Coconut Water

ZICO founder re-acquires brand from Coca-Cola via PE firm: ‘The cycle has swung back’

14-Jan-2021 By Elaine Watson

Speaking at Expo West in 2015 two years after selling his coconut water brand to Coca-Cola, ZICO founder Mark Rampolla observed that his nine years running the business had been “absolutely brutal.” Six years later, he’s back at the helm, after buying...

Why PepsiCo, Coca-cola are betting on functional food and beverage brands

01-Nov-2018 By Adi Menayang

Legacy CPG companies PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have each snapped up or invested heavily in a functional food and beverage brand this year.

Interview with Hunniwater founder Karin Butler

Hunniwater: The gateway to detox?

16-Jan-2014 By Maggie Hennessy

In a market with a long professed love of natural, sustainable and healthful food and beverage and an equally strong penchant for small business, a manufacturer of raw honey-infused waters found an incubator for the brand it hopes to take nationwide. 

Sabinsa scores industry first with patent-pending synbiotic bilayer tablet

14-Mar-2012 By Elaine Watson

Sabinsa is set to score an industry first this year when it unveils the first bi-layer synbiotic tablet featuring prebiotics in one layer and probiotics in the other.

Coconut water matches carb-electrolyte sports beverage for rehydration: Study

06-Feb-2012 By Stephen Daniells

The rehydrating powers of coconut water match those of a carbohydrate-electrolyte sports beverage, says a new study using the VitaCoco product.

US still #1 for sports nutrition products: Leatherhead report

21-Apr-2011 By Stephen Daniells

The US is still the leading market for sports supplements, foods, and beverages, with the supplements market in particular showing growth of about 5 percent, says a new report from Leatherhead Food Research.

PepsiCo ups investment in coconut water firm to majority stake

09-Dec-2010

PepsiCo has increased its investment in coconut water company O.N.E. despite supply issues that have affected the market in 2010.

Coconut water tipped to redefine sports drink market

30-Mar-2010 By Guy Montague-Jones

A new market report predicts that coconut water is set to redefine the sports drinks market after Coca-Cola and PepsiCo both put their weight behind the new niche last year.

AHD brings coconut ingredients to functional foods, beverages

14-Oct-2008 By Lorraine Heller

AHD International is to supply functional food and beverage makers in the US with a range of coconut products, further to a new partnership announced yesterday.