In 2019, larger market forces are acting to shape the meal replacement segment’s future: consumers are moving away from the grocery center aisle and towards e-commerce, and they’re also paying closer attention to the types of ingredients and benefits in meal replacement products.
As scientific understanding of hydration and diet regimens improves, and the dynamics of locker rooms change to hand more power to nutritionists and dietitians, sports drink makers are now turning to innovation to cover all the bases for their ever-evolving consumers.
Bringing in one of the world’s biggest box office stars as the new face of premium imported water is not exactly a subtle move. But for Voss, a brand seeking to reassert itself after a transitional period in senior leadership, subtlety was not an option.
Premium, imported bottled water brand Icelandic Glacial announced today that it has raised $66 million in new financing to fuel U.S. and international growth. The funding includes a $35 million investment from BlackRock’s US Private Credit team, as well as $31 million in new equity issued to new and existing investors.
Eric Bonin is the founder and CEO of Pillars Yogurt, a company focused on delivering all-natural and low sugar greek yogurt options in a convenient drinkable format. The products contain both prebiotics and probiotics, a differentiator in the yogurt set.
Based in Clearwater, Florida, Min’s Matcha is a small batch matcha brand that is available in six different flavors. For this review, we sampled three of their offerings: Blueberry Bliss, Peach on Earth, and Enlighten Mint (the company’s three other SKUs are “Lite” versions of these same flavors).
CBD-infused drink mix maker OLEO, Inc. announced today it has raised $1.5 million in a convertible note round. Speaking to BevNET, OLEO co-founder and CEO Skyler Bissell said the financing served as a “bridge round” between its 2016 series seed and a yet-to-be-determined future funding round.
Teddie Natural Peanut Butter president/CEO Mark Hintlian explained why the company’s obsessive commitment to quality and dedication to its employees have been bedrocks of its success. He also spoke about how Teddie communicates the nutritional benefits of its products and why he believes that some competing brands marketing “natural” products are misleading consumers.
Good Day launched its first product this month, a ready-to-drink, organic, shelf-stable cold brew coffee infused with 15 mg of hemp-derived CBD. The line is the first of three beverages, the others being a sparkling water and chamomile tea, each scheduled to launch this fall.
Render Foods is a chef driven brand that’s creating food and beverage products. Today, we’re taking a look at the company’s first two beverage lines, both of which utilize upcycled ingredients.
Earlier this week, Inc. released the 2019 edition of the Inc. 5000 list — a ranking of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. Alongside marketing firms, healthcare management, financial services and other service providers, this year’s list featured dozens of natural food and beverage companies, showing the industry’s increasing impact on the American economy.
Misfit Foods co-founder Ann Yang opened up about how the stress of entrepreneurship led to unhappiness and depression, and, ultimately, her decision to leave the company. She also explained how therapy has become a critical part of her life, her belief that we live in a culture that “mythologizes who the entrepreneur is,” and the resulting pressure to build “a personal brand.”
“Less isn’t more. It’s right.” That’s the motto of Five Drinks Co., the new high-end, ready-to-drink canned cocktail venture co-founded by former Anheuser-Busch InBev executive Felipe Szpigel. The tagline is apt given that Five Drinks’ offerings are made with five ingredients or less and packaged in 6.8 oz. cans.
Texas-based Richard's Rainwater is doubling down on its belief that its unique sustainability message can help forge new paths forward in retail. Since 2002, the brand has been bottling and distributing purified rainwater in both still and sparkling varieties, the first company in the U.S. to receive approval to do so.
