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Reliance enters herbal beverages market, buys majority stake in JV with Naturedge
India’s healthy drinks race heats up as the conglomerate takes on Pepsi and Coke by acquiring a controlling stake in a joint venture with the maker of zero-sugar, herb-infused drinks.
18 Aug 2025
Beverage maker Lahori’s sudden, surprise growth has everyone’s attention
The Punjab-based maker of the popular Lahori Zeera is not even a decade old, but its numbers are better than much older rivals. What’s the story?
03 Mar 2025
Why is Reliance taking Campa Cola to the Middle East?
The region’s growing demand for carbonated beverages and the presence of a large Indian diaspora present an opportunity for the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate to up its FMCG game through the iconic brand.
19 Jan 2025
How much fruit is in your packaged fruit juice?
A closer look at labels of fruit juices—including those that claim they are 100% pure fruit juice—indicates that some of them contain as much sugar as carbonated beverages, with the actual quantity of fruit pulp at barely a fifth of the contents.
11 Jun 2024
Varun Beverages still has fizz
Pepsi’s India bottler has grown its business consistently and profitably while generating lots of free cash. Things could get even more interesting, with the company about to go on a major diversification and expansion drive.
20 Dec 2023
How Paper Boat made a profit where nobody else could
Once written off by many, the startup today has become a perfect example of how food and beverage businesses should be built in India.
07 Sept 2022
COVID-19: The lost summer
The coronavirus outbreak is crushing those in the business of summer. For many, this could be it.
20 Apr 2020
The strange high of fresh fruit juice startups
It is not easy to fight sugar. But that hasn’t stopped some of India’s brightest from jumping on the juice bandwagon.
04 Feb 2020