Beverage News

1. Vie-Del Company Completes Acquisition Of Constellation Brands' High-Color And Standard Grape Concentrate Business Lines Solidifying Position As Leading North American Supplier 12/30/2020

   Vie-Del Company (Vie-Del), the oldest family-owned grape processor and supplier of bulk juices, concentrates, brandy, wine and spirits in California, announced today the completion on December 29, 2020 of the acquisition of the Canandaigua Concentrate High-Color Concentrate (HCC) and standard grape concentrate business lines from Constellation Brands U.S. Operations, Inc. (CBUSO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Constellation Brands, Inc. (Constellation).

2. NEXE Achieves A Key Composting Milestone For Its Upcoming NEXE Nespresso®-Compatible Pods 12/30/2020

   NEXE Innovations Inc. (TSXV: NEXE) ("NEXE" or the "Company"), a leader in plant-based materials science and advanced manufacturing technologies, is pleased to announce results from Pilot-scale composting and sieving tests for measurement of disintegration performed on its NEXE Nespresso-Compatible Pods by OWS Labs that conforms to international standards.

3. G.O.A.T. Fuel® Partners With GNC To Bring Health-Focused Energy Drink Nationwide 12/28/2020

   G.O.A.T. Fuel ® today announces a new retail-partnership with GNC, who will be featuring the brand's line of health-focused energy drinks in select locations across the United States. G.O.A.T.

4. Dada Group And PepsiCo Deepen Strategic Partnership And Launch ‘Bring Happiness Home’ Campaign For Chinese Spring Festival 12/24/2020

   Dada Group (Nasdaq: DADA) ("Dada" or the "Company"), China's leading local on-demand delivery and retail platform, and PepsiCo, a global leader in convenience foods and beverages, announced a new strategic partnership.

5. Kombucha Town Raising Capital On Startengine To Expand Popular Beverage Line 12/23/2020

   Kombucha is a semi sweet, fermented tea that is both healthy and delicious.

6. ‘Meet The Last Straw You Will Ever Need’ With Phade, A Breakthrough Marine Biodegradable, And Home And Industrial Compostable Drinking Straw Created With Canola-Based PHA 12/21/2020

   Consumers can now use straws in good conscience thanks to a revolutionary new drinking straw, phade, created by WinCup, Inc. phade is a breakthrough marine biodegradable drinking straw made with PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate), a substrate derived from canola oil.

7. CERIA Brewing Company Expands Non-Alcoholic Beer Distribution Through Amazon And Wegmans 12/21/2020

   CERIA Brewing Company, makers of the non-alcoholic (NA) craft beer developed in 2020 by Blue Moon creator and former brewmaster Keith Villa, Ph.D., today announced that its Grainwave and Indiewave NA beers is now available online through Amazon, and in-store at Wegmans locations in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.

8. WSU Researchers Studying Spread Of Red Blotch Virus In Vineyards 12/21/2020

   Grapevine red blotch disease spreads through vineyards and blotches leaves, shrinking wine and juice grape harvests.

9. SweeGen Announces Approval In Brazil Of Full Range Of Next Generation Stevia Sweeteners 12/18/2020

   Sugar reduction solutions company SweeGen announced Brazil’s National Health and Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has assessed and approved the company’s full range of Bestevia® stevia sweeteners as a food additive.

10. Travis Scott Founds New Brand Cacti, An Agave Spiked Seltzer 12/17/2020

    Today, Diamond certified recording artist, songwriter, producer, fashion mogul and creative force Travis Scott has announced his latest project as a founder and creator of a new brand, CACTI, a venture with Anheuser-Busch.