Author Archives: ACMFOOD

EU Packaging Rules (PPWR) and What They Mean for Drink Exporters

PPWR beverage packaging explained: recyclability criteria, recycled content, deposit return marking and what a non-EU...

BRCGS vs FSSC 22000: Which Audit Your Retail Buyer Accepts

BRCGS vs FSSC 22000 compared: scope, grading, unannounced audits and which scheme retailers in each...

Sugar Taxes and Soft Drink Levies by Market: A Reformulation Trigger List

Sugar tax beverages compared by market: which schemes use a threshold, where the reformulation trigger...

Shelf Impact: Designing a Drink Label That Sells in Export Retail

Beverage shelf impact design: colour blocking, claim hierarchy, planogram context and how to test a...

Beverage Label Compliance by Market: A Side-by-Side Checklist

Beverage label compliance compared across the US, Canada, EU, GCC, Latin America and Korea, with...

HS Codes for Beverages: Classifying Juice, Coconut Water and RTD Drinks

Beverage HS code explained: when a drink is a juice under heading 2009, when it...

Beverage Flavour Development: From Brief to Approved Profile

Beverage flavour development step by step: writing a usable brief, running dosage trials, sensory panel...

FSVP for Imported Drinks: What US Importers Must Document

FSVP explained for drink importers: who carries the obligation, which records FDA expects to see,...

NDA With a Co-Packer: Protecting Your Formula Before You Share It

What a co-packer NDA should cover before you share a drink formula, what it cannot...

FDA Prior Notice for Drink Shipments: Timing, Data and Refusals

FDA prior notice for drink shipments: filing deadlines, the data required, who submits it, and...

Chocolate Drink Manufacturing: Formulation, Filling and Stability

How cocoa drinks are made at scale: cocoa selection, stabiliser systems, homogenisation, UHT or retort,...

Organic Juice Supply: USDA and EU Organic Explained for Buyers

What USDA and EU organic standards require of a juice supply chain, which evidence buyers...