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Review: Fruitology Horchata

Conceptually, Fruitology’s Horchata sounds like it’s going to be a good product.  It describes itself as being creamy with vanilla and cinnamon flavors — and that’s exactly what we like…

Review: 7UP Ten

The Dr Pepper Snapple Group recently announced that it was expanding their "Ten" (as in ten calories) line of low calorie sodas into some of the other franchise brands. Today, we're taking a look at 7UP Ten. While the flavor is quite good (citrus and artificial sweeteners pair well together it seems), this product seems like something that will result in cannibalization rather it bringing new consumers to the brand.

Review: CodeBlue

It has been a while since we took a look at CodeBlue and a lot has changed for the product. What used to be a single SKU carbonated beverage is now a four flavor non-carbonated line, with the function (recovery) about the only holdover from the original product. Visually, it feels like a much more complete product, while variety of flavor is something that never seems to hurt either.

Chewier than Aloe

The Toronto Star is reporting that Swiss packaging giant SIG Combiblock is preparing to debut chewable drinks -- cartons filled with a variety of fruits, nuts, grains, etc. -- in Canada. As anyone who has worked through bubble tea, aloe drinks, or Orbitz knows, there is so far only a small market for heterogeneous beverages. So it's really your call if you want to go into the biz.

Review: ARMA Energy SNX Energy Drink

ARMA Energy SNX, whose primary line of business is creating energy enhanced nuts (the company is owned by nut processor John B. Sanfilippo & Son), has recently moved into a more familiar medium of delivering energy: liquid. Their first offering, which is simply labeled "ARMA Energy", is a very nice product that has a clean and polished look.

Review: GoodBelly Coconut Water

GoodBelly's Coconut Water, which is the only probiotic enhanced coconut water on the market, was actually launched last year at Expo West. However, the product was only recently ported to an 8 ounce PET bottle (it used to be exclusively in a milk carton container).

Review: TheBU Kombucha

TheBU Kombucha is a recently launched line of kombucha that is produced in Hawaii. Their goal is to create something that helps kombucha make its way to the mainstream. How are they going to do this? It starts with the product having an enjoyable flavor, while they've also worked hard to get the level of carbonation consistently to what they see as the proper level.

Review: New Flavors From Sparkling ICE

Sparkling ICE recently added two new flavors: Lemonade & Coconut Pineapple.  Like the rest of their flavors, the two newest additions are enhanced with natural flavors, vitamins, and antioxidants.  The…

Review: New Flavors from Blue Print Cleanse

Blue Print Cleanse is a line of juices that are designed to be part of their proprietary nutritional cleanse system (which is offered in several levels of intensity). Putting the…

Review: Easy2Sleep

While new product introductions for relaxation drinks appear to be slowing, products offering to help improve sleep continue to come to market. One of the more interesting ones that we’ve…

Review: SoBe Lifewater with Coconut Water

SoBe Lifewater recently launched several new flavors that feature the addition of coconut water from concentrate.  These products, which use a blend of stevia and sugar, come in the same…

Review: 82Go Water

82Go Water (that’s “eight-to-go”) is the brainchild of BAWLS Guarana founder and former CEO, Hoby Buppert (see also: 82Go’s New Beverage Showdown presentation at BevNET Live). 82Go contains eight ounces…

Review: Bhakti Chai

Hailing from Boulder, Colorado, Bhakti Chai is a line of ready to drink fresh (meaning not shelf stable) chai beverages. These soy milk based formulations include fresh pressed ginger juice…