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What Are Smoked Beers?

Earlier this year, market research firm Technavio reported healthy growth projections for the global beer sector. While classic lagers and ales will always be close to our hearts, craft beers, flavored beers, and alcohol-free options are slowly gaining market share. Artisanal beers are particularly popular among younger consumers, bringing fresh flavors to this age-old industry. […]

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Natural Peptides for Mature Skin

Despite our best efforts to avoid them, wrinkles are an inevitable part of life. As we age, our skin cells regenerate less rapidly, and we produce less collagen and elastin (proteins that make the skin appear plump and youthful). The middle layer of the skin, known as the dermis, also thins with age, making the […]

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Sugar Reduction – A Necessary Factor in the Beverage Market

Sugar reduction in beverages – it’s on everyone’s mind. Health-conscious adults, parents, and governments are implementing ways of reducing or removing added sugar from drinks. This trend is to protect and boost health and help address concerns around diseases and conditions related to excessive sugar intake.   Most soda, fruit juice, tea, and coffee brands […]

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Using AI to Streamline Fragrance Discovery

Fragrances add interest, meaning, beauty, and sensual pleasure to our lives. Scents are integral to smelling and feeling good, whether in nature, toiletries, cosmetics, or perfumes. They evoke emotional, meaningful connections, therapeutic efficacy, and cultural significance. For producers, fragrance is a US$30 billion industry1.   Consumers expect perfumes to smell appealing, unique, and even unexpected. […]

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The Art of Distilling Spirits: From Grain to Glass

Spirits, or hard liquor, are high Alcohol By Volume (ABV) products (from 20% up to 90%1) yielded through the yeast-based fermentation of grain, fruit, vegetable, or sugar liquids. Creating your favorite whiskeys, bourbons, brandies, gins, vodkas, rums, tequilas, moonshine, pisco, mezcal, and cachaça through spirit distillation is a science and an art.   The ingredients, […]

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Brewers Ditch Carbonation for Fizz-free Beer

The love of bubbly alcoholic beverages, such as sodas and beer, is entrenched and almost cultural. As a result, the beer market is considered stable – always moving forward to meet future consumer needs – despite a production decline in 2023. With an already robust two-thirds share of the overall alcohol market and ongoing defection […]