Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Carlsberg revitalises Export lager with new Danish heritage design, McCormick to acquire Italian flavour manufacturer Giotti and Newman’s Own Foundation gives £175,000 to children’s charities

Colin Gillis, president of Ball Beverage Packaging Europe showcased the company’s Strawster concept, which is a modern gadget available in Ball’s 25cl slim can.

As Colin states, the technology features a self-activated straw that appears once the tab of the can is engaged, provides a unique aspect to the overall drinks experience. The product can also be customised.

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Social media ‘increasingly important’ for product launches, Costa Express extends Shell partnership for five more years and reports state Ferrero closing in on deal for two United Biscuits brands

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Donkey milk chocolate bar created by Swiss companies, Valio selling milk powders to Chinese consumers and Coca-Cola European Partners announce plans to expand liquor portfolio

Darren Wood rounds up the day's latest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Yoplait to cut sugar and increase vitamin D in Petits Filous, Activ’Inside launches organic solutions for feminine health and Modelo CEO leaves €200m legacy to residents of his home village

Tetra Pak's Dirk Ostermann talks about the company's new automation platform which they showcased during BrauBeviale 2016.

Dirk explains about Tetra Pak's MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) solution for food production that covers an entire operation.

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: European Commission sets up investment fund for start-ups, Givaudan invests in expansion to Singapore flavour centre and Polish cider company Cydrownia in €90,000 crowdfunding effort

Food giants pledge to ‘reiterate’ support for climate change action, Coca-Cola European Partners invests £2.3m in Scottish plant, and Red spinach supplementation boosts energy, research finds

In part one and part two of our three episode series on start-up accelerators and incubators, Darren Wood spoke with Andrew Ive managing director of Food X, Tara Mei of Kitchen Table Project and Simon Lacey of Grocery Accelerator to talk about the role of accelerators with new businesses and what is being looked for in a start-up.

Now, in part three, our industry professionals speak openly about stories of start-ups they've successfully worked with, why they believe the mentality towards accelerators and incubators is changing and their predictions for the future of the food and beverage industry.

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Dr Pepper Snapple Group to acquire Bai Brands for $1.7bn, PepsiCo agrees to acquire US probiotics drink company KeVita, and World Food Innovation Awards 2017 now open for entries

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Mondelez to extend Cocoa Life programme to all Cadbury products, Coca-Cola agrees to refranchise Chinese bottling territory, and Swedish quark brand Lindahls set to come to the UK

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverage, including: 55% of soft drinks do not contain more than the daily limit of sugar, Coveris unveils new linerless print technology for Aldi and The Drinks Basket unveils online drinks store to target consumers

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Tetra Pak invests $110m in new manufacturing plant in Vietnam, Subway unveils first festive sub, plus collaboration with Spotify and Dean Foods forms joint venture with organic cooperative CROPP

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories, including: Kevin Gates creating pineapple flavour of I Don’t Get Tired energy drinks, Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients adding toasted corn flour ingredient and Alfa Laval stating energy-efficient agitators lower power use ‘by 80%’

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Cargill investing €35m to increase sweetener options in Europe, Greencore expanding US operation with $750m Peacock Foods deal and CCEP to bring revamped Coca-Cola Zero Sugar to whole of Europe

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Lamb Weston/Meijer invests in €120m potato plant, consumption of dairy in Russia expected to fall 3%, and Bai Brands launches new line of sparkling zero-sugar drinks

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Refresco records rise in total volume and co-packing volume, John Lewis launches its hotly anticipated Christmas advert, and all winners and finalists of the World Beverage Innovation Awards 2016 announced

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Tetra Pak's $6.8m agreement in the Middle East, British families' attitudes towards sugar and sweeteners, plus Weight Watchers' packaging refresh

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Mondelēz under pressure over changes to Toblerone, Carlsberg UK's new beer dispenser could be 'step-change', and more than 50 industry acquisitions recorded for October

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Meiji's ¥5bn investment in functional yogurt, PET recycling expected to reach 2m tonnes by 2020, and Elopak's new aseptic carton launched in partnership with Eckes-Granini

In the first of our three part series on start-up accelerators and incubators, Darren Wood spoke with Andrew Ive managing director of Food X, Tara Mei of Kitchen Table Project and Simon Lacey of Grocery Accelerator to talk about the role of accelerators with new businesses and what is being looked for in a start-up.

Now, in part two, these three industry professionals speak openly about the challenges faced by start-ups, the value of networking and how accelerators or incubators can aid the journey of entrepreneurs.

Alex Clere rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Müller Milk & Ingredients' £60m investment, Cooperoeste's carton pack move and the consumer trends of 2017 predicted

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Müller Milk & Ingredients unveils proposals for ‘sustainable future’, Fonterra to offer ‘richer, sweeter’ mascarpone to Japanese market and Duravant acquires packaging machinery manufacturer Arpac

Camilla Howard of US based Unitherm Food Systems talks about the company’s full micro processing line for meat production with a capacity of 200 kilos per hour including a direct flame grill, spiral oven for roasting, steaming, or combination, and spiral chiller/freezer.

Alex Clere rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Chinese e-commerce ‘worth more than US and UK combined’, Ornua to acquire ingredients division of US dairy business and Whey protein ‘helps improve vascular health’, research claims

Withanat of the General Beverage Company based in Thailand explains the move to vitamin enriched drinks with the If Fruitamin range including variants such as: white grape with aloe vera pieces, mango delight with mango pulp, coconut water, Spanish red grape juice and Japanese matcha latte -  all packaged in attractive shrink wrapped PET bottles.

Darren Wood rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: DuPont invests $100m in expanding probiotic production capacity, Yum! Brands lets go of Chinese operation to form new business and Wincanton and Constellation Brands to acquire brewery from Modelo for $600m