Alta Palla
by Hiball Inc.
Review: Alta Palla Organic Sparkling Waters
Covers Products: Grapefruit (2017), Lemon Lime (2017), Peach (2017), Wild Berry (2017)
Launched in 2016 by the company behind
Alta Palla has chosen to attack this category with a 16 oz. can, which is larger than other can-based competitors. The size puts it on part with products that are packaged in plastic bottles. It’s hard to say if a non-resealable package of this size is going to beat out a smaller and perhaps more appropriately portioned sized can, but it is something that gives the product a visual point of differentiation.
We’d say the same about their branding and design, which has a bit more visual pop and polish than some of the brands that it will compete with. Package design has, at least in recent years, really been something of a strong suit for
As for those flavors, there are four USDA Organic certified offerings that they are launching with: Lemon Lime, Wild Berry, Grapefruit, and Peach. From our perspective, they are all crisp and refreshing. The fruit is subtle rather than flavor forward, which makes the differences between the four SKUs a little blurry. That said, we’d be hard pressed to pick one as our favorite as they are all quite good. But in all four cases, we think they’ve done a nice job of creating fruit flavors that are straightforward and clean.
Overall, we really like Alta Palla’s expansion into