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Nestle Waters Launches Resource Natural Spring Water Nationally

Brand Teams Up with Celebrated Actress Alyssa Milano, Dress for Success, Project Runway and Renowned Production Company AiRealistic STAMFORD, Conn., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Nestle Waters North America today…

AriZona Beverages introduces SODA SHAQ

New Cream Soda line in “A Big Can for the Big Man” CHICAGO, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — AriZona Beverages has teamed up with Shaquille O’Neal to launch an all-natural…

Honest Tea Celebrates Origins of Ingredients

BETHESDA, Md. — Honest Tea, the nation’s top-selling organic bottled tea company, began rolling out its latest video spot celebrating the brand’s use of organic ingredients in its real brewed…

ShopRite Stores to Offer Red Jacket Cold-Pressed Juice

GENEVA, N.Y. — Red Jacket juice, a premium line of 100 percent cloudy fruit juices, cold-pressed at Red Jacket Orchards in New York’s Finger Lakes region expands into more than…

Motto Wins New Beverage Showdown 5, Will Enter Kroger Stores

Motto not only survived judge Kelly Marlowe’s tough question; they braved the field of 21 and won the showdown’s first place, granting them a $5,000 jumbo check (game show style), an automatic entry into select Kroger retail locations, and the less tangible rewards of this competition, such as exposure and pride.

New Beverage Showdown 5 Finalists Substantiate Industry Shift

The final six brands in New Beverage Showdown 5 at BevNET Live Summer ’13 in New York City confirmed an increasingly evident truth about innovation in this industry. “The days of artificial everything are the days of the past,” said Eric Schnell, a judge for the event and the founder and CEO of Metabrand.

Mintel: Coconut Water Intros Quintuple in Last Five Years

Over the past five years, a deluge of new products introductions has helped pushed coconut water from the outskirts of the beverage industry to one of fastest growing and visible categories on the market. According to Mintel, a leading global supplier of consumer, product and media intelligence, new coconut water products have grown by 540 percent since 2008 with most brands utilizing health claims associated with the liquid to propel product launches.

Review: Cocozia

Packaged in the Philippines, Cocozia is a new USDA Organic coconut water that comes in an 11 oz. Tetra Pak container. While being organic and not-from-concentrate will help the brand gain some consumer following, we feel as though this product is going to have to do a lot more to make it in the competitive coconut water space.

BevNET Live Summer ‘13: Live Video Stream Announced

We’re pleased to announce that BevNET Live Summer ’13, the ninth consecutive sold-out BevNET Live conference, will feature the return of a free video stream of the event. Broadcast live from New York City, the video stream will cover every presentation and panel from the show, which will take place at the Metropolitan Pavilion on June 4 and 5.

Jones Soda Co. Announces Photo Contest

SEATTLE — Jones Soda Co. (JSDA), a leading premium beverage company known for its customer-designed packaging, and the FIAT Brand today announced their “Jonesin’ for a Fiat 500e” summer photo…

Entrepreneur Magazine Touts Mercy Nutraceuticals

NEW YORK — Mercy Nutraceuticals, Inc., the maker of functional products with proven results, was featured in the “Annual 100 Brilliant Companies” by Entrepreneur Magazine, which lists ideas, people and…

Review: LOCA by Oogave

Back from the dead, Oogave, which markets a line of organic sodas, has introduced LOCA, a new brand of 10-calorie soft drinks. The products, which are sweetened with a stevia…

Rockin’ Refuel Helps NBA Player Learn Lacrosse

PHOENIX — Rockin’ Refuel by Shamrock Farms is teaming up with basketball star DeAndre Jordan to teach him the fastest growing sport in America – lacrosse! As the basketball season…