Review: Secret Squirrel Cold Brew
And the cold brew coffee train keeps a rollin’ with the launch of Secret Squirrel. The company produces a cold brew coffee concentrate made with organic and Fair Trade coffee beans that are roasted and...
View ArticleReview: Life Support
As the hangover recovery category continues to expand, more companies are touting unique ingredients and packaging to attract new consumers to the space. Life Support is one of those companies. With...
View ArticleReview: Starbucks Iced Coffee
As reported last week by BevNET, Starbucks has launched a new four-SKU line of blended coffee and milk drinks. While we applaud the company for finally coming out with an iced coffee line with a...
View ArticleReview: Angels Aphroenergy
Angels Aphroenergy is new product that has dual functions as an aphrodisiac drink and energy supplement. While the company behind the product, which is based out of Las Vegas (natch), has done a fair...
View ArticleReview: Novo
Novo is a new line of organic sports drinks made with a blend of coconut water, grape juice concentrate, and electrolytes. While the packaging and positioning of the product are not the typical...
View ArticleReview: Runa Unsweetened
Runa, which markets a line of bottled teas made from Amazonian guayusa tea, has launched two new unsweetened varieties. Much like its other offerings, Runa, which was the Best of BevNET 2012 award...
View ArticleReview: Rage Aid
Rage Aid, a line of non-carbonated energy drinks from Canada, recently launched two new varieties: Lemonaid and Teabagger. While the overall execution of the drinks is good, it’s the name Rage Aid that...
View ArticleReview: Mountain Dew Kickstart
As we reported a couple weeks ago, PepsiCo has launched Mountain Dew Kickstart, a new morning-oriented product that the company markets as a “flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate.”...
View ArticleReview: Boylan’s Shirley Temple
Billed as a seasonal release, Boylan’s Shirley Temple is a great adaptation of the classic “mocktail.” They’ve really hit the nail on the head in terms of flavor, delivering a blend that has a nice...
View ArticleReview: Spartos
Spartos is a line of all-natural, protein-infused waters that recently underwent a packaging revamp. As the sports/nutrition beverage category continues to embrace protein as an added ingredient, the...
View ArticleReview: Opreme Energy Drinks
Miami-based Opreme Energy bills itself as a product that was “developed using only the finest ingredients with 50% less sugar than most energy drinks.” While we applaud Opreme for using a lower calorie...
View ArticleReview: Z.E.N. Pure Pressed
As new juice cleanse brands continue to emerge, companies are stretching to find niche appeal with varying formulations and marketing messages. Z.E.N. (Zero Effort Nutrition) Pure Pressed, which...
View ArticleReview: ok.- Energy Drink
“ok.-” Energy Drink is a full-calorie energy drink that is made in Switzerland. Although the product’s 16.9 oz can offers a point of differentiation from most other energy drinks, the rest of ok.-’s...
View ArticleReview: Love Beets
While the market for beet juice has traditionally been quite small, the beverage is finding a growing number of enthusiasts, and in particular, serious athletes. That being said, it’s hard to see the...
View ArticleReview: Victoria’s Almond Water New Flavors
Victoria’s Almond Water is a line of all-natural drinks made with a base of purified water and cane sugar and infused with natural extracts (almond, vanilla, rose). The brand recently introduced...
View ArticleReview: ROAR
ROAR is a line of sports drinks made with coconut water and B vitamins. We applaud the brand for developing a well-formulated line of beverages and its use of an on-trend ingredient in coconut water....
View ArticleReview: El Rey Energia
El Rey Energia is a low-calorie, value-priced energy drink that targets Spanish speaking consumers. From a formulation perspective, the product is fine, but mostly similar to other energy drinks on the...
View ArticleReview: Big Island Organics
Big Island Organics produces a line of organic drinks that includes two lemonade varieties as well as two ginger-infused beverages. In our review of two SKUs in the line-up, we found the formulation of...
View ArticleReview: Invo Coconut Water
Invo is a new brand of high not-from-concentrate coconut water drinks that are high pressure processed (HPP) as opposed to pasteurized. Much like other HPP beverages, the products have a very fresh...
View ArticleReview: Cocoa Metro (Plastic Packaging)
Having set the bar absurdly high with their glass packaged flagship product, Cocoa Metro has recently added a plastic (HDPE) single serve bottle to their lineup. From the visual end of things, a...
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