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Taste Radio Insider Ep. 31: Who Really Owns Your Brand? Hint: It’s Not You.

You might have put time, money, blood, sweat and tears into building your brand, but at the end of the day it doesn’t belong to you. That’s the perspective of Christian Krogstad and Thomas Mooney, the co-founders of Westward Whiskey, which helped establish the rapidly growing American single-malt whiskey category.

Mother Kombucha Announces Florida Whole Foods Partnership

Tampa Bay Area-based Mother Kombucha expands reach in Florida with new partnership with Whole Foods Market. Four of their most popular flavors, Blue Rose, Hopped Passion Fruit, The Trop and Lavender Mojito are now available in all Florida Whole Foods Market locations. 

New Moo Pods Creamer Tablets Launch

Moooove over nasty little plastic cup of artificial white stuff or packet of mysterious powder, Moo Pods conveniently-packaged creamer tablets using real milk and no artificial ingredients are now available for the discerning tea and coffee lover, and have a shelf life of approximately 18 months.

Sensing Momentum, Bitters Brands Seize Moment to Enter RTD Space

Presented with the opportunity to expand their platforms with products that align with a variety of current trends, the likes of Hella Cocktail Co. and Bitter Love are working to establish sparkling bitters as a new segment of the RTD market.

Dunkin’ and Southern Peak Brewery Release Dunkin’ Espresso Kombucha

In a unique and limited-time collaboration, Dunkin’ and Southern Peak Brewery partnered to create an espresso-flavored kombucha. Dunkin’ Espresso Kombucha is the first-ever and only kombucha in the country to include Dunkin’ espresso beans which were cold-brewed in-house at Southern Peak.

New Age Beverages Announces Marley Brand Expansion with the Marley Family

New Age Beverages Corporation (NBEV), the Colorado and Utah-based organic and natural beverage company intending to become the world's leading healthy beverages and lifestyles company, has announced the expansion of its Marley brand licensing agreements with the family of Bob Marley for an additional 10 years.

Rocky Mountain Soda Company Launches Colorado’s Best Drinks and Lifted Libations

High quality and authentic, small-batch and inventive, Denver’s Rocky Mountain Soda Company has forged and defined the standard for fine craft sodas. Now, RMSCO has two more coveted offerings for your enjoyment: Colorado’s Best Drinks, a sparkling hemp infused soda, and Lifted Libations Soda Club, a lineup of organic sparkling cocktails.

BevNET Magazine Feature: Powdered Beverages Embrace Hydration

The hydration-focused powdered sports drink mix category has been experiencing a renaissance as independent brands offer consumers clean label credentials with clinical testing to back efficacy claims, while also delivering fun, lifestyle brand identities to bring in new consumers and celebrity influencers.

Juice Performer Introduces Beet with Pineapple Juice

Juice Performer, the performance-enhancing body fuel, has announced the availability of Juice Performer Beet with Pineapple Juice, a delightfully sweeter way to enjoy the proven benefits of beets.

Review: Minna

Describing itself as “kind of like tea” and “kind of like sparkling water,” Minna is an unsweetened, zero-calorie, and USDA Organic certified line of carbonated beverages that is positioned as an alternative to flavored sparkling water.

Dr. Priestley’s “Small Batch Fizzy Water” Celebrates Soda Inventor

Named for Dr. Joseph Priestley, an 18th century renaissance man who is recognized as the first documented inventor of soda water in 1767, the New York-based beverage company, which launched last month on Amazon, markets a line of premium sparkling waters with cocktail-inspired flavor profiles.

KILL CLIFF Now Available at Walmart

KILL CLIFF, the maker of clean performance beverages, is on pace to grow distribution by 250 percent in 2019. Walmart is fueling the most recent surge, bringing KILL CLIFF into more than 1,900 stores in 46 states.

Soda Tax Update: California Bill Collapses, ABA Attacks Philly Mayor

In this update or recent news around taxes on sugar sweetened drinks, legislative efforts in California to introduce a two cents per fluid ounce tax on sodas and sugar-sweetened drinks have been put on hold until next year, while the American Beverage Association targets Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney with a new round of negative ads.