Ingwebu sets up non-alcoholic beverages plant

BULAWAYO City Council's Ingwebu Breweries has set up a plant to manufacture non-alcoholic products and has obtained regulatory approvals to launch them, general manager Nkosana Ndlovu has said.

Early last year, the company announced plans to set up the plant to diversify income streams from its traditional beer offering, but failed to raise the $500,000 needed for the project.

It, however, successfully set up the plant late last year after recording a "small profit" and started production in February.

Ndlovu said Ingwebu initially held back production until it had satisfied regulatory obligations.

On Thursday he said the non-alcoholic sorghum mahewu was already on the market and that the company was happy about the market response.