Review: Invo Sencha Green Tea Coconut Water

Invo has extended its line of high pressure processed coconut water products with a new Sencha Green Tea variety. It’s an interesting product in that the flavor notes go back and forth between the tea and the coconut water to the point where you can really taste each flavor in its almost unadulterated form. 

Bebida Beverage Co. Responds to FDA Warning Letter

In a press release addressed to company shareholders, BeBevCo stated that it has already submitted a response to the FDA and been granted the necessary time to perform the adjustments to ensure KOMA Unwind is in compliance.

Coca-Cola Co. Announces Return of “Share a Coke”

The 2015 Share a Coke campaign will feature four times the number of names as the 2014 edition and also encompass different package sizes, with 1.25 L and 2 L bottles, and 12 oz. cans now in the mix.

Review: Daily Greens Symmetry

Billed as a “Matcha Green Tea Hemp Milk,” Daily Greens’ Symmetry is one of the more unique flavors that the company has crafted to date.

Sparkling Ice: Yes, We Can

Talking Rain Beverage Co. today announced the launch of a new 8 oz. slim can for its Sparkling Ice line of zero-calorie carbonated drinks. The new package is designed to broaden the “distribution opportunities for the brand within the convenience and foodservice industries,” according to a company release.

Review: Black Medicine Iced Coffee

In a custom production process that includes "pressure brewing" the coffee, Black Medicine markets a line of three ready-to-drink iced coffee products. Having sampled the brand's mocha and latte varieties, we were floored by the smoothness, balance and flavor of the coffee.

Dixie Brands’ Tripp Keber to Speak at BevNET Live

As one of Colorado’s largest and best-known licensed marijuana infused products manufacturers, Keber is in the position of creating a new set of CPG category values within a wide range of customer interactions with the product.

FDA to Columbia Gorge: Revise Your HACCP Plan for HPP Juice

In a warning letter dated March 25, 2015, the FDA wrote that the company has failed to include in its plan “control measures that will consistently produce, at a minimum, a 5-log reduction of pertinent microorganisms, for a period as long as the shelf life of the product when stored under normal and moderate abuse conditions.”

Review: Rebel Kitchen Coconut Mylks

There's a lot to like about Rebel Kitchen's two-SKU line of coconut milk blends. The question is, has the company done enough to round out what is, for most consumers, an acquired taste for coconut milk?

FBU Chicago: Bill Weiland’s Advice to Entrepreneurs

Weiland will offer his take on the key characteristics of companies that help small food and beverage companies grow and move into the big leagues of retailing, as well as some of the most important practices they have demonstrated to stay there. He will also talk about his own turf -- a devoted native of Chicagoland, Weiland will provide his take on the growth pattern and key accounts for brands incubating in the Midwest.