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

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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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