NESTEA TRADED A SNOWMAN MASCOT FOR STRAIGHT-WALLED BOTTLES.
SNAPPLE’S 15-FLAVOR SUPER PREMIUM LINE LAUNCHED WITH NECTARINE WHITE TEA.
LIPTON’S “ORIGINAL” LINE REBOOTED AS PURE LEAF.
Cha Dao Tea, Inc
Cha Dao, America’s unique brewer of distinctively fresh, refrigerated ready-to-drink teas, took home two first-place awards from The World Tea Expo’s Ice Tea Shake-off Competition held June 1, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Adagio Teas
Anteadote line of unsweetened RTD teas has grown to five varieties – Green, White, Oolong, Jasmine and Black – is now USDA Organic. New distributors include UNFI East and West. The teas will be on display at the upcoming Expo East show in Boston.
Bombilla & Gourd, Inc.
Bombilla debuted their Pure Tea line, unsweetened and organic, with Big Geyser Inc. in New York City and will launch with distributors on both coasts beginning in Q2 2008. The product serves consumers looking for functionality and taste without calories or artificial sweeteners.
Pixie Mate
Organic Energy Teas are launching in three flavors: Authentic Yerba Maté, Lemon Ginger Black Tea Maté and Green Tea Yerba Maté. Pixie Maté uses high grade teas in these blends along with unsmoked and stem-free yerba mate. Each tea contains only 6-7g of sugar per serving and no ‘natural flavors.’
ABF Beverage, LLC.
Herbal Mist announced Haralambos Beverage as its exclusive distributor covering the greater Los Angeles market, and that the South-west division of 7-Eleven has authorized four flavors of the Herbal Mist line.
Beverage Innovations, Inc.
Beverage Innovations latest creation, VENGA functional infusions, combines antioxidant rich teas with 100 percent natural and exotic fruit juices and then inject life enhancing vitamins, minerals and nutraceuticals. VENGA comes packaged in a sleek bottle. The brand includes six functional beverages; Energize, Daily Dose, Rehydrate, Calorie Burn, Brain Storm and Health Zen.
Nurture by Nature Inc.
Nurture by Nature offers a line of Organic RTD Yerba Mate in sleeve wrapped 16 oz. glass bottles. Nurture by Nature is 100 percent fresh brewed yerba mate, no mate/tea blends or extracts. Nurture by Nature is distributed regionally through UNFI and is now available at Whole Foods and other fine retailers.
FUZE Beverages
FUZE introduced a new Black & Green Tea that combines the robust black tea flavor with light acai-berry and apple flavors.