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Health Advocates Call on Coca-Cola to Change Advertising

HOWARD COUNTY, Md. — In a new television advertising campaign parodying Coca-Cola, Howard County Unsweetened is calling on the beverage industry giant to find a “better way” to help fight…

Califia Farms Releases Dairy-Free Holiday Nog

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and Califia Farms is making it even better with a limited edition vegan Holiday Nog. At only 50 calories…

Purple Stuff Now Available on Amazon

HOUSTON — Funktional Beverages, Inc. (The manufacturer of Purple Stuff Relaxation drinks) went Live on Monday with Amazon.Com to a record-setting opening day for on-line orders of the relaxation drinks…

Review: B’more Caffe Latte

The Caffe Latte variety of B’more Organic Skyr Smoothies is a new blend of the company's base skyr and coffee (delivered in the form of coffee extract and coffee flavor). Of the B’more flavors that we’ve sampled, this is definitely one of the more unique and enjoyable.

Eight “Taste of Tomorrow” Brands Now in Colorado King Soopers

Kroger's highly anticipated entrepreneurial beverage set, Taste of Tomorrow, has become a program of the present. The supermarket giant's natural foods team activated the promotional and merchandising strategy, designed to help incubate innovative beverage brands in the supermarket giant’s retail system, earlier this month in King Soopers in Colorado.

Coke Unveils Broad Array of New Products, Packages at NACS

With the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show returning to Atlanta for the first time since 2010, executives from the Coca-Cola Co. didn’t have to travel very far from the company’s downtown headquarters to the show’s location at the Georgia World Congress Center. That was probably a good thing considering that they certainly had their hands full with a heap of new products and packages that Coke unveiled at the event.

Deadline for BevNET’s Best of 2013 Awards + New Beverage Guide Extended to October 23!

We extended the submission deadline for BevNET's Best of 2013 Awards + New Beverage Guide until the end of Wednesday, October 23. That means you have just two days left to submit your product for BevNET's "Best of" Awards and inclusion in BevNET's New Beverage Guide, the most comprehensive collection of non-alcoholic beverages compiled annually.

Review: Wild Poppy (Updated)

Having recently tweaked the formulation in its line of organic fruit drinks, we decided to give Wild Poppy, which we first reviewed in 2011, a second look. And while we were fans of the brand back then, we think that the updates have elevated Wild Poppy's flavor profile; the products taste (and look) really great.

KonaRed Selected for Kroger’s ‘Taste of Tomorrow’ Program

KALAHEO, Hawaii — KonaRed Corporation (www.KonaRed.com ) (OTCQB: KRED), the developers of KonaRed nutritional products made from Hawaiian-sourced Kona Coffee Fruit, announced today that its KonaRed Hawaiian Superfruit Antioxidant Juice…

Video: Sparkling ICE Eyes Convenient Route to Market, Acquisitions

The brand’s parent company, Talking Rain, has cobbled together a national network for reaching convenience stores, CEO Kevin Klock told BevNET Editor Jeffrey Klineman during a wide ranging interview on the floor of the NACS (National Association of Convenience Stores) Show.