Beverage Trends Abound at Natural Products Expo West

This year’s Natural Products Expo West drew a record-setting 86,000 attendees and more than 3,600 exhibiting companies this March at California’s Anaheim Convention Center. Those attendees [...]

Supercharged foods and beverages for athletes

Supplements have been a staple of sports nutrition, but athletes and active consumers are looking to pare down the pill intake and get even more exercise and recovery nutrients from foods and [...]

Local companies finding niche with better-for-you beverages

Packaging of a product plays a role in the success of a beverage, “but taste is king,” said Holly McHugh, a marketing expert at Imbibe, a beverage development company in the Chicago [...]

Functional Beverage Innovation: Fringe is In

Functional beverage ingredients cascara, aronia berries, CBD and cacao are still on the periphery, but have potential to gain widespread appeal. Consumers demand food and beverage products that [...]

Soft-Drink Makers Have New Secret Ingredient: Sugar!

Soft-drink makers have a new way to pitch their sweet beverages: They contain sugar. Boylan Bottling Co.’s line of a dozen soda flavors touts “cane sugar” in capital letters on the label. Puck’s [...]