What do you get when you mix a sparkling beverage with an antioxidant infusion? You get this month’s winner of Beverage Industry’s September Readers’ Choice Product of the Month poll.
Bai Brands LLC put an effervescent spin on its Bai5 antioxidant drinks with its new Bai Bubbles line, which is slated to launch in the New York City metropolitan area in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Coffee fruit juices on track to double sales this year
July 8, 2014
KonaRed Corp., the Koloa, Hawaii-based manufacturer of antioxidant juices from CoffeeBerry coffee fruit, announced strong sales growth in the first half of 2014.
Flashing back to arts and crafts projects from childhood, a common instruction from parents and teachers was to “use what you have.” Shaun Roberts took that concept a step further when he developed KonaRed juices.
With about 20 years of experience in the industry, Ben Weiss has learned a lot about the coffee business, and particularly about the outer fruit of the coffee bean. Weiss’ knowledge of the coffee fruit as well as his appreciation for the Asia-Pacific region led to the launch of Bai Brands, Princeton, N.J., which offers a collection of beverages that are infused with coffee fruit.