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Putting a whole new twist on the traditional 'bottoms up' toast, Scotsman Beverage Systems literally turned the beverage world upside down at the Brau Beviale exhibition in Nuremberg in November 2008.

Xymbiot Interactive Packaging, a division of ThinkAtomic, has introduced to the beverage packaging world a patent pending plastic bottle designed to fly up to 100 feet when empty.

Attitude natural energy drink is being launched through UK nightclubs and bars and is to be distributed in Benelux, Japan and Russia during 2009.

PepsiCo and Britvic are rolling out 400 million packs with quick response (QR) codes across the UK.

DSM Food Specialties has announced the US launch of Delvo-Star, a starter culture system that it claims will 'revolutionise the cheese-making process'.

An apple-flavoured Fanta variant will be available throughout India over the next two months.

Los Angeles-based Aquamantra, a packaged water company that offers ‘I Am Lucky’ and ‘I Am Healthy’ bottled water, has added an ‘I Am Grateful’ variant for the American Thanksgiving season.

Dairy company Fonterra recently launched a new line of dairy proteins for the production of nutrition bars.

Adult soft drink Shloer is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and will introduce Shloer Apple to the UK to mark the occasion.

Pepsi White, a 'cola-yogurt' drink, has been launched by Pepsi as a limited edition beverage, according to Japan Marketing News.

Australia’s Good Vibes for You is due to launch before the end of 2008 and is currently looking for distributors and retailers across the US.

Paper-based packaging expert, Smurfit Kappa, has developed a new bag-in-box filling technology.