La Colombe, the beverage industry leader in coffee innovation, will be highlighting an array of new flavors and concepts including BevNET’s Best of 2019 award-winning Oatmilk Draft Latte, as well the new Draft Chocolate Milk, at their booth at Expo West: Hall B, booth 1575.
Premier Protein is expanding on the success of its 30g Protein Shakes with a new line of smooth and creamy breakfast-inspired shakes featuring a balance of 20g of protein, 7g of fiber, 8g of whole grain oats and 24 vitamins and minerals.
Verve Coffee Roasters, a Santa Cruz-based specialty coffee company that produces the world’s highest quality craft coffee, has expanded its ready-to-drink Nitro Flash Brew Coffee line with Single Origin and is one of the first to market a Decaf offering.
Sunwink, the female founded sparkling herbal tonic brand on a mission to nourish and re-energize the human connection between ourselves and plants is launching their 5th flavor, Hibiscus Mint Unwind, as well as brand new packaging and design featured across all existing product in addition to the new debut flavor.
Vistar has taken a minority ownership stake in RTD yerba mate maker Yerbae, the beverage brand told BevNET, opening a partnership which will give the brand access to over 12,000 food service accounts nationwide. Yerbae CEO Todd Gibson said the investment comes as the brand prepares to roughly triple its retail distribution footprint by the end of this year.
Synapse, maker of the world’s first ready-to-drink, natural nootropic supplement for energy and focus, has been selected to participate in PepsiCo’s 2020 North America Greenhouse Accelerator program.
AlkaWonder announced it will be the official Hydration Partner for Zumba® in 2020 with focus on marketing and promotional services across various events and again during the ZINCON 2020.
teaRIOT, a fast-growing positive-energy brand from Venice CA, announced it is launching the market’s first 100% plant-powered energy drink made from simple, plant-based ingredients consumers are demanding, yet current category brand leaders aren’t trusted to deliver.
We spoke with Marco Canora and Andrew Garner, the founder and CEO, respectively, of pioneering bone broth company Brodo about communicating its value proposition to consumers, how Canora attempts to use his influence as an award-winning chef as to support better-for-you brands and why he believes the steepest part of the learning curve in CPG is also its most frustrating.
GOJAI, creator of deliciously refreshing caffeinated beverages, today announced the launch of its cornerstone line, GOJAI Organic. Launching at Natural Products Expo West, the new beverages are one of the nation’s first organic gently caffeinated sparkling waters made from simple and clean ingredients, including real fruit oils and organic unroasted coffee beans.
Vellamo, Finland’s award-winning natural mineral water aims to make a big splash with its USA launch by partnering with global label stock producer, UPM Raflatac for an innovative sustainability initiative in the bottled water industry at the 19th annual Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) from February 19-23, 2020 across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Reed’s Inc. announced today that COO Norman E. Snyder, Jr. will succeed interim CEO John Bello in a permanent capacity effective March 1. Snyder will take on the role just months after joining Reed’s in September during a management shakeup that also saw the exit of CEO Val Stalowir.
Expanding on their current ginger offerings, Brew Dr. Kombucha has rounded out a trio of ginger-centric flavors with varying levels of spice to offer something for everyone. Each flavor pairs ginger with different complementary ingredients.
Backed by new funding, United Kingdom-based sustainable food and beverage packaging startup Notpla, maker of edible water pods, is focusing on expanding into other markets and applications, according to a profile in Fast Company last week.
