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Cocoa fruit juice: The next big beverage ingredient?
9 Nov 2020
Cocoa fruit juice has a refreshingly sweet and sour flavour with tropical notes of lychee and peach, making it ideal for premium-positioned drinks, says Ghanaian-Swiss supplier Koa.
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UK’s Ceder’s gin is debuting in the U.S.
5 Nov 2020
Ceder’s non-alcoholic gin debuted in the U.S. this past October, launching in retail and on-premise locations in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C as well as online.
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Coca-Cola to discontinue production of Tab soda
3 Nov 2020
As the soda giant Coca-Cola looks to slim down its portfolio and focus on profitable brands, Tab soda has become the latest legacy brand to be put on the chopping block.
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Drizly forecasts Chardonnay to continue driving off-premise wine sales
2 Nov 2020
The alcohol delivery platform Drizly released its 2021 forecast and highlighted Chardonnay as a wine varietal that retailers should embrace rather than relegate to the back of the SKU priority list in favor of more niche varietals. On Drizly’s platform...
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Olivia Culpo enters ready-to-drink cocktail space with VIDE Beverages
29 Oct 2020
Ready-to-drink cocktails have garnered enormous popularity in the last few years with companies releasing a stream of options for consumers looking for a convenient alternative to a craft cocktail. VIDE is the latest entrant into the crowded space and ...
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Heineken and Arizona Beverages partner to release hard seltzer
28 Oct 2020
Beer giant Heineken and iced tea maker Arizona Beverages are teaming up to release a hard seltzer beverage called SunRise Hard Seltzer, which the companies said will be available in the first quarter of 2021.
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PepsiCo brings Bubly flavor drops to its SodaStream machines
20 Oct 2020
PepsiCo is combining two of its sparkling water brands with the introduction of Bubly Drops for its SodaStream platform. The drops will be available in six flavors – Grapefruitbubly, Blackberrybubly, Limebubly, Strawberrybubly, Mangobubly and Cherrybub...
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AB Inbev completes its acquisition of the Craft Brew Alliance
16 Oct 2020
The merger of AB InBev and the Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) is now finalized following the divestiture of brewery operations in Hawaii. In September the U.S. Department of Justice approved the companies’ decision to sell CBA's Kona Brewing operations in H...
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Plant-based dairy is now available in toddler formulas
30 Sep 2020
Israeli-based Else Nutrition released its first plant-based toddler nutrition formula on Amazon at the end of September. However, the company is already conducting clinical trials to bring a vegan infant formula that replicates the nutritional properti...
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German coffee brand Tchibo arrives in the U.S.
29 Sep 2020
Tchibo is debuting four of its blends at retailers throughout the U.S. Midwest as part of a pilot program that will determine the viability of a nationwide rollout at an unspecified later date.
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Canadian non-alcoholic beer brand raises $4 Million
15 Sep 2020
Canadian non-alcoholic beer brand Partake Brewing raised $4 million in a Series A funding round led by San Francisco-based equity firm CircleUp Growth Partners. Additional participation in the round came from Export Development Canada (EDC), Natural Pr...
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Enfamil launches infant formula containing A2 milk proteins
14 Sep 2020
Infant formula brand Enfamil launched a new, FDA-regulated line containing only A2 milk proteins and the omega-3 protein DHA, a key building block in brain and eye development. The A2-only dairy is sourced directly from European cows that naturally pro...
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