The health and wellness fervor has become more of an industry idea than something conceived by the consumer, said Tim Kezman, the president of King Juice Company, Inc, makers of Calypso Lemonade. With an overload of vitamins, nutraceuticals and other hard-to-pronounce details, consumers can feel overwhelmed and unsure of their decisions. This opinion isn’t on-trend, but distributors still boast to Kezman about how there’s no educational process needed with Calypso.
A recent study conducted by Medicus Research indicates that hangover-prevention supplements made by Mercy Nutraceuticals, Inc. can diminish common symptoms from hangovers, such as headache and nausea, and alcohol consumption, such as reductions in attention and cognitive function.
A federal judge has tentatively approved a settlement in which the makers of Muscle Milk will create a $5,275,000 million fund for consumers adversely affected by marketing of the products. The settlement, in which Cytosport Inc. denies any wrongdoing, will resolve a 2011 false advertising lawsuit filed against the company.
Coke has finalized its purchase of Zico coconut water, purchasing the remaining outstanding shares. Zico was purchased through Coke's Venturing and Emerging Brands Group (VEB). Founder and current CEO Mark Rampolla will be moving into a role of non-executive advisor during the transition; G. Scott Uzzell will become President, rejoining Coke a year after he left VEB to become Zico's Chief Commercial Officer and EVP of Sales.
If your beverage is sparkling, flavored, some form of water and has a solid foundation in taste and packaging, retailers are probably interested.
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After Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) received a tweet with an image of a toy boat draped in branding from Rockstar Energy, CNN anchor Jake Tapper aired Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on his news show to chat about youth marketing and energy drinks, a rather familiar subject by now.
In an investor call yesterday morning, Campbell’s Soup CEO Denise Morrison said that "proliferation of specialty beverages and packaged fresh juices" is having a significant effect on first quarter 2013 sales of its V8 brand of shelf-stable juice drinks.
Beverage entrepreneurs often hear about ways that they might succeed in a rough-and-tumble and unforgiving industry: start small, build regionally, create a memorable brand. But what about the -- often unspoken of -- ways to fail in beverages?
Although water has overtaken carbonated soft drinks as the most consumed beverage among U.S. adults, children and teens remain more likely to choose drinks like milk and soda than water, according to a new report from The NPD Group, a market information and advisory firm.
Coca-Cola will continue to distribute Evian through the first half of 2014, however, its last ship date will be on July 3. After that, Evian, a branch of The Danone Group, will work with several wholesalers and use the distribution system of Dannon yogurt, another branch of The Danone Group, to compensate for the loss of Coke’s expansive network.
Recent developments in distribution news indicate that retailers are beginning to express more confidence in oat-based beverages. Shortly after BevNET reported that, alongside Sneaky Pete’s line of oat-based drinks, Target will include Oatworks in its emerging brands test, FreshDirect announced on Thursday that it will also carry the Oatworks line.
Honest Tea is facing a proposed class action lawsuit which alleges that the company is dishonestly marketing Honey Green Tea because the beverage doesn’t contain the amount of antioxidants that it lists on the label. The lawsuit accuses the Coca-Cola-owned company of misleading consumers about the actual amount of “antioxidants green tea flavonoids” in the product.
Researchers shared their insights on what they termed the misinformation, research gaps and potential benefits of caffeinated products during a webcast hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists earlier this week titled The Buzz on Caffeine: New Developments in Safety, Regulation and Adverse Event Reporting.
