Coconut Water

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.

Can natural sweeteners pull diet soda out of its funk?

16-Jul-2014 By Elaine Watson

Is diet soda in the doldrums because shoppers are suspicious of aspartame, or because they are just bored of Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi? And will naturally-sweetened products such as Coca-Cola Life restore the category’s flagging fortunes?

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.