Although the pandemic presented a challenge for many beverage categories, it seems to have offered an opportunity for the sports and performance drinks segment.

The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, and the Jel Sert Co., West Chicago, Ill., announced the national rollout of POWERADE Sports Freezer Bars, offering everyday athletes a new way to enjoy POWERADE. Available in stores nationwide, POWERADE Sports Freezer Bars feature the brand's most popular flavors: Mountain Berry Blast and Fruit Punch.

Organic hydration drink HALO is ramping up efforts to get people hydrating the right way as it welcomes professional tennis player Andy Murray to the team as a brand ambassador and investor. 

Chicago-based GoodSport Nutrition is launching GoodSport, a natural sports drink made from milk.

HOIST’s ready-to-drink hydration drink will see its biggest packaging refresh to date this month. 

As a new edition to its Core Power Elite line, Core Power now offers Elite Strawberry, which contains 42 grams of complete protein in each 14-ounce bottle. 

BODYARMOR, a brand of BA Sports Nutrition, Whitestone, N.Y., announced the launch of BODYARMOR EDGE, a premium sports drink with natural caffeine.

To kick off the new year, Vita Coco released Boosted, a coconut water fortified with MCT to provide sustained energy for the body and mind. 

American Beverage, formerly the American Beverage Association (ABA), Washington, D.C., announced a new look and name that speaks to who the association is — a strong, united, forward-thinking industry driving solutions together on issues of importance to the communities, families and customers we serve, it said in a statement.

BODYARMOR LYTE Sports Drink, a brand of Whitestone, N.Y.-based BODYARMOR, announced a new equity partnership with 7-time Grammy Award-winning superstar Carrie Underwood.