Nowadays Founders Bet on ‘Calm’ with New Beverage Brand Unwind
The founding duo behind hemp THC beverage brand Nowadays is looking to help build another emerging beverage category — this time, without the buzz.
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Canadian Protein Coffee Brand Brüst Preps For U.S. Debut With Target, Meijer
Protein coffee brand Brüst is leveraging its scale in Canada to move rapidly into the U.S. with deals in place in a variety of retailers.
Inside David Protein’s Strategy To Shake Up RTD Protein
David Protein founder Peter Rahal provides details on his brand's approach to the RTD protein shake category.
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New Products: Kool-Aid Does Soda, Joyburst Teams With Lilo & Stitch
In this week’s new products roundup, Kool-Aid ventures into the soda space, Joyburst celebrates the upcoming release of the live-action Lilo & Stitch film and TÖST releases a non-alcoholic sangria.
Crystal Geyser Joins the Surging Flavored Sparkling Category
CG Roxane is the leveraging its flagship brand Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring Water to enter the flavored sparkling water space, which grew 9.3% year-over-year, outpacing both flavored still water and non-flavored sparkling water during that period.
New Products: Collabs From Happy Products and Wildwonder, Plus Olipop’s Orange Cream Relaunch
In this week’s new products roundup, Wildwonder partners with at-home manicure kit maker Le Mini Macaron on a cross-branded collaboration, Red Bull gears up for warmer weather with its latest Summer Edition, and Olipop relaunches Orange Cream as a permanent option.
New Products: Suja Grows Green Juice Lineup, Cornbread Does THC Seltzers
In this week’s new products roundup, Suja expands its lineup of cold-pressed green juices, hemp-derived wellness product producer Cornbread enters the beverage world and Mountain Dew collaborates with Little Caesars.
New Products: FitAID Launches Supplements, Free Rein Goes Decaf
This week's new product gallery is filled with powdered supplements, new flavor launches for insurgent beverage brands and a nod to warm weather with lemonade mixers.
New Products: BRĒZ Goes Extra Strength, Waterloo Teams With Guy Fieri
In this week’s new products gallery, BRĒZ gives its flagship product an extra kick, Waterloo heads to Flavortown with Guy Fieri and La Colombe pays homage to a classic summertime treat.
Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): The Other Better-For-You Drink Category
Innovation around low-sugar, plant-based liquid is seeping into an OG better-for-you drink category, and no, we aren’t talking about “Modern Soda” or energy drinks. Today, senior reporter Lukas Southard has all eyes on the smoothies and juices sector.
New Products: C4 Teams With Jolly Rancher, Zing Zang Joins the Pickle Craze
In this week’s new products roundup, C4 grows its partnership with Jolly Rancher, Zing Zang jumps on the pickle-flavored bandwagon and Lifeway celebrates spring with a Cherry Blossom-inspired kefir.
Coca-Cola’s Red Tree Adds Vodka Lemonades, Punch & More to Bev-Alc Lineup
More Minute Maid Spiked ready-to-drink (RTD) options are on the way from Coca-Cola’s “firewalled” bev-alc subsidiary, Red Tree Beverages.
JuneShine and Willie Nelson’s Social Tonic Duet: Willie’s Remedy+
The country music star and his wellness enterprise partner Long Play, Inc. have partnered with California-based bev-alc maker JuneShine Brands to launch Willie’s Remedy+, a non-alcoholic (NA), intoxicating hemp-based “social tonic.”
New Products: Equator Coffees Does Multi-Serve, Red Bull Celebrates Spring
In this week’s new products gallery, Equator Coffee unveils its first multi-serve offerings, Red Bull launches its first U.S. Spring Edition and Hoplark pays homage to one of its community members.
Bloom Expands in RTD with Prebiotic Soda Launch This Fall
Bloom Nutrition – and by extension, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) – is entering the red-hot “modern soda” category with Bloom Pop, a shelf-stable prebiotic soda set to launch at Walmart on Labor Day.
New Products: Protein Options Abound, Talking Rain Enters Prebiotic Soda
In this week’s new products roundup, protein is king with new additions from Lean Body, Quest Nutrition, Joyburst and Genius Gourmet.
Hailee Steinfeld Unveils RTD Cocktail Brand Angel Margarita
Actor and singer Hailee Steinfeld is the latest celebrity seeking to make a splash in the RTD cocktail space, announcing today the launch of Angel Margarita in partnership with Jordi Zindel and Rodrigo Hernandez of Premium Beers Group.