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Essential tips to help manage and ease the effects of jet lag in your later years
Jet lag can be a challenging aspect of long-distance travel for individuals of any age. However, older travellers often find themselves more susceptible to its effects due to changes in sleep patterns and circadian rhythm. This article aims to...

Incontinence in ageing: causes, challenges, solutions
If you or someone you care for is experiencing bladder or bowel control problems, you’re not alone. An estimated 1.17 million Australians aged above 65 years of age experience urinary or faecal incontinence, with those over 85 more likely to...

A Drink With…Jenny Camerna, El Tesoro CEO and Master Distiller
A Drink With…Jenny Camerna, El Tesoro CEO and Master Distiller Amazon Moves Whole Foods Leadership In-House BevNET Live Day Two: Tackling Crossroads and Challenges for Emerging Brands SPONSORED POST The new juice formulation taking the functional...

The UK food and drink producers who are eyeing up the Chinese market
02:57 It's a difficult time for UK food and drink producers who export their products abroad. Since Brexit, trade with the EU has become almost impossible for many, the red tape weighing them down to a point where it's no longer viable to sell...

Craft brewer in Preston turns niche beer into a winner
A niche style of strong, dark ale rooted in European monasteries has brought home a silver for one Cambridge brewmaster A Preston craft brewery has taken a niche style beer, traditionally made by monks, and turned it into an award winner. Wave...

Ignite Your Tastebuds with Smirnoff’s new Lemon Freeze and Espresso Fire
Smirnoff has launched its latest product innovation Smirnoff Freeze and Smirnoff Fire – a duo of ready-to-shot, flavoured drinks designed to reinvigorate the light spirits category with a multi-sensory proposition delivering a bold new way to...

Aslan Brewing Tangletown and Human People Beer Start Pouring, Redhook Brewlab Stops

Hungary’s battery sector remains in deep recession
Hungary’s industrial production rose by 1.5% month on month in April 2025, marking the second consecutive month of growth, a trend not seen since the summer of 2022. However, the overall picture remains bleak, with output still down 5% year on...

Manufacturers warn new rules on alcohol will hurt production
A police officer stands watch as unlicensed liquor is loaded into a lorry in Meru town. [File/Standard] Kenya’s manufacturing sector faces new pressure from proposed tax measures within the Finance Bill 2025, with alcoholic beverage producers...

FMCG Business June/July edition is here
Welcome to the FMCG Business June/July edition Discover what’s trending in Drinks and the Biscuits, Baking, and Baby & Toddler aisles in our supermarkets right now. See highlights from the latest industry events, including the AACS Down Under...

Peter Keller: Five Beguiling Wines from Lake Biel
The growing region around Lake Biel is one of Switzerland's insider tips. It is worth tasting the best wines, especially as there is currently a lot going on in the region - for example on St. Peter's Island. We have found five gems. Anyone...

States Scramble to Regulate THC Drinks Amid Spike in Youth Cannabis Use
In June 2023, Jon Halper started selling THC beverages at Top Ten Liquors, his chain of Minnesota stores. The drinks, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—the psychoactive compound in cannabis—were an instant hit. “Immediately, the sales took...

Sojo Industries secures $40M to scale modular packaging and...
Industrial automation company Sojo Industries raised $40 million in Series B financing round led by S2G Investments to ramp up the distribution of its modular robotic packaging systems and track-and-trace software platform. The company’s patented...
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Eating Sugar? Fine. Drinking It? Not So Much
A study out of Brigham Young University analyzed data from over 500,000 people worldwide to examine the connection between dietary sugar intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes. The study found that sugar consumed in liquid form — particularly from...

20 villages in Batken and Talas regions get access to drinking water
17:56, 13 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Akmoor AITBEKOVA 17:56, 13 June 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Akmoor AITBEKOVA Twelve villages in Batken region and six villages in Talas region have been provided with new drinking...

Near-record nitrate levels in Des Moines-area rivers threaten drinking water
Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state's capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record levels of pollutants in its rivers could make drinking water dangerous if immediate steps are not taken to reduce demand....

The Most Popular Canned Foods From Every Decade
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Canned foods have been sold commercially in the U.S. since the 1800s and are an irreplaceable pantry staple. By the end of the 19th century, canned foods' prevalence really started picking...

EastFood (IIFEX) and EastPack Surabaya 2025 Officially Open, Offering Business Opportunities and Innovation in the Food and Packaging Industry
SURABAYA, Indonesia, June 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The International Exhibition EastFood (IIFEX) and EastPack Surabaya 2025 officially opened on June 12, 2025, at the Grand City Convention Hall in Surabaya, and will run until June 15, 2025. This...

Sewage in taps, garbage on streets: Sector 49C in Chandigarh cries for help
Residents of Sector 49C, Housing Board Colony, Chandigarh, are battling a civic crisis as sewage water contaminates their drinking supply, garbage heaps continue to grow, and municipal authorities fail to intervene meaningfully. Allotted between...

Stoller Wine Group snaps up Elouan brand
Oregon-based Stoller Wine Group has acquired the Elouan brand from California’s Copper Cane Wines & Provisions. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In a statement, Stoller Wine Group said the addition marks a “significant...