New Age Beverage Launches Just Pure Water
New Age Beverage is now offering consumers the chance to reach for a nice, cold can of water. The Colorado-based XING Tea maker is putting out the unsweetened, flavored essence…
2011 Summer Fancy Food Show Recap
While foot traffic was strong, the switch from the Javits Center in New York City (undergoing a major renovation), to Washington, D.C. continued the downward trend of exhibiting beverage companies relative to last summer’s show, which also yielded very low numbers.
Review: Helix Energy
The powdered beverage market is continuing to grow — and there’s a rapid explosion of new products trying to grab a piece of the action. One of the more enjoyable…
Review: Hydrive’s New Flavors
Hydrive, which is a non-carbonated line of energy drinks, has added two new flavors: Decaf and Extra. While Decaf energy drinks aren’t something that we totally get the purpose of,…
Muscle Milk Warned by FDA
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Muscle Milk maker Cytosport saying the dominant protein drink brand’s labels could be misleading to consumers. The agency’s concerns…
Review: Cintron Teas
Cintron, who has been making value priced energy drinks, juices, and teas for a few years now, has given their brand a drastic makeover. The new look, which features what…
Monetizing Innovation
By Michael Burgmaier, Managing Director, Silverwood Partners As an investment banker advising consumer-focused companies, I see many business plans from innovative food and beverage companies looking to sell their company.…
Rainforest Revamps
Rainforest Beverages will be putting its soda brand, Rainforest Cola, on hold and instead launching a pair of new SKU’s in the coming months that feature fruit flavors more prominently.…
Review: Greater Than’s Revised Packaging (and Flavor)
Greater Than, which is an all natural coconut water enhanced sports drink, has recently revised their label. The result is something that has more visual pop and personality (check out…
2011 Summer Fancy Food Show – Beverage Exhibitor List
The 2011 Summer Fancy Food Show is being held July 10 – July 12 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. this year since the Javits Center is undergoing renovation. We'll be on hand covering the event, so drop us a line if you are going to be there.
Beverage Industry Veteran Ed Slade Passes Away
This morning, BevNET received the very sad news that Ed Slade has passed away after a battle with cancer. Ed's time in the industry will not be forgotten, having worked with a host of food & beverage companies both big and small, including ConAgra, Group Danon/Evian, FIJI Water, Twelve Beverages, and Owater. His biggest and most impressive feat came during his tenure at FIJI, where, as President and COO, he led the brand from being its startup roots into what eventually became the number one bottled water in the US.
Review: Joe’s Cola
When BevNET got it’s start back in 1996, reviewing super premium sodas was like reviewing energy drinks or coconut water products today — there were just too many to count.…
Marketers Shrug Off Proposed Oversight
Citing the increasing popularity of energy drinks and other dietary supplements, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation that could require marketers to register their products with the Food…
Review: Phix
Phix is a single serve powdered beverage that is available in several all natural functional formulas. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, the founders were inspired to come up with these…