As businesses worldwide feel more urgency to improve their environmental sustainability standards, carton-packaged water brand Boxed Water says it is doing better than ever. Founded in 2009 as Boxed Water Is Better, the Michigan-based brand has served as a pioneer of the carton-packaged water space that has in the intervening years seen competition emerge from rivals boasting their own sustainability narratives within the space for better-for-the-planet packaging.

In this week’s roundup of new products, ZOA Energy unveils limited-edition Black Adam cans, Figlia rolls out its first RTD offering and Psychedelic Water launches the first legal microdose product.

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) has raised its full-year sales guidance to low double-digits after reporting encouraging growth across its business divisions in the second quarter.

Within the specialty coffee space, Vietnamese coffee is typically dismissed as cheaper and low quality, according to Sahra Nguyen, founder and CEO of Nguyen Coffee Supply. Which is why since launching her dry coffee brand in 2018, she has focused on exposing the coffee industry to the potential of Vietnam-sourced robusta beans.

In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint and combat reliance on single-use plastic packaging, The Coca-Cola Company announced this week that most DASANI products will transition to 100% rPET bottles, while Sprite will swap out its signature green PET bottles for clear ones.

Functional soda startup Perfy has announced plans for an NFT-based consumer loyalty program set to launch next month; Plant-based snack brand Vegan Rob’s is looking to battle world hunger with a new cryptocurrency, Vegan Rob’s Token (VRT), announced this month.

Amid the ongoing war on sugar, Kraft Heinz announced today it will reformulate its Capri Sun juice pouches by using monk fruit concentrate to cut the kids brand’s sugar content by an average of 40%.

Volume growth improvement over the Fourth of July holiday helped fuel non-alcoholic beverage sales over the two-week period ending July 18, according to an analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.

Under its Woodbridge Winery Holding, Constellation Brands is dipping yet another toe into the RTD cocktail set, this time with wine sodas. The “first-of-its-kind wine experience,” as Woodbridge’s communications team calls it, will launch nationwide this month on Drizly, InstaCart and at retailers where Woodbridge products are sold. The drink, made with soda and Woodbridge white wine, contains 7% ABV in each 8.5 oz. can and will be available in three flavors: Lemon Lime, Orange and Grapefruit.

The Atlanta-based beverage company reported that net operating revenues were up 14%, $21.8 billion, in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year. The drink maker beat analyst expectations on adjusted earnings per share which were up $0.03 to $0.70 and revenue from $10.56 billion to $11.3 billion.

This month, the New York-based company launched Bear’s Fruit Sparkling Water with Probiotics, its first non-kombucha line. According to co-founder Amy Driscoll, the functional sparkling water line has been in development for over two years.