Articles Tagged with ''health and wellness''

Celsius Holdings

Celsius gains sales, distribution

Dietary supplement brand launches packaging redesign, brand extensions
Amanda Del Buono
Maintaining overall fitness used to be considered a niche interest. Founded in 2004, Boca Raton, Fla.-based Celsius Holdings Inc. has experienced the impact of the growing demand for health-and-wellness products in the mainstream market.
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IRI names most successful CPG Brands of 2016

Beverage brands make up Top 3 for food and beverage category

Chicago-based Information Resources Inc. (IRI) announced last year’s most successful consumer packaged goods (CPG) launches in its 2016 New Product Pacesetters report, an industry-recognized benchmark analysis of exceptional first-year CPG sales success for newly launched products. 


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kombucha

Kombucha market up 41 percent

Health and wellness drives market, new products proliferate
Amanda Del Buono
Although it has been available in the U.S. beverage market for about 15 years, kombucha has gained broad consumer appeal within the past several years, according to New York-based Beverage Marketing Corporation’s (BMC) September 2016 report titled “U.S. Ready-To-Drink Tea through 2020.” As health and wellness has progressed from a niche interest to mass consumer appeal, this beverage segment has reaped the benefits.
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bottled water

Dietary Guidelines align with consumer trends

Processes for 2020 Dietary Guidelines to begin later this year
jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
In January 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) released the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines. The eighth edition of this report highlighted the importance of following a healthy eating plan that includes a variety of nutrient-dense foods as well as limiting calories from components such as added sugars, saturated fats and reducing sodium intake.
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Bai Brands LLC

Steady growth projected for plant-based antioxidants

Companies introduce new water-soluble ingredients
Barbara Harfmann
There’s an idiom that states to “feed a cold, starve a fever.” To stay healthy and prevent illnesses like the common cold, consumers increasingly are turning to foods and beverages that are high in natural, immunity-boosting ingredients like antioxidants.
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Ocean Spray

Health and wellness drives growth of vegetable juices, juice smoothies

Consumers demand no added sugar, clean labels
Amanda Del Buono
As consumers demand more better-for-you products, experts note that the juice and juice drinks category has been challenged in a unique way and struggled to maintain its share of the beverage market. “The juice/juice drinks sector has struggled during the past year,” says Susan Viamari, vice president of Thought Leadership at Chicago-based Information Resources Inc.
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Tea sales exceed $7 billion in 2015, Packaged Facts says

Market research firm predicts category to reach $9 billion by 2020

Tea sales in the United States have shown strong growth in 2016, continuing the upswing in ready-to-drink (RTD) and refrigerated categories, according to Rockville, Md.-based Packaged Facts. In its new report “Tea and Ready-to-Drink Tea: U.S. Retail Market, 6th Edition,” the market research firm estimates tea sales slightly exceeded $7 billion in 2015, up almost 6 percent. By 2020, Packaged Facts expects retail sales of tea in the United States to close in on $9 billion for the first time, it says. 


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