Cookie dough with your bourbon? Over the past decade, flavored whiskey has evolved from a handful of value-priced cinnamon or apple flavored bottles to a hot segment driven by innovative flavors from craft and emerging brands. As the diversity of flavors expands, suppliers have lured in new whiskey drinkers and found a niche for their sweet, and sometimes savory, spirits.
Facing a net loss of $15.6 million in Q4 2022 – up 126% year-over-year – plant-based food and powdered drink brand Laird Superfood said it is emphasizing turnaround efforts in the new year during an earnings call this week.
In this report from Natural Products Expo West 2023 we look at functional drink maker Confidence's rebrand as Emotional Utility Beverage, the launch of Hawaiian Soda Co., New Barn Organic's new claim to Regenerative Organic Almond Milk, and the emergence of lychee flavored drinks.
At Natural Products Expo West 2023 last week, the publicly-traded company unveiled a rebrand across its product lines – which includes sodas, iced teas, energy drinks and kids beverages. In this video, recorded at the brand’s show booth, Zevia CEO Amy Taylor said the visual refresh is aimed at bringing new consumers into the brand through a modern look.
Circana, the new combined company name for IRI and the NDP group, announced today the second cohort of 13 consumer packaged goods companies for its Diversity and Advantage program (DAP), eight of which are food and beverage brands.
Has a new report touched off industry panic over erythritol? Judging by Expo West, perhaps not quite yet. A week before the show, scientific journal Nature Medicine released a study claiming that erythritol was linked to elevated rates of heart attack and stroke.
On Wednesday's Q4 earnings call, Oatly announced $195.1 million in revenue, while also informing investors that it had secured $425 million in financing commitments that will allow the business to grow to "self-sufficiency.”
As busy and grueling a trade show’s get, last week’s Natural Products Expo West required maximum energy to cover the hundreds of exhibitors and new products. Luckily, as usual RTD coffee was well-represented on the show floor, ranging from authentic recreations of international tastes to function-forward brews and indulgent java treats
U.S. spirits exports reached a record high last year, driven by American whiskeys and buoyed by temporary halts to retaliatory tariffs, a new report from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) revealed yesterday.
BevNET caught up with the Odyssey CEO last week at Natural Products Expo West to discuss how the company its high-concept functional drink is making inroads with consumers, how the brand has realigned around its flagship product, and what’s next for Odyssey after its recent fundraising round.
The annual Arizona Cocktail Weekend is just one of several regional cocktail summits that have stewarded cocktail movements across the country and have shifted industry events away from teaching cocktail techniques to broader education.
Melissa Facchina, the co-founder of growth equity firm Siddhi Capital, spoke about the pervasiveness of "bad information" circulating on Linkedin and her belief that the vast amount of capital invested in food and beverage brands over the past decade has been to the detriment of the industry. She also explained why a great operations strategy is the key to making healthy food more accessible, and how she defines “a rockstar, unbelievable company.”
The latest news from Natural Products Expo West 2023 includes new launches from RTD Vietnamese Coffee brand Sang, a canned line from Hint Water, seaweed beverages and innovations in the boba kit category.
Venture backed CPG is breathing a sigh of relief for the moment after the federal government stepped in to fully protect all depositors at Silicon Valley Bank after its collapse last week.
