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Cool>Can Self-Cooling Beer
DeltaH Innovations partnered with Brains Brewery to create a beer can that cools a room-temperature drink by up to 15°C when a button activates a salt-and-water reaction. The unusual recyclable packaging gives the technology a tangible, easy-to-understand hook for coverage at London Packaging Week.
Why it worked: It tied a world-first claim to a live demo moment (button-press cooling) at a trade event, with recyclability solving past objections.
The lesson: Consider staging a simple, filmable trigger (press, flip, light) that proves a counterintuitive claim at a timed industry moment.
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How this story spread across the media
| Publication | Headline | Date |
|---|---|---|
| designboom.com | world's first self-chilling can cools warm drinks by pressing the button under it | Wednesday 19th March, 2025 |
| thepackhub.com | Self-Chilling Beverage Can Cools Drinks on Demand - ThePackHub | Wednesday 26th March, 2025 |
| packagingscotland.com | 'One-of-a-kind' beverage packaging solution set to debut | Packaging Scotland | Friday 4th September, 2026 |
| foodanddrinktechnology.com | Cool>Can: keeping its cool in Wales - Food and Drink Technology | Monday 7th September, 2026 |
| thegrocer.co.uk | Welsh tech firm launches ‘self-cooling’ beer can with Brains Brewery | Monday 7th September, 2026 |
| foodandbeverage.business | London Packaging Week to Showcase Commercial Self-Cooling Cool>Can™ for the First Time - Food and Beverage Business | Tuesday 8th September, 2026 |