Review: Rockstar Sparkling Energy
Amid rising demand for low-calorie and flavored sparkling waters, Rockstar has released a new “Sparkling” brand extension to its line of energy drinks. The beverages, which come in Cherry Citrus and...
View ArticleReview: Suja Elements – New Varieties
Suja has added a few more varieties to its Elements line of juice smoothies. Like all Suja products, the new Elements flavors are cold-pressed and high-pressure processed, and while we have mixed...
View ArticleReview: Honest Tea Unsweet Lemon Tea
First introduced at the 2013 Summer Fancy Food Show, Honest Tea’s Unsweet Lemon Tea is the company first zero-calorie offering in its PET line of teas and juices. Unlike many unsweetened flavored teas...
View ArticleReview: Hop Soda
Hop Soda is a unique soda that is made with natural hops extract. While this isn’t the first time that we’ve seen hops in a non-alcoholic beverage, it very well may be the most enjoyable one that we’ve...
View ArticleReview: Quaker Breakfast Shakes
Aligning two emerging beverage trends — oat-based drinks and breakfast shakes — PepsiCo has launched Quaker Breakfast Shakes. However, while the concept, and use of the company-owned Quaker brand,...
View ArticleReview: Chiquita Tropicals
Chiquita Tropicals is a new line of tropical fruit juice blends. The products come in four varieties — Banana Strawberry, Mango, Pineapple, and Passion Fruit — and contain no added sugar or...
View ArticleReview: POPWater
POPwater is new line of 30-calorie, fruit-flavored sparkling beverages that are sweetened with a blend of sugar, erythritol and stevia. Packaged in 11.2 oz. aluminum bottles, POPwater has done quite...
View ArticleReview: ALO Exposed Light
ALO Exposed “Light” is a reduced-calorie version of their flagship offering. Given that the high calorie content is one of the major grievances that people have with aloe vera beverages, getting the...
View ArticleReview: PowerCrunch
Power Crunch Double Chocolate Blast is a whey protein drink that features, among other things, 20 g of protein per 12 oz. bottle. In terms of taste, it’s definitely a very drinkable product (we’d say...
View ArticleReview: Daily Greens
Daily Greens is a new line of cold-pressed, high pressure processed green juices that come in six varieties. The beverages definitely skew towards the “not so sweet” end of the spectrum of green juices...
View ArticleReview: Lumi Juice
As the market for new cold-pressed, high pressure processed juice brands continues to blossom, Lumi, which stands for “LoveUMeanIt,” has made a solid debut in the emerging category. With a number of...
View ArticleReview: Kombucha Brooklyn
Kombucha Brooklyn recently updated its packaging and added a few new flavors to its line of kombucha drinks. Moving from a round 16 oz. bottle to a stock 12 oz. soda-style glass package, it’s clear...
View ArticleReview: IBEX Drinkable Yogurt
IBEX is a line of drinkable yogurt products that are sweetened with cane sugar and come in four varieties. While yogurt is often associated with probiotic functionality, three of the SKUs feature an...
View ArticleReview: Fire Blade Energy
Making its debut in the U.S. market. Fire Blade is a Austrian-based brand that markets an energy drink and shot. The products are not bad, but with a formulation, flavor and design that feels very much...
View ArticleReview: BLK+
blk Beverages has introduced a new flavored line extension to its brand of fulvic trace mineral infused waters. blk+ contains the same black-colored liquid as blk’s primary line along with citric acid,...
View ArticleReview: Hiball Ginger Ale
Hiball’s latest addition to its for its line of organic energy drinks comes in the form of a new ginger ale flavor. We can’t say that we’ve had too many ginger ale-flavored energy drinks, but we really...
View ArticleReview: WTRMLN WTR
WTRMLN WTR (aka “Watermelon Water”) is a cold-pressed watermelon juice beverage that is made with watermelon flesh, watermelon rind and lemon. It is high pressure processed (HPP), which gives it an...
View ArticleReview: Tumeric Alive Brooklyn Beet Elixir
Tumeric Alive’s Brooklyn Beet Elixir is the company’s first product to use beets, and the most bright-looking of its tumeric-infused drinks to date. The beverage — which is being made exclusively for...
View ArticleReview: Aloe Gloe Coconut
Aloe Gloe’s “Coconut” variety takes the brand into a new — and much more successful — beverage segment. For this product, the company blends 15 percent coconut water with its base aloe water, which...
View ArticleReview: Healthee Organic Turmeric Beverages
HealtheeUSA’s Organic Turmeric with Cinnamon drink is a USDA certified organic beverage that contains the equivalent of 4500 milligrams of fresh turmeric. Turmeric is certainly a timely and on-trend...
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