Presenters at Prepared Foods’ R&D Seminars discussed the various ways foods and beverages can be fortified with ingredients that improve their functional characteristics and meet consumers’ ever-growing needs.

The Pulp brand has made its big debut in the U.S. with Planet Pulp.

The Atlanta-based beverage giant has announced investments of more than $30 billion in markets around the world over the next five years.

Flirt Energy Drink, the functional beverage created by women for women, has been reformulated and is being rolled out in a redesigned can.

The NYC soda ban is official.

Energy drinks containing caffeine and taurine boost heart function in healthy people, an Italian study found.

Scottish Spirit Imports, which represents a line of flagship Scotch whiskeys produced by Reynald and Sons Ltd. based in Glasgow, Scotland, is adding Genie, a new product line of actual liquor in a can

AriZona Beverages announced Joltin' Joe: a lightly carbonated espresso drink created in honor of the American icon and sports legend Joe DiMaggio.

Taco Bell said it is adding Mtn Dew A.M., a mix of Mountain Dew soda and Tropicana orange juice, as well as an A.M. Crunchwrap to its breakfast menu.

Variety may indeed be the spice of life, but it is just a word until new and unique flavors add something to the mix and provide some of those variations. However, flavorings have met with a degree of controversy of late, as have manufacturer efforts to add diverse new flavors to traditional lines.