Red Diamond® Coffee and Tea, an industry leader in the beverage space, is expanding its Simple Sweet Tea™ line with new Peach and Watermelon flavors. This innovative, pre-sweetened line improves operator efficiency and simplifies the sweet tea brewing process. It’s an ideal solution for foodservice operations and these new flavors will become summer staples.

Pairing low-calorie and low-sugar attributes in a gluten-free, refreshing beverage during the flavored sparkling water boom has caused hard seltzers to become a consumer favorite, particularly with millennials1. These days, the hard seltzers segment is facing saturation, as new formulations and brands continually enter the competition, hoping for a taste of the impressive returns.

Verve developed a proprietary recipe of oatmilk formulated specifically to showcase the Flash Brew nitro-infused coffee.

Called Vita Coco Spiked with Captain Morgan, the spirits-based line will be available in three offerings, all starting with a balanced blend of iconic Captain Morgan Caribbean white rum and Vita Coco’s coconut water. 

Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, next to water. And while it’s not unheard of for some to think of tea as nothing more than flavored water, tea is an incredibly complex beverage category.

Flavor Producers, LLC, headquartered in Valencia, Calif., completed an expansion project in Sharonville, Ohio, that includes more than 6,000 square feet of new application development, sensory, pilot plant product development capabilities and an additional 1,700 square feet for customer collaborative rapid prototyping workspace for food and beverage innovations.

The new illy Cold Brew Cappuccino and Latte Macchiato varieties combine milk with illy’s signature blend of nine single-origin coffees for a smooth rich taste, with no added preservatives, colors or flavors.

Conagen, a Massachusetts-based biotech firm, has commercialized an expansive portfolio of natural sweetness enhancers for taste modification in sugar reduction solutions for food and beverages. The enhancers are made with precision fermentation, a technology that has led to the innovation of an extensive platform of phenolic antioxidants.

Licuados are a classic Mexican beverage, serving as a quick nutritious breakfast at home or more commonly on the run where people stop for one at juice and licuado stands. Licuados are blended like smoothies but not as thick.

Javo is widely recognized for its unique extraction capabilities that facilitate the delivery of exceptional cold brew coffee solutions to industry leading consumer brands, manufacturers, and restaurants.