In our first dispatch from Natural Products Expo West 2022 this week, we examine how individual brands and the industry as a whole are responding to the impact of climate change, as well as highlight products and innovations seen at the show across plant-based dairy, mocktails, CBD and more.
As we kick off our coverage of Natural Products Expo West 2022, here’s just a quick look at a handful of the new releases from exhibiting companies, including Harmless Harvest, MALK and Sound.
Brooklyn-based distiller St. Agrestis recently introduced its first ready-to-drink non alcoholic cocktail, known as “Phony Negroni.” The product is lightly carbonated and is packaged in a 6.8 ounce glass bottle.
Kim Allardyce, the CEO of Shire City Herbals, spoke about how an emphasis on professionalization helped reset and revitalize the now fast-growing brand of organic wellness tonics. This episode also includes a conversation with Vittorio Marzotto, the director of business development for Santa Margherita USA who chronicled the wine brand’s remarkable history and how his great-grandfather’s efforts to build a sustainable agri-business continue through today.
Next Century Spirits, a leading full-service distilled spirits company, announced the debut of their first-ever ready-to-drink (RTD) canned cocktail offering with the launch of Caddy Clubhouse Cocktails in partnership with internationally renowned golf legend, Greg Norman.
Call it the calm before the storm. This week’s wave of new products — which includes new entries in cannabis, energy and kids beverages, among others — is just a…
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 West 2022 Booth Guide featuring the company names and booth numbers of our Insiders, both alphabetically and numerically.
In this edition of Category Closeup, BevNET reporter Brad Avery and a panel of CPG leaders take a look at one of the fastest growing (and most misunderstood) trends currently emerging within the food and beverage space: web3. This disruptive, decentralized technology platform – which includes NFTs, cryptocurrencies, blockchain and Metaverse – has emerged as a new, disruptive tool for companies of all sizes.
BetterBrand founder/CEO Aimee Yang spoke about how she analyzed the opportunity to create a better-for-you bagel, why raising her first $1 million was both remarkable and lamentable, the fortuitous way she met several investors, what she wanted to convey in branding and package design and why she embraces a “software mindset” when it comes to iteration.
What this week lacked in volume of new products, it made up for with releases from some of the leading names in major categories like juice, sparkling water and kombucha, not to mention soda.
Following a two-week period that saw five beverage brands collectively add nearly $60 million in new funding, the hosts discussed each deal and how the companies are planning to deploy the capital. They also spoke about the increasing prevalence of food and beverage conglomerates internally developing on-trend concepts while taking branding and design cues from entrepreneurial companies.
Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week's special co-host is Paul Beaupre, the founder of BoPray Consulting, who will share his thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.
Non-alcoholic beverages were feeling the love in the lead up to Valentine’s Day, as sales accelerated across almost all categories for the two-week period ending on February 12, according to an analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
Launched in 2021, DRY Botanical Bitters & Soda is marketed as a zero-proof and zero sugar beverage that offers “the complexity and ritual of a craft cocktail without the alcohol.” It’s the third product line from DRY Soda and joins a handful of brands that are actively marketing bitters and soda products.
