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Beverage Industry Magazine

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2021 February

Beverage Industry’s February issue details the steps that beverage-makers are taking to foster a more sustainable future for beverage packaging. Also in this issue, the eMagazine highlights the distribution changes impacting the U.S. wine as well as what is driving the demand for probiotic beverages. Additional articles detail the ingredients supporting cognitive and energy beverage formulations, and the emerging domestic and exotic fruit flavors of tomorrow.

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Cover Feature

Beverage players help advance sustainable packaging, recycling efforts

Increasing number of packages utilizing rPET
jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
February 5, 2021
The beverage industry’s leading companies are furthering the sustainable packaging movement through the use of rPET plastic bottles as well as investments in recycling infrastructure.
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Loverboy
Up Close With

Loverboy experiences exponential growth, benefits from national TV exposure

Loverboy Founder Kyle Cooke markets RTD craft cocktails on “Summer House”
Barbara Harfmann
February 1, 2021
Reality star Kyle Cooke conceptualized Loverboy on Bravo TV’s “Summer House” in Season 3. This year, he expects his line of low-alcohol RTD canned teas and spritz’s to grow 500 percent.
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Special Report: Health & Wellness

Healthy, functional drinks dominate market

Immunity products with healthy attributes on the rise
Barbara Harfmann
February 3, 2021
In the midst of COVID-19, consumers are even more interested in functional beverages that support immunity, digestive health and contain less sugar without sacrificing on taste.
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E. & J. Gallo Winery
Category Focus: Wine

Online sales drive 55% of wine growth

Red wine, red blends are No. 1
Barbara Harfmann
February 2, 2021
Analysts highlight that the coronavirus pandemic is causing ripple effects in the CPG market. The good news for wine is that it already had the biggest online sales presence, driving 55% of wine growth.
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Ingredient Spotlight

Coffee fruit shows potential in future beverage innovations

Niche benefits could seize untapped opportunities in food, beverage
Sarah Graybill
Sarah Graybill
January 22, 2021
Historically an upcycled byproduct within the coffee production process, coffee fruit’s sustainable characteristics and health benefits could present opportunities in beverage development.
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Tesla Nootropics
R&D Feature

Cognitive, energy support sees increased interest from consumers

Beverages expand beyond traditional markets to deliver cognitive, energy support
jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
January 28, 2021
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are formulating with a host of functional ingredients that are designed to make the aging process less strenuous and more focused.
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Ingredient Spotlight: Exotic Fruits

Domestic, exotic fruit flavors create tastes that ‘travel’

Beverage-makers incorporate flavors associated with immune benefits
Sarah Graybill
Sarah Graybill
January 26, 2021
As the functional and flavorful capabilities of domestic and exotic fruits continue to be experimented with, a healthy mix of traditional and emerging combinations are on the horizon for beverages, experts note.
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Dematic Beverage Warehouse
Operations

Automated solutions gain foothold in beverage storage

SKU proliferation, shrinking workforce contribute to storage innovations
jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
January 25, 2021
For beverage warehouse operations, a library of consumer trends are making operators view automation as the go-to solution in storage and retrieval.
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Category Focus

Probiotics expanding foothold in beverage market

Prebiotics, postbiotics incidence increases among food, beverage applications
Sarah Graybill
Sarah Graybill
February 3, 2021
Probiotics’ reputation has been gaining traction in recent years. Meanwhile, prebiotics and postbiotics are adding to their share of the beverage market.
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Packaging Materials

Sustainability, innovation drive stretch and shrink labels market

Beverage brands seize opportunity to boost features, recyclability of labels
Sarah Graybill
Sarah Graybill
January 21, 2021
With consumers and brands demanding more sustainability from packaging, manufacturers are innovating stretch and shrink labels to rise to the demand, incorporating creativity and even technology into the labels.
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Operations Perspective

Case packing operations under constant change

Standardization erodes as packing operations adjust to new materials, sizes
John Peter Koss - Beverage Industry
John Peter Koss
January 27, 2021
The constant change of beverage categories, packaging materials and pack sizes have had a domino effect on case packing. These shifts begs the question — is there a standard case size anymore?
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Electric Island
Distribution

Battery-electric technology advances to further electric fleet evolution

Jeff Cioletti
February 4, 2021
As companies strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, electric is not only the future of fleets, it’s starting to be the present as well. Read more in Jeff Cioletti’s column.
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Beverage Beat

2021 ushers new era of design for Beverage Industry

eMagazine adds features, interactions to bring content to life
jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
January 19, 2021
Beverage Industry and our parent company, BNP Media, are more than excited to introduce the latest in eMagazine design.
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Between Drinks

Foundations providing emergency grants for essential hospitality workers

USBG National Charity Foundation disburses $9.6M to help 32K hospitality workers
Barbara Harfmann
January 20, 2021
The National Restaurant Association reports that nearly 100,000 restaurants are in danger of permanently closing. Yet, some foundations are “sharing the love” with much-needed financial help.
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Sarah Graybill - The Last Drop
Last Drop

Mtn Dew, Burton Snowboard unite in “One World” efforts

Sarah Graybill
Sarah Graybill
January 18, 2021
Mtn Dew and Burton Snowboards recently announced One World, a partnership surrounding the One World project that features a full-length feature film and a limited-edition collection of goods created with rPET Polartec and 12 episodes of digital content celebrating the love of snowboarding, the environment, and the desire to discover what's next, the brands say.
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