December always is a busy time of year, but that didn’t stop innovators in the beverage market from releasing the latest crop of new products. In Beverage Industry’s Readers’ Choice: New Product of the Month poll for December, Hercules Mulligan Rum + Rye closed out the monthly poll by garnering 30 percent of the votes.
To deliver the results that beverage companies desire, ingredient suppliers are expanding their capabilities through certifications and technology advancements.
Bud Light, Ball Corp., Centerplate team up for sustainability initiative
January 21, 2020
Centerplate, Stamford, Conn.; Ball Corp., Broomfield, Colo.; and Bud Light, a brand of St. Louis-based Anheuser Busch, announced an agreement to bring Ball's infinitely recyclable aluminum cups to guests at Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2 between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.
In a move designed to encourage its consumers to Reach for the Moon, Copper Moon Coffee, Lafayette, Ind., unveiled all-new packaging centered around the theme of space and coffee.
Kalil Bottling services accounts in all traditional channels of trade operating out of four locations across the Southwest with the support of more than 700 employees.
IGNITE Beverages will focus on innovative, premium-beverage development
January 20, 2020
Ignite International Brands Ltd., Vaughn, Ontario, announced the expansion of its product offerings with the formation of a new division: IGNITE Beverages.
FlavorCell encapsulation technology provides natural flavor delivery in powdered beverages
January 16, 2020
A new collaboration between Blue Pacific Flavors, City of Industry, Calif., and McCormick & Co., Baltimore, will market non-GMO, natural flavors with FlavorCell, a technology of McCormick’s Flavor Solutions business segment, to provide high-impact, encapsulated flavor delivery in powdered beverages, confectionery and bakery products.
The revisions to the transaction are to address competitive concerns raised by the FTC primarily related to the sparkling wine, brandy, dessert wine and concentrate categories.