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Sprite Cherry Sprite will announce two new flavor innovations at the NACS Show this year: Sprite Cherry and Sprite Zero Cherry. The products will launch nationwide in the first quarter [...]

Fitness enthusiasts who worry about their intake of sugar, calories and carbohydrates can put down that bottled water and grab a Champion Lyte, billed as the totally sugar-free isotonic. While [...]

Nestle knows when it has a good thing. The debut of its curvy, grippable 16-ounce bottle boosted the NesQuik 16-ounce ready-to-drink business by 297 percent among the Southeast launch markets [...]

As consumers look for more healthful, lower-calorie options on the beverage shelf, producers are faced with the challenge of delivering drinks that have less sugar, but equal flavor. Finding the [...]

If the exhibit floor at the 2012 National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show is any indication, many functional subsegments--from enhanced waters to anti-hangover drinks--are gradually finding their way into [...]

Expanding production is a positive sign of growth for beverage producers and can also be thought of as an exciting time in one's business. However, expansions also bring challenges and [...]

Variety is one of the many things that consumers today are looking for in their products. Another is the ability to customize. Even with the wide variety of beverage options [...]

Consumers' growing interest in digestive health is fueling new product innovation as beverage manufacturers look to incorporate good-for-your-gut ingredients like fiber, probiotics and prebiotics into a variety of drinks, beyond [...]

If the IFT show in Anaheim, Calif. in June was any indication, sweeteners derived from natural sources, Reb-A, for example, will be the next hot ingredient popping up in mainstream [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kevin Serafini has been a longtime advocate of living life with a healthy outlook. The nutritionist drinks green tea every day and uses agave as his sweetener of [...]

Grab some suntan lotion and a Hawaiian shirt (and maybe some of those little drink umbrellas, too) and head to the nearest Caribbean island. Beverages are taking a tropical vacation [...]

Ready to drink (RTD) tea remains a category consumers perceive to be healthful, and this, and the availability of so many varieities, is helping it maintain steady growth. U.S. volume [...]

As we close out 2012, most beverage people are reviewing best practices, punch lists, post-project results and finances related to processes, production, warehousing, distribution, systems, management and regulations. Amidst all [...]

NEW PRODUCT Big Red,. Inc. rolled out a new diet product, Big Red Zero, throughout its market Big Red Zero is formulated using a combination of sucralose, acesutfame potassium (aka--Ace-K), [...]

Nestle Waters Canada has added two new flavors--Acai Grape and Wildberry--to its Nestle Pore Life Natural fruit flavored beverage lineup. The zero calorie and zero sugar Nestle Pure Life flavor [...]

Killer Buz has introduced three new flavors, flavors (Mixed Berry), Livid (Grape) and Dragon Spit (Dragon Fruit), to its lineup of products, including original and sugar-free formulas. Killer Buzz, which [...]

Suntory Beverage and Food Limited has established Suntory Beverage & Food Asia Pte. Ltd. for beverage and food business development in Southeast Asia and maximizing group synergy. The new company [...]

During the past 10 years it has become clear that the 'Constant Change Syndrome' is thriving in global beverage operations. The question is, what have we learned? First, clarification of [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Glaceau, creators of vitaminwater, have introduced vitaminwater10 with 10 calories per serving. Vitaminwater10 is naturally sweetened using a blend of rebiana (Truvia), crystalline fructose and erythritol and is [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Deluxe honeydrop, producers of honey-infused waters, launched a line of premium beverages with distribution throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut at health food stores including select Whole [...]

Vitamin + Fiber Water is a brand that offers consumers a functional beverage that includes vitamins and flavorless fiber. The beverage has more than seven grams of fiber in every [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As consumer awareness of the anti-aging and disease-fighting health benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids has grown, so too has the market for Omega-3 enhanced beverages. Omega-3 is typically [...]

Consumers are getting back to nature and seeking out herbal ingredients, such as rosemary, thyme, lavender and rose nectar, whose medicinal qualities have been recognized for centuries. Ayala's Herbal Water [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Point Blank Beverage, Inc. and Skin Industries, a nationally recognized clothing line, have teamed up to launch Skin ultimate performance drink. Marketed as a lifestyle product, Skin is [...]

Fizzy Lizzy, the premium sparkling juice line, is rolling out new packaging and two new flavors to add to its already popular line of all-natural beverages. According to company founder [...]

Just when you thought the winter was almost over, there's more snow on the way. Snow Beverage, known for the original Snow sparkling mint beverage, has announced a few new [...]

Beverage companies worldwide love America. We just buy a lot of stuff, especially packaged drinks! American companies also love to sell overseas, but the big hunting ground is here, at [...]

There's no denying that consumers have been on a health kick, but even the most hardcore nutrition and exercise fanatics want to just cut loose and have fun once in [...]

Enviga, the drink that claims to actually burn calories, rolls out this month in Northeastern markets, with a national launch planned for January 2007. Developed by Beverage Partners Worldwide, a [...]

Competition within the beverage marketplace continues to heat up, evidenced by the fact that product introductions experienced double-digit growth last year, rising 32 percent from 2004 to 2005, according to [...]

Here's a wine with character--quite literally. Her name is Lulu B. and she's a stylish femme Francaise gracing the label of her namesake brand. The French import bears the colorful, [...]

No sight is more magnificent than watching a spaceship hurtling into space during blast off ... a giant specimen of glistening steel boosted by thundering rockets amidst huge columns of [...]

Anheuser-Busch is adding yet another flavor to its Bacardi Silver line of flavored malt beverages and it's got summer written all over it. Bacardi Silver Watermelon brings sweet refreshment to [...]

Energy Multi-Vitamin Enhanced Water Corp. is giving kids a chance to get a taste of the growing enhanced water market with a line of products targeted specifically at the youth [...]

Atlanta, GA, USA-based Meridian Beverage Company is testing the waters with a four-color, free-standing insert (FSI) for its AquaCal zero-calorie flavored water, a first for the company. The FSI, which [...]

After twenty years of being the 'gold standard' in sweeteners, NutraSweat is now a sugar-free source of sweetness in over 5,000 foods and beverages sold worldwide. But NutraSweet continues to [...]

Had enough of the java jive? Give Javo a shot. Javo Beverage Company (San Diego, CA, USA), which used to do business as La Jolla Fresh Squeezed Coffee Company, calls [...]

I just flew back from Atlanta and boy do I feel bloated. My arms are pretty tired, too, come to think of it. InterBev just happened and the two surest [...]

Energy drinks are everywhere and doing well--from virtually zero to $275 million wholesale dollars in five years, according to Beverage Marketing Corporation. Slim aluminum cans are popping up in local [...]

Procter & Gamble is testing a bottled coffee called Jakada Iced Mocha Refresher. Early research demonstrates broad appeal for Jakada, according to the company. This new mocha and chocolate beverage [...]

The message at this year's 7 UP bottler meeting, held in September in Dallas, was painfully blunt. 'If you don't agree with anything else you've heard this morning, you must [...]

PepsiCo has taken another step toward creating its own version of a publicly traded stand-alone bottling behemoth, dividing its soft drink business into concentrate and manufacturing units. On September 25, [...]

Debuted in England by Cadbury & Schweppes for its new line of 'Zing' carbonated soft drinks, the container has an aluminum top with a right-type pull tab attached to a [...]