LIFEAID Goes Chainwide with Walmart, Plans Triple Growth in 2019; CELSIUS To Expand in China with Royalty License Agreement; Oral I.V. Partners with McLane Company; Circle City Kombucha Expands in Chicago; Hoist Adds Two Kroger Divisions
ROAR Organic Hires Bart Silvestro as COO and President; William Lane Named Brand Director at Runa; Lain Hancock Leaves KDP; Former VOSS CEO Bayern Enters Cannabis Space; Bill Lange Joins Oxigen
Protein2o Plus Energy contains 125 mg of natural caffeine from green coffee beans and 15 g of whey protein per 16.9 oz. PET bottle and is available in Blueberry-Raspberry and Cherry Lemonade flavors.
Ellona Jarvis, the founder and CEO of Napa Hills, is on a mission to create plant-based products that improve people’s quality of life. The brand’s unique beverage delivers antioxidants from red wine in a non-alcoholic format.
San Diego-based organic beverage maker Sol-ti is one of the latest companies to expand into the CBD beverage category. Following in the footsteps of Sol-ti’s other products, the line is packaged in glass bottles, and processed with light filtration.
The new year has kicked off with several new launches and line extensions, as January’s new product gallery features Dirty Lemon’s first release in a year of new monthly SKUs, Coca-Cola’s foray into non-alcoholic adult beverages and several launches which suggest the CBD beverage trend will continue to surge forward in 2019.
Lifeway Foods CEO Julie Smolyansky, who took the reins of her family’s business at age 27, explained how she built a brand with over $100 million in annual sales. She also discussed how she deals with persistent criticism, the company’s innovation strategy and why Lifeway releases some new products as “a marketing expense.”
Food and beverage industry lobbying groups filed comments with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today, ahead of this afternoon’s deadline for public response on the use of dairy terminology for plant-based products.
Bear’s Fruit is a line of certified USDA Organic and Fair Trade kombucha that is produced in Brooklyn, NY. The brand’s current portfolio includes three varieties: Blueberry Lavender, Pineapple Mint and Strawberry Jalapeno.
In this clip recorded at Winter Fancy Food Show 2019, held Jan. 13-15, BevNET assistant editor Martín Caballero recaps some of the notable beverage news, new products and trends seen on the show floor, including a new look for a line of non-dairy yogurt drinks from coconut water maker Harmless Harvest and a rise in drinks featuring yuzu.
In this episode, we discuss retail strategies with the entrepreneurs behind two innovative companies -- Pete Maldonado, the co-founder of fast-growing meat stick brand Chomps, and Paul Evers and Steve Barham, the co-founders of upstart coffee brand Riff Cold Brewed -- who open up the playbook on everything from Trader Joe’s to tap rooms.
Queen City Hemp, a Cincinnati-based company that produces hemp based products, recently released their first beverage: CBD Seltzer, an unsweetened flavored sparkling water that is available in four flavors and contains 5 mg of CBD per can.
Pepsi is the latest and biggest beverage maker to hit the gas, as the company today announced the launch of a nitrogen-infused version of its trademark soda called “Nitro Pepsi.”
Gaining early adopters is a critical step in the early growth stages of any beverage startup. Canned water maker Liquid Death, however, has faced a certain amount of skepticism even among the many people who appreciated its unorthodox approach to the category: a lot of them thought it was a fake.
