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Slimming Prospects

Drinks that slim are on the campaign trail once more, but the platform keeps getting more complicated. One party wants to boost your metabolism: frontrunner Celsius faces competition from Function’s…

BevNET Announces First-of-its-kind “New Beverage Showdown” Competition at BevNET Live Summer 11; Sponsored by VEB

An exciting competition at this summer’s BevNET Live in Manhattan will allow one new beverage brand to win $5,000 in cash and other prizes valued at $15,000 – as well as gain valuable exposure and advice – as part of the New Beverage Showdown, a two-day live product and plan review debuting at this summer’s BevNET Live in Manhattan. Sponsored by VEB, a business unit of Coca-Cola North America.

Download: 2011 Energy Guide

BevNET.com’s 2011 Energy Guide provides a catalog of energy drinks, energy shots, recovery drinks, tablets, powders, and anti-energy on the market in 2011.…

Givaudan Expands TasteSolutions Sweetness Programme

Dübendorf, Switzerland (April 11, 2011) – Givaudan is expanding its TasteSolutions™ health and wellness programme by increasing investment and resources in taste technology to address food manufacturers’ sweetness challenges.  The…

Are Eco-Bottles the Next Big Beverage Battle?

March has already brought a great deal of activity in packaging innovation, from the incorporation of 100 percent recycled PET to the use of plant polymers in some bottles. Most…

Natural Ascension – And Its Inherent Lag

For a few years now the impression has been spreading – promulgated by folks like me – that natural foods are rapidly going mainstream and that it’s only a matter of time before you can grab a 6-pack of kombucha at the local c-store. Hyperbole aside, is there much truth to that sentiment? As an informal gauge, I’ve found it interesting to observe the growing (if still small) numbers of natural foods exhibitors at the Natural Products Expo West that turn up as exhibitors at the NACS c-store extravaganza in the fall not long after their Expo debuts. That migration simply didn’t happen in such short order in the past.