Distribution: Guayakí Completes Transition to Third-Party Model

Guayakí Yerba Mate is once again embracing DSD distribution, announcing this week that it has completed a transition from self-distribution to “a predominantly third-party distribution model” that includes national coverage through Anheuser-Busch InBev houses.

FDA Moves To Ban Red Dye 3

The Food and Drug Administration announced it has banned the use of the potentially cancer-causing Red Dye 3 in food and beverage using a 1958 provision of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Top of ‘Mind’: Notes From D.C.’s Mindful Drinking Fest

The Mindful Drinking Fest returned to Washington, D.C. this past weekend, bringing together over 1,200 attendees and nearly 220 adult non-alcoholic products in a Dry January celebration that has grown 10 times since its first iteration.

Via Carota Lands Investment To Scale Brand

Via Carota Craft Cocktails is on its way to closing a $17.5 million investment round with the goal of becoming a "category-defining" premium RTD mixed drink.

Taste Radio: The Human Connection Is A Lost Art. But Monte’s Has Mastered It.

One of PJ Monte’s early sales pitches startled a woman so much that she clutched her purse. A few weeks later, PJ’s tomato sauce was on the shelves of her husband’s influential grocery store. It’s one of dozens of stories that PJ, a streetwise, fedora-wearing entrepreneur, has about the development of his acclaimed sauce and pasta brand Monte’s Fine Foods.

Preme Relaunches With New Gut Hydration Platform

Knowing when to pivot is paramount to an early-stage brand’s survival, but putting aside your first products to start again from scratch can be an equally risky proposition. Gut health brand Preme is taking the leap.