Bitter Bubble is a line of zero calorie sparkling beverages that are designed to emulate the classic combination of soda water and bitters. The product line, which launched in summer 2021, features three unsweetened flavors including Rhubarb & Hibiscus, Blood Orange & Chamomile and Sour Cherry & Chicory.
Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week's special co-host is Adam Louras, a partner with Mercenary, who shared his thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.
Anna-Lena Kamenetzky, the founder and CEO of growth-stage venture capital firm Touch Capital, explained how global trends help inform the firm’s investments, which include Super Coffee, Lesser Evil and Haven’s Kitchen. She also discussed why investor feedback only works “if it's a pull and not a push,” how she evaluates the scaling potential of innovative brands, and offered her perspective on several trendy concepts, ingredients and CPG categories.
In our first dispatch from Natural Products Expo East 2022, we track the latest innovations in RTD lattes from brands like Nitro Beverage Co., Milkadamia and Waiakea, plus check in with oat-powered hydration startup Smootch.
BevNET’s annual “Best Of” Awards commend companies, brands, individuals, products, ideas and trends from across the ever-changing beverage industry landscape. The highly-anticipated awards show returns to Santa Monica, CA on the first day of BevNET Live Winter 2022, taking place December 5 + 6. BevNET’s Best Of 2022 Awards, presented by Zuckerman Honickman, are currently open for nominations.
On location at Natural Products Expo East 2022, the hosts shared their respective takes on standout products and brands exhibited during the first two days of the annual trade show, which is being held at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The roundup highlights several brands that are using better-for-you, innovative and plant-based ingredients to disrupt legacy food and beverage categories.
BevNET and NOSH editors Martin Caballero and Carol Ortenberg share their quick takeaways from the opening day of Expo East 2022.
Max Pouvreau, the founder of premium pudding brand Petit Pot, explained why he has always emphasized frugality and cautious spending, how the hire of an experienced operations executive and planning strategy helped the company scale production and achieve profitability and how being ahead of the curve on permissible indulgence has benefited the brand’s development.
This week saw Pepsi taking inspiration from a classic campfire treat, La Colombe celebrating the Halloween Season and Rambler Sparkling Water entering the energy drink set.
Next week, natural and organic product companies and manufacturers will convene at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA for Natural Products Expo East 2022. To help our audience of retailers, investors and brands find our BevNET and NOSH Insiders that are exhibiting, we’ve produced a special pre-show Expo East 2022 Booth Guide featuring the company names and booth numbers of our Insiders.
In this episode, Taste Radio’s hosts reflected on recent networking and live podcast events at BevNET’s San Diego office and Super Coffee headquarters in Austin. They also addressed an often asked question from early-stage entrepreneurs and highlighted a few unusual products before Jacqui Brugliera took on one of the hottest of challenges.
Strong demand for bottled water, sports drinks and ready-to-drink coffee helped accelerate total non-alcoholic beverage sales over the Labor Day holiday earlier this month, as sales grew 13% year-over-year during the two-week period ended on September 10, according to a Goldman Sachs Equity Research Report based on NielsenIQ data.
Junea Rocha, the co-founder of pioneering Latin food brand Brazi Bites, explained why her advisory network was critical to the company’s formative years, the pros and cons of appearing on “Shark Tank,” why innovative brands need to scale quickly or risk being left behind and why she describes herself as “the opposite” of entrepreneurs that are great at raising money.
New York-based coconut water brand Once Upon a Coconut splashed into retail through a new partnership with Big Geyser, the brand announced last week.
