Wholesome Tea now offers Inko’s Organic Energy, a USDA-organic energy drink boasting antioxidants and jitter-free technology. 

Pac Rim Commerce Group Inc. offers Auriganic, a healthy, functional juice beverage made with organic Auricularia auricular, also known as Woodear Mushroom. 

Boulder, Colo.-based NextFoods’ GoodBelly releasedits new Grab&Go probiotic drinks. GoodBelly’s new 15.2-ounce beverages tout the same probiotic strain used in the brand’s existing lineup, Lactobacillus plantarum 299v (LP299V), it says. 

When Seth Goldman co-founded Honest Tea in 1998, he set out to not just develop not-too-sweet, organic beverages, but also a company that exemplifies honesty and integrity throughout its supply chain, product development, packaging and much more.

The movement to become closer to one’s food source and consumers craving more healthful food and beverage options have buoyed the growth of the $53.5 billion natural and organic business, according to Rockville, Md.-based Packaged Fact’s July 2014 report titled “Natural and Organic Foods and Beverages in the U.S., 4th Edition.”

An extremely competitive beverage landscape didn’t stop Beth Wilson-Parentice from pursuing her passion. From managing a Starbucks in Connecticut, to creating concoctions in her Pennsylvania kitchen, Wilson-Parentice overcame financial, production and distribution hurdles to create her own line of natural, organic sparkling beverages.

Uncle Matt’s Organic announced the nationwide release of two new, organic juices: Organic Orange Turmeric and Reduced-Calorie Orange Coconut. 

Anchorhead Coffee added a new ready-to-drink (RTD) cold-brew coffee to its product lineup. 

Clearly the readers of Beverage Industry are fans of kombucha as Clearly Kombucha won the August New Product of the Month poll. The organic beverage obtained 21 percent of the votes. Voting took place between Sept. 8 and 18.

Jamba Inc. launched its new line of organic, non-GMO, ready-to-drink Cold Pressed Juice Blends.