Malawians continue to express their joy over the return of leisure sweet drink, Sobo just a week after it hit shop shelves. Most Malawians have taken up on social media, taking selfies with the drink in shops. On Thursday, Zodiak Media executive director Gospel Kazako spoiled his staff with cartons of the drink after the […]
Castel Malawi Group, a leading producer and distributor of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in Malawi has finally bowed down to pressure as they bring back on the market the famous Sobo Orange Squash. The product was launched on Thursday December 12 2019 at Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre. Speaking at the function, Castel Malawi Managing Director Horve […]
Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has lifted the ban on the use of food additive tartrazine that was being used by Castel Malawi in the production of the most popular drink SOBO Orange Squash that was pulled off the market. When it was discovered last year that Castel was using tartrazine additive in the production […]
Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has ordered Castel Group to withdraw all Sobo Orange Squash from the market by March 29 2019 because it is supplying substandard drinks. Some people, who have consumed the Sobo drink, said they had some stomach upsets. In some cases the batch had started to show signs of fermentation – […]
A privately-owned French beverage company, Castel Group, the new shareholders of the Sobo brand has been taken to task by Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) for supplying substandard Sobo Orange Squash last month as the company has been ordered to recall, reconcile and issue an apology to consumers within seven days. In a published statement on Monday, […]
Sobo Orange Squash drink has been recalled from the market for reportedly being ‘unsafe’ as it has defects in its composition. Consumers who have said the product had become “unfit for human consumption” and complained to Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS). The bureau boss Davlin Chokazinga confirmed about the complaints and said they running tests […]
Outspoken consumer rights advocate and human rights activist John Kapito is accusing Malawi Bureau of Standards of being weak and negligent in ensuring that products from Southern Bottlers (SOBO) are meeting the standards before they are sold to the people. Kapito, who is the Executive Director for the Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA, was reacting […]
Malawi’s giant drinks maker Southern Bottlers (SOBO) and the country’s largest law firm Savjani & Company have been named in a scandal of bribing a Magistrate in order to secure a guilty verdict in a case where 10 people were accused of defrauding SOBO about K32 million. In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice […]