What is Aseptic Processing?

Aseptic processing has become a vital element for many successful beverage products like Bai and Vita Coco due to its ability to allow products to be shipped at room temperature without fear of spoilage. But how does Aseptic processing work and how does it differ from hot, cold, high-pressure and other processing options?

Hain Celestial’s Dreamy New Packaging

The organic products company announced Tuesday that it has redesigned the packaging of its Dream brand of alternative dairy products.

Channel Check: Energy Drinks

There’s some shifting down the line and an even bigger shift looming up the line as well. The big encroaching shift is that Monster is getting ever-closer to displacing Red Bull on a cumulative basis for overall sales.

Review: Zotiko

Promoted as "Premium hydration for a Waterfull Life," Zotiko is an enhanced water/isotonic that is fortified with electrolytes, lightly flavored with cucumber and mint flavorings and sweetened with a touch of sugar and stevia. All in all, we like what's inside the bottle. The outside of the bottle, on the other hand, is a completely different story.

ADM Acquires WILD Flavors for $3 Billion

The agreement will diversify the portfolio of ADM, a global supplier of food ingredients, animal feeds and biofuels, among other products.

Review: Blue Bottle New Orleans Iced Coffee

With about a dozen company-owned retail outlets and a popular retail and wholesale coffee bean business, Blue Bottle Coffee is a name that is well known in the high end coffee circuit. With the cold-brew coffee category heating up, it’s no surprise that Blue Bottle is throwing its hat in the ring with this product, a New Orleans Iced Coffee.

Suja’s Tea Time

Suja Juice Co. announced Tuesday the national, Whole Foods-exclusive launch of a four-SKU line of high pressure processed (HPP) teas that features an unsweetened, biodynamic black tea.

Summer Fancy Food Show: The NYC Advantage

From start-ups and early stage brands to mature and established operations, executives cited the show as offering an opportunity to breaking into or enhance their presence in New York City.

Review: Lumen Water

Lumen Water is an ultra-premium bottled water that touts itself as one of the purest and softest tasting waters on the market. The product, which currently comes packaged in a 500 mL plastic bottle with a chrome top, definitely presents itself well. As a luxury water brand, however, it feels like this product would be better off in glass...

Nestlé USA Unloads Stake in Juicy Juice

Nestlé USA announced Wednesday that it has sold Juicy Juice, a well-known but declining juice brand for kids, to investment firm Brynwood Partners.

The Anti-Cola Cola

Celsius Holdings will unveil its latest release — Celsius Negative Calorie Cola — on Friday at the Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway.