BevNET Live: KarpReilly Team To Discuss Zola, Spindrift, KeVita, LifeAID Investments

At BevNET Live in Santa Monica, representatives from consumer products fund KarpReilly will be on hand to share insights and strategic tips garnered from the companies it’s worked with -- including Zola, Spindrift, LifeAID and KeVita -- as well as usable ideas for beverage companies from an investment footprint that sprawls across similar food and restaurant companies.

People Moves: Steaz Sees Personnel Shakeup

Personnel changes see change up for Steaz executives, Hain Celestial Canada CEO takes extra position, Eternal Water welcomes new sales team members and former Kraft Beverages president joins Dyla Brands.

Review: Wicked Lekker Combines Moringa and Rooibos

Wicked Lekker is a USDA Organic line of rooibos tea beverages that are enhanced with moringa, a somewhat bleeding edge ingredient that is purported to have a host of benefits.

Review: Iconic Comes of Age

Iconic is a line of low-sugar protein drinks that has been through a few revisions since it first launched a few years back. Its latest effort, which launched earlier this year, sticks with the PET bottle that came with the last revision, but it features an updated design.

Review: Naturewise Whole Body Vitality Drinks

Naturewise is a line of sparkling, zero-calorie “Whole Body Vitality Drinks” that feature a host of functional ingredients. All three of Naturewise's flavors are nice tasting, but they're fairly similar to that of to other similarly positioned products. And, we’ve said this in many other reviews...

Health-Ade Opens New Production Facility

In an interview with BevNET, Health-Ade co-founder and COO Justin Trout said the new facility would allow the brand to grow its operations and increase efficiency, but also to reinforce its core ethos.

Kombucha Study Raises Sugar Content Questions

A recent study of sugar content in kombucha, funded by KeVita, completed by NaturPro Scientific, and shared with the media, reported that products from five out of eight manufacturers tested contained higher levels of sugar that reported on labels.

Review: Gatorade Organic

The notion of Gatorade Organic brings mixed feelings. On the one hand, it’s a totally logical extension that is, honestly, long overdue. But on the other hand...