Articles by Jessica Jacobsen

With consumers demanding more from their beverages, brand owners are employing a myriad of concepts to help the next generation of new products succeed. 

A true influencer for today’s beverage formulations is sweeteners as more consumers are looking at sugar content and sources when making purchasing decisions.

Although much of those sales come from the non-aseptic sports drink segment, sport drink mixes is showing that its contribution to the category, though niche, is gaining traction with consumers.

Inflation and product availability have resulted in consumers altering their shopping patterns. Research from Vericast shows how brand owners can continue to engage with consumers despite these challenges.

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) returned both in-person and online with a new and improved lineup of content and programming as part of IFT FIRST: Annual Event & Expo.

The demand for functional, transparent energy solutions has helped Nutrabolt and its C4 portfolio meet the needs of performance athletes and fitness enthusiasts, while appealing to consumers who are making healthy, active living a daily priority.

Consumers increasingly are turning to energy drinks and shots to get them through their day, helping drive the growth of the energy drinks market.

SKU proliferation has made it more challenging for beverage brands to stand out on grocery shelves. To help combat this problem, beverage-makers are ensuring their label designs draw attention to their portfolio.

In the beverage market, hard seltzers were the star of new product development for a few years, but as the market has become more saturated, experts note that change might be in order as the beverage alcohol segment experiences deceleration from its years of growth.

The labor shortage impacting the warehouse and transportation sector is resulting in operations managers turning more to automation solutions like automated guided vehicles.