Tumeric ALIVE’s first dairy-alternative beverage is a high pressure processed (HPP) blend of coconut cream, hemp milk, turmeric, cardamom, raw honey, bee pollen, chia seed, vanilla bean, ginger and sea salt. While “golden” might not be the best word to describe the color, the flavor of the product is extremely enjoyable.
The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) annual show begins next Wednesday, October 7, in Las Vegas. or attendees, we’ve compiled a handy list help you navigate the event. Download our printable NACS Show Planner for all beverage exhibitors listed both alphabetically and by booth number.
There’s a lot of buzz -- at least on the bleeding edge -- about apple cider vinegar-based beverages. Fire Cider is one of the more unique approaches that we’ve seen in the space. The product, which is made with apple cider vinegar, honey, oranges, lemons, onions, horseradish, ginger, habanero, garlic and turmeric, has an insanely complex and spicy flavor.
Southern Teaz is a line of USDA Organic ready-to-drink iced teas that incorporate biodynamically farmed tea from India. While the company that makes these products hails from Idaho, this flavor is certainly sweet enough to be called “Southern-style” (we can’t say the same for the unsweetened flavor).
Promoting its bottled gazpacho drinks with the tagline "no spoon required," Tio Gazpacho is a high pressure processed (HPP) take on the classic cold soup. The beverages, which come in three varieties, are well-executed in both formulation and packaging and an impressive addition to the HPP beverage category.
Daily Greens “Replenish” is the second hemp milk product to be added to the company's lineup of cold-pressed, HPP products. It’s made with water, hemp seeds, vanilla, coconut nectar, camu camu and cocoa, which results in a flavor that’s extremely enjoyable.
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Fizzleblitz is marketed as a "Sparkling Fruit Juice Tea" that is formulated with with yerba mate and comes in three varieties. While like the flavor of the products, we not sure about the positioning of the brand and are a little confused the choice of ingredients in the beverages.
Reliant Recovery Water is water that is fortified with oxygen, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and potassium bicarbonate. While the company has plenty of explanation on its website (including research studies that are intended to validate their recovery and performance claims), there’s very little information on the bottle.
Promoted as a "healthy lifestyle beverage for the on-the-go consumer," on the surface, Iconic looks and feels very much like a protein drink.
Of all the coconut waters that we’ve ever sampled, Coconut Cartel is in a whole other league when it comes to being unique. The product, which is simply a Malayan Dwarf coconut harvested in El Salvador, definitely has an eye-catching look (just try walking around with a coconut in your hand) and, aside from laser etching of the company’s logo, is unadulterated in the most literal sense.
"We could not be more excited to have Alessandra represent our brand as she provides the perfect blend of sophistication and style, the core values of the VO|CO consumer," says AJ Hamm, Chief Operating Officer of VO|CO.
Natural Products Expo East, one of the leading venues to see and sample all-natural and organic products, will open this week at the Baltimore Convention Center. For attendees of the event, we've created a printable show planner that includes a comprehensive list of beverage exhibitors at the event, listed both alphabetically and by booth number. Download yours now!
ZICO has introduced ZICO Chilled Juices, a new three-SKU line of 100 percent juice products made with not from concentrate coconut water.Packaged in a 1.5L screw top carton (the same package that was previously used for ZICO’s short lived smoothie line) the drinks will be sold on the refrigerated juice shelf, specifically in the natural food sections of conventional grocers.
