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Manager of Flavor Innovation Announced as Judge for World Beverage Innovation Awards 2016

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Aparna Oak

The judging panel for the World Beverage Innovation Awards 2016, which will be presented at BrauBeviale in November, has been announced.

They include Julian Warowioff, managing director of ChariTea & Lemonaid, plus Generosity Water CEO Micah Cravalho. They are joined by Distill Ventures CEO Shilen Patel; Erteco senior category manager of beverage Daniel Nguyen; Imbibe manager of flavour innovation Aparna Oak; director of the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association Eef de Ferrante; Dragon Rouge Brazil’s Alexander Sugai; and Larry Hobbs, who is the executive director of the International Society of Beverage Technologists.

To learn more about the World Beverage Innovation Awards and the other judges, click here.

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