Review: Black O-pium Energy Drink

Taste Nirvana just launched a great line of RTD Thai-style coffee and tea products, but did you know that they also have energy drinks? Black O-pium is one of these…

Ocean Spray and PepsiCo Form Strategic Alliance

@@img1LAKEVILLE, MA and PURCHASE, NY – July 13, 2006 – Ocean Spray and PepsiCo today announced a long-term strategic alliance in which Pepsi-Cola North America will market, bottle and distribute…

Review: Nu South Lemonade

United Beverage Group is an Atlanta based company that was formed to provide the highest quality and refreshing beverages to consumers that would meet their diverse taste and on the…

Summer Fancy Foods 2006 Recap

View the Photos >> NEW YORK, NY – JULY 11 2006 – The biggest beverage-related topic of discussion at this year’s NASFT Summer Fancy Food Show wasn’t a new product…

Review: Diesel Energy Drink

DIESEL’s 16 oz. cylinder offers 6000 “horsepower” or miligrams of energy components, and its 24 oz. cylinder offers a mega-dose 9000 horsepower. Also features five more amino acids (in addition…

Review: Sum Poosie

Sum Poosie is back….This time they’re using a 16-ounce can, which will likely take some of the emphasis off of the otherwise “unique” branding.…

Snuffed! FDA Disses Nic Lite

Less than a year after the would-be nicotine replacement beverage applied for an exemption from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration as a drug, the agency turned it down.…

FBI Nabs 3 Over Coca-Cola Secrets

ATLANTA, Georgia July 6, 2006 – Three people have been arrested on charges of offering Coca-Cola secrets to rival Pepsi for $1.5 million, federal prosecutors have said. The FBI began…

Review: Cafe Sepia

ITO EN’s new CAFÉ SEPIA is a ready-to-drink coffee that delivers an artful balance of aroma, body and flavor. Using beans that were specially selected for their unmistakable character to…

Review: Froid

Introducing Froid, a creative new ready-to-drink coffee beverage made from a refreshing blend of, flavorful organic coffee, organic milk and organic sugar that is sure to delight your senses. Froid…

Review: Pickle Juice Sport

The folks at Golden Beverages have rebranded their product into “Pickle Juice Sport”, the ultimate electrolyte boost beverage. Calling it unique is an understatement. Packed with pickle flavor and 15…

Review: Sex Kola “Thrust”

We used to like Sex Kola. It was clean and classy and, while the brand was a bit misguided, it was a technically sound product. With the new Thrust flavor,…

Coke Gets Respect

The owner of beverage development company Brain Twist has confirmed the sale of a new brand called “Respect” to Coke Consolidated, the country’s second-largest Coca-Cola Co.-affiliated bottler. The purchase of…