With consumers’ growing preference toward functional beverages, beverage manufacturers are adopting new processing equipment designed to churn out healthier beverages including juices that have undergone high-pressure processing (HPP).

Functional food company So Good So You, released FIBER, its first formulation featuring fiber. The cold-pressed juice shot provides 5 grams of organic fiber sourced from the seeds of the guar plant, and provides almost 20% of the recommended daily value of dietary fiber, the company says.

Evolution Fresh, a brand of Starbucks Corp., released Organic Cucumber Glow, a blend of cucumber juice and lemon juice with a hint of tartness, the company says.

Denver-based Caribé Juice, a minority-owned business, has acquired WTRMLN WTR, a female-founded company with a mission-forward brand and product portfolio. Caribé Juice is committed to continuing to advance the drink clean mission of WTRMLN WTR.

Summer is in full swing and so are the new product releases. In the most recent Readers’ Choice: New Product of the Month poll for May from Beverage Industry, it looks as though readers are looking “freshen up” their beverage selections.