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Cognitive health ingredients

Consumers seek science-backed cognitive health ingredients

Beverages keep up with healthy aging trends
Jennifer Storelli 200px
Jennifer Storelli
February 14, 2014

Games like Nintendo’s Brain Age and websites like lumosity.com can help users exercise their brains to keep them in tip-top shape while making cognitive training fun.


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Consumer interest in specific product chart

2013 New Product Development Survey

Traditional flavors continue to dominate
Jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
January 10, 2014

When it comes to the latest trends, “healthy” and “natural” continue to top the list of consumer needs and interests for beverages, according to respondents of Beverage Industry’s annual New Product Development Survey.


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Fit2Go Grape Berry

Fortification ingredients get condition-specific

Vitamins, minerals address consumers' functional needs
Stephanie Cernivec
Stephanie Cernivec
December 16, 2013

The existence of daily, weekly, monthly and even fashionable pill-organizing containers is enough to prove that taking multiple pills a day has become routine for many consumers.


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Rubired

Finding the right color for a beverage

Beverage-makers coordinate colors with flavors
Jennifer Storelli 200px
Jennifer Storelli
November 15, 2013

Whether red, brown or blue, beverage colors play a large role in impacting consumers’ perceptions of a product.


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Hydrive beverage

Beverage-makers find the right performance ingredients for victory

Performance drink ingredients give athletes an extra boost
October 16, 2013

Similar to how Popeye the Sailor Man consumed spinach to fuel his strength to save the day, many athletes turn to performance beverages to fuel their performance and help put them on the path to victory.


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MW glazed donut

Beverage-makers incorporate sweet, spicy and savory flavors

Beverage market turns to foods for flavor inspiration
Stephanie Cernivec
Stephanie Cernivec
September 16, 2013

Although flavor-of-the-month programs often can be found in ice cream shops, alcohol beverages might be taking a cue from the channel.


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DrinkChia lineup

Beverage formulations to alleviate generational health concerns

Defining the preferences of boomers, Xers and millennials
August 16, 2013

In The Who’s 1965 rock song “My Generation,” the group sang about how older generations did not seem to understand its generation. Today, beverage research and development (R&D) experts are trying to change this notion by better understanding generational demographics for baby boomers, Generation Xers and millennials (also known as Generation Y) and formulating products that fit their nutritional and lifestyle needs.


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BlossomWater

Botanicals take beverages back to nature

Ingredients showcase function with a natural positioning
Stephanie Cernivec
Stephanie Cernivec
August 16, 2013

In the United States, instant gratification has become commonplace thanks to technologies like smartphones and the Internet, but functional drinks also are making it a staple in the beverage industry.


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Uve new bottle

Weight management ingredients battle obesity epidemic

Helping consumers drink away the pounds
Stephanie Cernivec
Stephanie Cernivec
July 15, 2013

Although some segments of the beverage industry often are associated with the obesity epidemic in America, more than half of consumers believe they are responsible for their own weight, according to research by The Hartman Group, Bellevue, Wash.


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Hawaiian Punch group

Sweetener blending helps reduce calories, enhance taste

Consumers more concerned with amount of sweeteners than type
Jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
June 14, 2013

In the ballad “The Sweetest Thing,” the pop rock band U2 sang about how love is the sweetest thing, but when it comes to the beverage market, the sweetest thing also is the biggest thing. Across 13 ingredient categories, sweeteners accounted for 85 percent of the 46.4 million tons of ingredients used in beverages in 2011, according to an April 2013 report by Chicago-based Euromonitor International titled “Beverage Ingredients: Trends and Influences.”


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