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BevNET Live Summer 2025 in New York City wrapped up on Thursday with speakers by focusing on how emerging brands can stay competitive in a cutthroat market.

Last week Slate published an ode to Worcester, Massachusetts-based sparkling water brand Polar Seltzer, guest written by comedy writer Josh Gondelman. We spoke with him to learn more about his homegrown love for Polar and to get a creative consumer’s insight into why the 141-year-old brand resonates so deeply with New Englanders.

Massachusetts-based Polar Beverages has secured a long-term manufacturing and distribution agreement with Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) for its 35-SKU line of seltzer products, the companies announced today.

In BevNET’s second gallery of new products from the show, we highlight some notable new launches across water of all types, as well as a handful of products such as Dr Pepper’s new limited offering, fruit smoothies from Simply and Ripple’s entry into the plant-based protein drink arena. For more new products featured at NACS, see our first slideshow.

In this roundup of news from the 2018 NACS trade show in Las Vegas, BevNET checks in with Red Bull and Hint about recent line extensions, examines developments in the sparkling water space, learns about new CBD drinks from New Age Beverages, and samples Brew Dr. Kombucha’s new C-store exclusive innovations.

Episode 76 features a wide-ranging interview with Spindrift founder/CEO Bill Creelman, we explore the emergence of MCT oil, and chat it up with James Fayel, the founder and CEO of Zest Tea, in this week’s Elevator Talk. This episode is presented by Algarithm Ingredients.

Coca-Cola offers $1 million for new artificial sweetener innovations; Soda tax thwacks Chicago’s suburbs; Will Smith plugs JUST Water on James Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke”; NPR takes a look at the rise of seltzer; Bai seeks a more mature brand image.

U.S. Congressmen lobby the FDA to ban use of the term “milk” for non-dairy products, Pepsi’s CEO joins President-elect Trump’s economic advisory council and a Philadelphia judge upholds the city’s controversial “Soda Tax.”

Polar Beverages, the country’s largest independent soft-drink bottler, is in the process of upgrading all their carbonated beverage lines to adopt Closure Systems International’s (CSI’s) lightweight Omni mini XP 28mm linerless closures.

XYIENCE announced Wednesday that it has reached a new partnership with Polar Beverages for distribution of its sugar- and calorie-free Xenergy line in the New England market.

IRVINE, Calif. — True Drinks, Inc. (OTCQB: TRUU), a healthy beverage provider with major entertainment and media company licensing agreements for use of their characters on its proprietary, patented bottles, today announced that the Company has entered into a five-year distribution agreement with Polar Beverages for AquaBall™ Naturally Flavored Water. The agreement covers Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New […]

H 10 O Beverage, LLC. has added Polar Beverages as a distributor in the Connecticut Market Area H 10 O Beverage, LLC. has added Polar Beverages as a distributor in the Connecticut market area. John Lawrence, President of H 10 O Beverage said "We are pleased to be working with Polar Beverages in the Connecticut […]

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BOSTON, May 8 /PRNewswire/ — 203 year-old Gosling’s Rum of Bermuda has joined with 127 year-old Polar Beverages of Massachusetts to create, package and distribute what both are calling the definitive ginger beer soft drink. Gosling’s Stormy Ginger Beer, its official name, took well over a year to formulate and perfect. “We needed to hit […]