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Actor Ben Stiller is joining the likes of beverage heavyweights Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in the modern soda stakes, launching his new low-sugar CSD line.

In marketing news, functional coffee Everyday Dose sponsors Runningman Festival, Taste Salud’s new soccer sponsorship and more.

This week’s new products gallery is full of new protein-laced options as well as new LTOs for the changing of the seasons.

It’s been a hot and humid July, but beverage brands have some new refreshments for August. In this week’s new products gallery, we look at some hemp THC beverage extensions and new watermelon soda and WTRMLN WTR flavors.

Mixers sit at an odd place in the ever-evolving beverage industry. Last year, sales in mixers fell alongside a rise in adult non-alc sales. In turn, mixer brands have positioned themselves as elevated zero-proof options and cocktail ingredients – some have even tried their luck in the ready-to-drink aisle.

State Garden is known for its salad offerings with brands like Olivia’s Organics, but the Massachusetts-based business now wants to position itself as a leading organic juice and beverage manufacturer as well.

Naked Nutrition does energy drinks now? Josh Cellars goes nationwide with non-alc wine? Cann sells a THC spritz? Yes, you’re in the right place – it’s just that this week’s edition of the New Product gallery is full of pleasant surprises.

In this week’s new products roundup, Suja expands its lineup of cold-pressed green juices, hemp-derived wellness product producer Cornbread enters the beverage world and Mountain Dew collaborates with Little Caesars.

Innovation around low-sugar, plant-based liquid is seeping into an OG better-for-you drink category, and no, we aren’t talking about “Modern Soda” or energy drinks. Today, senior reporter Lukas Southard has all eyes on the smoothies and juices sector.

Our latest review roundup sees the return of a classic soda, a new twist on Töst, a unique line of sparkling ginseng tonics, and THC-infused CSDs.

Hydration was hot at last week’s Natural Products Expo West, with new releases from Plezi and PATH, plus Be Love’s debut.

Bloom Nutrition – and by extension, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) – is entering the red-hot “modern soda” category with Bloom Pop, a shelf-stable prebiotic soda set to launch at Walmart on Labor Day.

The SODA line is launching with five flavors, including a few that look to step off the beaten path of offerings by mainstream soda brands: Concord Freeze, Ginger Ale, Orange Cream Float, Shirley Temple and Strawberry Shortcake.

Big soda has been Melvin “Mel” Landis’s meal ticket for most of his professional career. Now he’s gone to work for one of the brands with the greatest potential to disrupt that category, signing on as the president of Olipop.