-volume summer socialising occasions.

Nescafe has entered the UK and Irish ready-to-drink chilled coffee sector with a 250ml canned format, Iced Latte and Iced Caramel Flavour Latte.

Jimmy's has launched a Vietnamese-inspired iced coffee, utilising a whole-milk and demerara sugar formulation to capture the premium RTD "permissible indulgence" market.

Vocelli Pizza has launched an imported Pinsa Romana crust from Di Marco, leveraging high-protein, easily digestible dough to drive premium-tier QSR growth.

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.