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Minta Beverages Reaches Deal With Bay Area Distributor

LOS ANGELES — Minta Beverages, Inc., maker of the “Magically Refreshing” mint-flavored soda, today announced that the Geyser Beverage Company will serve as distributor of Minta Original and Minta Diet…

Last Chance: Get Listed in BevNET’s 2013 Functional Beverage Guide

Friday is your last chance to secure a listing in BevNET's 2013 Functional Beverage Guide. To be published as a special section in the March issue of BevNET Magazine, the Functional Beverage Guide will feature functional beverage brands and their suppliers. Listed alphabetically, beverage brands will be tagged with functional attributes (i.e. energy, relaxation).

Review: Urban Remedy

Based in Northern California, Urban Remedy is a company that produces a line of organic, handcrafted juice cleanses and meal replacement products. Billed as "nutrient-rich drinks and snacks to amplify health and mind," we sampled six varieties of Urban Remedy and had mixed reviews on the products, which ranged from excellent to not-so-great.

Williams-Sonoma Now Offering Life Juice Products

NEW YORK – Consumer retailer Williams-Sonoma is now offering exclusive packages of 100% raw, cold-pressed vegetable and fruit juices and juice cleanses from Life Juice. These nutrient dense juices, which…

BAWLS Guarana Revamps Can to Boost Sales

CHICAGO — BAWLS Guarana, manufacturer of the line of premium super caffeinated sodas, has revamped its 16oz. aluminum can. The BAWLS parent company elected to partner with Rexam due in…

Beer Goggled: A Closer Look at Recovery Drinks

Does the hangover cure market look better than it really is? A still-emerging category in the beverage industry – recovery drinks – is hoping that there is a fortune to be made in helping provide that preparatory insurance against the day after.

Concentrating on Growth: Chameleon Coffee Gets Cash

Chameleon Cold Brew, one of the next-generation cold-brewed coffee concentrate companies that have recently entered the market, has pulled in investment from Houston, Tex. private equity firm Fortitude Capital.

Review: Teas’ Tea Plus

Teas' Tea Plus is a line of "Half & Half" style teas that are made with a base of green tea. The drinks - sweetened with a blend of sugar and stevia - clock in 50 calories per serving (100 per bottle), and are quite enjoyable from a taste standpoint. However, in terms of branding and packaging, we feel like the brand should be further developed to make the product seem more exciting.

Resolutions for Entrepreneurs

For the past couple of years, stoked in part by the rich observations served up at the winter edition of BevNET Live, I’ve inaugurated a new year by offering some resolutions that beverage entrepreneurs might be wise to consider. I make no claim of infallibility in proffering them, and it’s easy enough to think of successful beverage companies that violated each precept (I can’t think of any that violated all the rules, and you’re welcome to aspire to be the first!).

Beverage School: Aligning Color and Flavor

It’s fair to say that a grape-flavored beverage with an orange-colored liquid is a strange combination. However, the question of aligning color with flavor becomes slightly more muddled when considering the brightness of a carrot juice, or a clear-colored cola. In this BeverageSchool.com video, Kate Ratliff, the technical director at Flavorman, discusses important factors that beverage companies should consider when deciding on the color of the liquid in their products.

Full Core Enters Retail Chains

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — full core, a Floirda-based beverage company, is pleased to announce that two natural food retail chains with a total of 14 locations have agreed to sell…

SweetLeaf Releases Portable Sweet Drops

GILBERT, Ariz. — In response to consumer demand for convenient beverage enhancement, SweetLeaf Stevia Sweetener, the No. 1 selling all-natural sweetener, introduces SweetLeaf Sweet Drops on-the-go packs. Water enhancement drops…