Supplier News

At Drinktec 2022, ADM will showcase how forward-thinking beverage concepts can help meet evolving demands as consumers focus on holistic well-being.

Vivify Specialty Ingredients is adding to their management team with the appointment of Carla Davis as Product Line Manager within their Food & Beverage division.

BENEO, a leading manufacturer of functional ingredients, announced the appointments of Juliana Hirata as Area Sales Manager, U.S., and Canada, and of Thomas Weber as Area Sales Manager, Latin America.

NutriLeads BV announced the appointment of Joana Carneiro, Ph.D. as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

BarTrack announces a partnership with Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a leading sports and entertainment venue that is home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United of Major League Soccer, to monitor draft lines, reduce waste, and enhance the beverage experience for the millions of fans who visit annually. 

KeHE Distributors (KeHE), one of the largest and most respected natural & organic, specialty, and fresh distributors in North America, will unveil the expansion of their Aurora, Colorado distribution center on August 31st.

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages (Liberty) today unveiled its KeelClip paperboard packaging system that replaces the plastic ring holders on can multipacks - the first of its kind in the United States - at its Elmsford, NY production facility in partnership with fiber-based consumer packaging leader, Graphic Packaging International (Graphic Packaging).

ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in alternative protein and nutrition products and solutions, and Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE: BHIL), a food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, announced a long-term strategic partnership to scale innovative soy ingredients that will help meet the rapidly growing demand for plant-based proteins.

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— Devil’s Foot Beverage Company,the Asheville-based craft soda maker specializing in farm-to-can beverages, is excited to announce a new partnership with Modern Hops, Georgia’s only independent craft beverage distributor.…

Amcor Rigid Packaging (ARP) is now offering samples of spirits bottles made of recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) that meet the newly-approved U.S. Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) sizes. Amcor’s new offering was developed to provide customers with the freedom and flexibility to explore new markets while gauging consumer interest.  

Evergreen, a preferred supplier of food and non-food grade rPET, celebrated the completion of their building and production expansion in Clyde, Ohio this month. 

Chinova Bioworks (Chinova), a Canadian company addressing consumers’ demand for healthy, natural, clean-label ingredients, received a No Questions Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding their Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) Notice No. GRN 000997 application for Chiber Mushroom Fiber, a natural food and beverage preservative.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) announced the appointment of Kevin O’Donnell as the Cooperative’s new senior vice president, sustainability. In this role, Kevin will be responsible for steering DFA’s sustainability activities and evolving the Cooperative’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts enterprise wide.

Sediment. It’s one of the biggest hurdles faced by plant protein formulators as they develop innovative ready-to-drink (RTD) protein beverages for the growing category. Merit Functional Foods is setting out to change this with the introduction of its newest ingredient, Peazazz C, a uniquely different pea protein that enables a smooth, grit-free texture in RTD beverages, without chalkiness – even when used at higher, double-digit protein inclusion percentages.