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The government’s top nutrition advisory panel pointed to overconsumption of food and beverages with added sugar as one of the major factors thwarting a “healthy dietary pattern” for Americans.
At the recently held Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference, Keurig offered a first glimpse at its highly anticipated cold beverage system.
Zola today announced that, based on sales data from SPINS, it now markets the fourth best-selling coconut water brand in the conventional channel, passing PepsiCo-owned Naked.
False advertising and misleading label statements are at the heart of a trio of recently filed class action lawsuits against well-known beverage companies.
A confluence of health and wellness trends and sustained demand for premium alcoholic beverages has ushered in a wave of new higher-end mixer brands.
Core Natural, an alkaline water brand headed by FUZE and Bodyarmor founder Lance Collins, is set to join Big Geyser trucks in a matter of weeks.
The funds will be used for “working and growth capital needs,” according to Salus Capital Partners, which provided the asset-backed credit.
While Calpack and HPPFS are both profitable and cash-flow positive, internal strife at parent State Fish Co. and a sharp decline in the abundance of fresh fish has placed “significant financial pressure” on the subsidiaries.
When the Coca-Cola Co. was developing its #MakeItHappy social media campaign, content involving Adolf Hitler was most certainly not part of the planning process.
Amid burgeoning demand for iced tea products, the Coca-Cola Co. today announced that Gold Peak and Fuze Tea are two of the newest additions to its portfolio of billion-dollar brands.
Continuing upon its quest to make Sparkling ICE a $1 billion brand by 2018, Talking Rain has announced new appointments to its leadership team intended to bolster the company’s marketing, finance and operations divisions.
Boasting more 50 percent more protein, 30 percent more calcium and half the sugar content of traditional milk, Fairlife, an ultra-filtered milk brand distributed by the Coca-Cola Co., is rolling out nationally.
For the first time since August, C-store dollar sales of Red Bull topped that of Monster Energy, according to Nielsen sales data for the four-week period ending on Jan. 17.
Sambazon co-founder Jeremy Black said that the company made the decision to revamp the design and branding of the “Reduced Sugar” line prior to going into production, noting that both naming aesthetics and regulatory guidelines regarding labeling played roles in the process.
