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01/06/2026

Just 30 years ago, "milk" was mostly a choice between whole and low-fat. 🥛

Today is World Milk Day – a good day to look at milk beverages as one of the most diverse corners of the beverage and liquid food industry. Drinking yoghurt, flavoured milk, kefir and a growing list of other formats have already reshaped how consumers buy and drink dairy. For example, the drinking yoghurt market grew to about 47 billion USD in 2024.

🌱 And the diversity doesn't end with the cow: plant-based options like soy and oat drinks increasingly look less like a competition to dairy and more like a parallel market growing right beside it.

The next chapter is already taking shape, with new technologies in development:

👉 AI-driven fermentation: Using artificial intelligence to monitor and fine-tune the fermentation process in real time, for more consistent quality and less waste.

👉 Precision fermentation: Using microorganisms such as yeast to produce real milk proteins without a cow, enabling animal-free, lactose-free dairy.

What do you think: what does the future hold for us when it comes to milk?

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27/05/2026

Three dates to keep on your 2026 radar.

In the beverage and liquid food industry, market dynamics differ by region but the core challenges stay familiar: efficiency, quality, packaging, automation and sustainability. In 2026, three major meeting points bring those conversations together within the YONTEX Cosmos:

🇨🇳 China Brew China Beverage 2026 (CBB)
12–15 October 2026 | Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), China

🇮🇳 drinktec India 2026
28–30 October 2026 | Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India

🇩🇪 BrauBeviale 2026
10–12 November 2026 | Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Germany

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21/05/2026

No magic. No shortcut. Innovation is hard work – and artificial intelligence is the strongest accelerator we have right now.

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13/05/2026

What keeps oat drinks, dressings and mixed drinks from separating?

Many beverages and liquid foods rely on emulsions: two liquids that normally do not mix, such as oil and water. An emulsifier makes this possible by accumulating at the interface and reducing interfacial tension, helping to keep droplets from merging again.

The practical challenge: the finer the droplet distribution, the larger the total surface area – and the more emulsifier is needed to cover it. Choosing the right emulsifier therefore depends on the product matrix and the target emulsion type. The HLB value helps guide this choice: lower HLB values favour water-in-oil systems, higher values favour oil-in-water systems.

👉 Get to know more about producing stable emulsions at Industry Insights: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0vgYv40

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08/05/2026

“Nobody wants a soda when they expected a beer. Nobody wants an alcohol-free beer that's just watered down.“

At drinktec 2025, Gøther Lars Souza Mathisen from Novonesis was direct: you cannot compromise on the sensorial experience. Even with alternatives like alcohol-free options, consumers expect body, aroma and balance.

👉 Is the beverage and liquid food industry closing the sensory gap fast enough to keep up with the shift towards healthier choices?

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07/05/2026

“Nobody wants a soda when they expected a beer. Nobody wants an alcohol-free beer that's just watered down.“

At drinktec 2025, Gøther Lars Souza Mathisen from Novonesis was direct: you cannot compromise on the sensorial experience. Even with alternatives like alcohol-free options, consumers expect body, aroma and balance.

👉 Is the beverage and liquid food industry closing the sensory gap fast enough to keep up with the shift towards healthier choices?

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30/04/2026

How are Europe’s beverage markets changing?

The BrauBeviale meets Europe tour kicked off yesterday in Copenhagen. That is the first of eight stops across Europe. The tour's goal is to provide insights into market shifts and their implications for producers and suppliers along the value chain, tailored to the different regions.

It is a reminder that innovation and investment decisions are always shaped locally and are best discussed face-to-face. Insights gained from discussions will feed directly into BrauBeviale 2026.

👉 Get your ticket for BrauBeviale 2026 now: https://www.braubeviale.com/en-US/ticket/

👉 Follow BrauBeviale, if you do not want to miss about the stops of their tour.

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10–12 November, 2026 in Nuremberg

Let’s go, Europe! 🇪🇺 Today starts the press and multiplier tour of BrauBeviale!

Our organising team will visit eight European cities as part of the tour – from Copenhagen via Budapest, Warsaw and Milan through to Madrid.

We are bringing together market insights, industry expertise and real-world perspectives to explore one key question: How is Europe’s beverage market evolving – and how can manufacturers respond?

Why? Because while consumption may be stable, the dynamics are shifting. And we are going to listen, exchange ideas and understand what truly works in European markets.

👉 All of this leads to BrauBeviale 2026 in November, where the beverage industry will come together under one shared vision: All Beverages. One Future.

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20/04/2026

It’s almost time: drink technology Delhi is around the corner!

drink technology Delhi brings the beverage and liquid food industry together in a focused summit format – designed for decision-makers, technology sourcing and high-quality business networking.

📅 22–24 April 2026
📍 Hall 6, Bharat Mandapam (Pragati Maidan), New Delhi

Stakeholders from packaged water, juices, breweries, soft drinks, liquid foods and alcoholic beverages will meet solution providers across processing, packaging, ingredients, testing/QA, utilities, automation and digitalisation.

👉 Learn more and join the show: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0tw6Xc0

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16/04/2026

Beverage development is important, sharing the process is even more so.

At drinktec 2025, Prof. Dr. Holger Zorn, Fraunhofer IME, gave insights into collaborative work with partners including Hochschule Geisenheim University using Wolfiporia cocos fermentation to shape flavour profiles.

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09/04/2026

Drying is one of the most energy-intensive processes in hop production – and a critical bottleneck for many producers. At the same time, sensitive components such as essential oils and colour react differently to temperature and drying conditions.

👉 Highly developed AI algorithms offer great potential in here. Read the full story on : https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0tjwS_0

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