New Beverage Brands on Top at Expo West 2015

In just its second year, but growing, the top floor experience is still relatively new to the ever-expanding Natural Products Expo West. Nevertheless, a tour of its lower-priced, smaller booths easily lent insight into some of the bleeding-edge trends in the entrepreneurial beverage business, as well as key ingredients as well: drinks containing adaptogenic herbs, fat-rich coconut milk, high-end cocktail mixers, cold-brewed “coffee juice”; oddly sourced products like artichoke water and camel’s milk; alternative energy sources and strong-bodied products made from seeds, nuts, and chocolate.