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- Anheuser-Busch's Cutwater brand is challenging perceptions of ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails with their Halloween campaign, "Real Spirits Inside."
- Ryan Foo, co-founder of Singapore-based hangover prevention firm DrinkAid, is venturing into the sports nutrition space with the upcoming launch of creatine gummies through his new business FOULPLAY.
- Better-for-you soda startup No Cap is raising the ante on its co-branded collaboration strategy by partnering with the ICEE Company for a three-year licensing deal to license the slush brand’s name and flavors.
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- Innovative beauty drinks designed to support glowing skin, wellness, and collagen production. We explore the latest launches shaping the beauty-wellness crossover trend.
- The series includes unfiltered takes on everything from songwriting to stomach problems (something that Culture Pop’s probiotics might help with, it adds).
- Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) announced $7 billion in new investment and offered nervous investors a confident appraisal of its much-scruitinized plan to separate its coffee and refreshment beverage businesses during a conference on Monday.
- Recess Drinks has closed a $30 million series B round led by existing investors including CAVU, while Kyle Thomas will be joining founder Ben Witte as co-CEO and President.
- Vive Organic, the Suja Life-owned leader in wellness shots, is expanding its energy line with two new functional shots: Energy + Focus and Energy Extra Strength.
- This month’s adult non-alc offerings include a pocket-friendly THC aperitif, a new oaky spirit replacement from Little Saints, and a citrusy spritz from Ghia.
- Keef Brands diversified into intoxicating hemp when it saw its opportunity with a broader addressable market and support its high-potency dispensary products.
- BeatBox parent company Future Proof will launch Chillitas in February, a new-to-world, flavored malt beverage (FMB) outside of the company’s flagship party punch brand.
- For the first time in the United States, Red Bull will release an Advent Calendar, which will be available in limited quantities starting Nov. 3 at Costco, Kroger, Target, Walmart, and select Circle K’s.
- A new survey of food and drink professionals shows the industry is divided on sustainability progress, with cost, regulatory uncertainty, and social equity among the top challenges and risks.
- Beverage brands are capitalizing on Halloween with limited-edition drinks featuring seasonal flavors and spooky packaging to boost sales and engage consumers.
- Barista oat drinks, fibre-rich soy, and functional carton formats are some of the ways to support healthier, convenient, and sustainable product launches.
- BevNET’s annual “Best Of” Awards celebrate the people, brands, products, and ideas that are shaping the future of the beverage industry. Submit your nominations by this Friday, Oct. 31.
- Despite a weak performance from its Atkins brand, The Simply Good Foods Company expressed confidence in its ability to lead the “generational shift” toward high-protein, low-sugar, low-carb food and beverage products.
- The leading event for the beverage industry heads to L.A. December 7-9. Early registration ends today, October 24 and the room block is almost sold out. Register before the weekend to save $100 or more per ticket.
- The hosts unpack curated snack boxes featuring innovative products from emerging food and beverage brands – from sourdough bites and zaatar crackers to whiskey pecans and candied pistachios. They also share insights on how founders can...
- Japan’s Kirin Holdings is looking to unload bourbon brand Four Roses for $1 billion, as part of a shift toward healthcare.
- It’s not yet Halloween but some brands are already getting ready for the holidays, whether it’s the return of MALK’s fan favorite Holiday Nog or a permanent cran-raspberry flavor launch from Bear Maple. We also take a look at C4’s latest...
- Having acquired a majority stake in Bloom last month, C4-maker Nutrabolt is now armed with two distinct, cross-category RTD brands, and is ready to nudge the throttle forward in 2026, as we heard last week at NACS.
- Taste Tomorrow Ventures, the venture capital arm of beverage incubator L.A. Libations, has made a strategic minority investment in happy products.
- Kratom and kava beverages maker Mitra-9 Brands is seeking to toss a pair of proposed class action lawsuits against it, including one case in which the plaintiff claimed to have bought Mitra-9 products before the company existed.
- Amid murky times for THC beverages in its home state of Ohio, the state’s largest craft brewery, Rhinegeist, is wading into the intoxicating hemp beverage category with Fuzzy Bones.
- If you thought Skimmers, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) entrant into the vodka-based tea segment, looked a bit too similar to the space’s lead brand Surfside, you’re not alone.
- Yerba mate brand Clean Cause has converted $2.3 million to equity after raising the amount as a convertible note from previous investors last September.
- Breaking into the retail market for new beverage brands is challenging due to limited shelf space and competition from established players.
- Since its founding in 2021, Drink Weird has prided itself on its unique, outsider brand identity. But can that approach now help the company solidify yerba mate’s place in convenience stores?
- Global rap star Future and Ohza founder Ryan Ayotte want consumers to drink in style with Roué, a new brand of fine wines and RTD cocktails launching this month.
- The convergence of sugar reduction, clean label and functional nutrition trends is reshaping product innovation, with global ingredient leaders Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) steering the next wave of development.
- Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) announced with deep sadness the passing of Bob Hendrickson, interim CEO and president, on Oct. 17.
- Coca-Cola Co. executives appear unperturbed by a drop in consumption of full-sugar soft drinks by the rising number of consumers on appetite-suppressing GLP-1 drugs – choosing instead to lean into accelerating sales of low- and...
- Fresh Thyme Market, in partnership with SPINS, rolled out its third annual “Top 10 Trends” report. The predictions draw on consumer insights and wellness research to offer a roadmap of the key ingredients and products that will be in...
- The functional beverage industry is rapidly evolving with new product launches that target both broad or niche wellness goals.
- Horticulture Co., Knoxville, Tenn., the parent company behind the hemp THC beverage brand Tempter’s, announced the launch of global icon Allen Iverson’s new Iverson line of hemp beverages powered by Viola at Circle K.
- Sprouts Farmers Market is a leading specialty retailer focusing on health and wellness, distinguished by its commitment to offering a unique and high-quality product assortment. With its foraging program, Sprouts proactively scouts...
- Coca-Cola HBC is set to acquire Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in a $3.4 billion deal, which will make it the leading Coca-Cola bottler in Africa, representing two-thirds of the continent's Coca-Cola system volume.
- As GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic reshape how consumers eat, food and beverage manufacturers are racing to develop precision nutrition solutions – using AI and functional ingredients to personalise diets and target metabolism more...
- Beverage innovation is vital for growth and adapting to consumer trends, as seen in recent launches.
- GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are transforming public health and consumer habits. Here we explore their explosive growth, future potential, and impact on the food industry.
- E-commerce is essential for beverage businesses, offering flexibility and growth opportunities that brick-and-mortar stores cannot match.
- Pocono Maple Water offers a naturally hydrating beverage made solely from maple sap sourced from over 22,000 certified organic maple trees on a 450-acre farm. Founded by Nicole Bentler, the company emphasizes the importance of...
- Lando Norris Zero Sugar features a yuzu melon profile and a can wrapped in Norris’ iconic helmet design.
- Artificial sweetener aspartame is making headlines again, and independent health app Yuka is taking its fight to ban the ingredient in the United States.
- Government regulations and shifting consumer preferences are influencing the beverage colors market.
- FreshBrew Group, Houston, one of the largest private-label coffee and tea roasters in the country, announced the acquisition of Long Island City, N.Y.-based White Coffee Corp.’s Branded Coffee licensed division, which includes the...
- The maker of 5-hour ENERGY products announced multiple bold flavor announcements launching later this year and next year.