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.
BevNET Live Breakouts: Allied Brands, Brick & Mortar, and Locking Down the Deal
These Breakout Sessions continue a tradition of providing the audience with the opportunity to go in-depth in key areas like distribution, sales, investment, marketing and the legal issues that can determine the ultimate success or failure of an emerging brand.
Dean Foods Announces Partnership to Distribute Organic Valley Milk
Dean Foods has partnered with farmer cooperative CROPP to distribute Organic Valley milk across the U.S., marking the company's entrance into organic dairy products.
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.
Nielsen Reports Growth in Energy Drink, CSD Sales
Nielsen reports for the 4-week period ending November 5 show improved growth in energy drink sales and modest improvements to CSD sales, but diet sodas are still down.
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...
New Age Beverages Reports Momentum in Q3
New Age Beverages reports growth in Q3 after finalizing merger with Bucha, Inc.
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.
Press Clips: Hain Celestial Sues St. Louis’s BluePrint Coffee
In this edition of Press Clips, Hain Celestial sues St. Louis-based BluePrint Coffee for trademark infringement, Portland Juice Co. unveils cannabis cold-pressed juice and CNN explores the history of radioactive beverages.
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...
Data, Investment, and More! Check Out the BevNET Live Santa Monica Agenda
As always, we’ve tucked a couple of surprises in there that we haven’t been able to announce yet -- like our series of interviews with investors you should know, this time featuring Blueberry Ventures’ founder Arif Fazal and Fenwick Brands CEO Melissa Baker. Both talks will get inside the philosophies and partnership opportunities concerning these new -- but vital -- funds.
BevNET Podcast Ep. 34: Investors Love Brands Focused on Systematic Change. Here’s Why.
In this edition of the podcast, we sit down with Mark Rampolla, the founder of Zico and the co-founder and managing partner Powerplant Ventures. As part of a broad-ranging discussion, Rampolla explains why food and beverage investors are embracing ideas that meld idealism and technology and what’s driving systematic changes in the food industry.
Celsius Posts Record Q3 Revenues
Speaking during a conference call to announce the results, Celsius CEO Gerry David said that increased sales volume was the underlying driver of revenues during the third quarter.