As January draws to a close, James Kindred, co-founder and Chief Brand Officer at Big Drop, highlights that demand for alcohol-free beers is now spread out across the whole year.
David Fudge, co-founder and CEO of US non-alcoholic spirit brand Aplós, explains why he thinks functional ingredients are the key to reshaping the drinks category.
2023 will be a big year for Welsh brewery Drop Bear Beer, as it opens its own brewery and expands listings across the UK and beyond. Joelle Drummond, Co-Founder and Director of Sales and Marketing, tells us more in our series profiling entrepreneurs in...
Mark Wong, founder of UK functional non-alcoholic beer start-up Impossibrew, sees many parallels between the alcohol alternative category and the meat alternative movement. In our series of interviews with movers and shakers in the industry, we hear how...
Canadian non-alcoholic beer brand Harmon's expects to see more and more innovation in the industry as craft brewers sit up and take note of growth in alcohol-free. In our series of interviews with innovators in the low/no industry, we hear more about...
Non-alcoholic spirit Lyre's is now available in more than 100 markets worldwide. In our series of interviews profiling innovators in the low/no alcohol industry, CEO Mark Livings shares his secrets to success.
In our series of interviews with innovators in the low/no alcohol space, California entrepreneurs Jordan Bass and Nick Taranto talk to us about their experience in founding and growing HOP WTR: an alcohol-free sparkling hop water with nootropics.
System launched its hard seltzers to create ‘the drinking experience we wanted but didn’t exist yet’: a 9 pack with 3 cans at 0% ABV, 3 cans at 5% ABV and 3 cans at 8% ABV. In our series celebrating innovators in the low/no alcohol industry, co-founders...
Our series profiles movers and shakers in the alcohol-free category. Today we talk to Marcus Sakey, founding partner and chief brand officer of Ritual Zero Proof: a non-alcoholic spirit alternative founded in Chicago in 2019.
Kristina Roth founded US soft seltzer and non-alcoholic spirit brand MIXOLOSHE last year. In our series of interviews celebrating innovators in the low/no alcohol category, she tells us what inspires her.
Drynuary 2023 is particularly exciting for entrepreneurs Vanessa Royle and Mariah Wood - they're debuting their new non-alcoholic RTD cocktail brand Tilden in the US. We talk to the duo in our series of interviews with innovators in the low/no alcohol...
One of the early movers and alcohol-free cocktail shakers in the UK's low/no alcohol movement, Laura Willoughby MBE is a well-known face and source of inspiration. In our series of interviews focusing on the category, she tells us what she's...
This new series profiles innovators in the low/no alcohol industry. Here, Rose Bax, co-founder of Bax Botanics, tells us what inspires her and her brand.
Instead of coffee beans, Minus Coffee is taking ingredients such as chicory root, dates, and lentils, which undergo a fermentation process that its founder claims precisely replicates the taste and aroma of cold brew coffee, but in a much more sustainable...
Keurig Dr Pepper is taking a minority stake in American non-alcoholic craft beer maker, Athletic Brewing Company: following on from the acquisition of non-alcoholic RTD cocktail brand Atypique earlier this year.
Craft brewers are starting to think of themselves as beverage companies rather than breweries, writes Maria Pearman, Beverage Practice Leader at US accounting and advisory firm GHJ.
Within a few hours of public launch, Pureboost antioxidant clean energy drink mix raised more than $2 million in crowdfunding from early investors on Wefunder.
After five days of showcasing food and beverage products from around the world, SIAL 2022 in Paris has come to a close. FoodNavigator was on the ground, meeting with newcomers and category leaders alike to discuss trends, new product development, and...
Today’s consumers want complexity and layers of flavors in their alcohol-free drinks. Having spent a collective 30 years foraging, exploring and learning, the duo behind Bax Botanics tell us why they believe botanicals are the way forward in creating...
Dutch start-up Northern Wonder is combatting coffee-related deforestation with an alternative developed from non-tropical ingredients, including barley, rye, chickpea, and chicory.
The UK has been pioneering the no and low alcohol category: so London's Low2No Bev show offers the perfect occasion to see how the category is evolving. From functional drinks to new tech, we take a look at some of the latest innovations in the category...
As zero and low alcohol options become more mainstream, drinks brands are catching on to the benefits of introducing alternative product ranges. But zero alcohol doesn’t have to mean zero fun, says Chris White, Managing Director at creative agency This...
Spanish beverage company Mahou San Miguel is launching an open innovation platform alongside food tech accelerator Eatable Adventures as it searches for the ‘drink of the future’. FoodNavigator learns more about the challenges and opportunities in beverage...
Spanish brewer Mahou San Miguel and accelerator Eatable Adventures are calling for beverage start ups from around the world to take part in their innovation challenge to ‘discover the drink of the future’.
While climate change presents a serious threat to coffee production, we have the tools at our disposal to futureproof the supply chain, says Doug Welsh, VP Coffee at Peet’s, which says 100% of its beans are now ‘responsibly sourced’* from farms vetted...
The Adult Non-Alcoholic Beverage Association (ANBA) is launching in the UK and Europe to help propel the growing sector. Mark Livings, ANBA board chair, tells BeverageDaily what the European market looks like today and what the new organisation aims to...
Launching at the London Festival in June will be ‘effortlessly effervescent’ Bolle, a new low/no sparking brewed drink designed to bring the same success to the low/no wine occasion as the neighboring beer and spirits categories.
Global F&B giant PepsiCo is on the hunt for novel sustainability technology in the food and beverage sector to complement its business within the Middle Eastern region, with plans to look at other markets including Asia Pacific in the future as well.
Equinox Kombucha started off being brewed in a kitchen in Calderdale, Yorkshire, after a couple of intrepid travellers returned from Asia wanting to bring the live culture and all its benefits with them.
UK consumers have bought 15% more low or no alcohol beer, cider, wine and spirits over Dry January this year than they did a year ago, according to supermarket Tesco.
SIG has announced the fourth version of its SIGCUBATOR accelerator program food and drink start-ups and small businesses to help launch their products.
A collection of alcohol alternative brands have created the Adult Non-Alcoholic Beverage Association (ANBA) in the US: noting ‘one of the largest cultural shifts in decades’ as American consumers become increasingly interested in mindful drinking. The...
PepsiCo has expanded its green tech accelerator programme in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) to reach sustainable design innovators across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Most low/no drinkers are not solely dedicated to the category: choosing rather to switch between full strength and lower alcohol alternatives – often even during the same occasion. So new US brand Primer has designed its brand as a ‘one-stop-shop’ system:...
A coalition of 25 breweries across the UK and Ireland – including Guinness and Adnams – have signed an open letter calling on world leaders to work together to combat the climate crisis.
Working in the Canadian craft beer industry, Upstreet Craft Brewing’s founders found there were always plenty of opportunities to have a beer. When this started to take its toll, they used their craft expertise to create a non-alcoholic brew. Now they...
America’s Athletic Brewing Co. is expanding internationally, most recently with its launch in the UK. It believes its craft core will help it stand out in an increasingly crowded market.
US retail sales of packaged tea have been sluggish in recent years, with Nielsen data* showing a flat market until 2020, when covid prompted a 16.8% surge, before everything slowed back down again. Celestial Seasonings, however, has maintained double-digit...
To the best of its knowledge, Big Drop Brewing Co is the first company in the world to dedicate itself to alcohol-free beer. We catch up with founder and CEO Rob Fink to talk all things ‘low and no’.
The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company and Unilever have joined AB InBev’s 100+ Accelerator to fund and pilot sustainable innovation in supply chains.
The pandemic’s negative impact on sleep, anxiety and mental health is creating a unique marketing opportunity for low caffeine coffee, which can deliver an energy boost without the jitters or negative impact on circadian rhythms, but which previously...
The CBD beverages space is not for the faint-hearted given the regulatory minefield brands have to navigate, but Isca is hoping to bring a more culinary twist to the nascent category with the assistance of British Michelin-starred Chef Michael Caines.
A molecular biologist, a medical doctor and a nutrition innovation expert have joined intellectual forces to create a cognitive health focused brand which they hope will redefine the caffeine-laden energy drink category.
Nudge edible coffee bars, ‘bombs,’ and butters – novel products featuring aromatic ‘whole coffee matter’ – are now available in 350 Sprouts stores, says brand owner The Whole Coffee Co, which is still learning what product formats, messaging, and merchandising...
A plant-based sports nutrition startup, launched this month, aims to offer uncompromising protein products which are tasty, sustainable, Informed Sport certified, and highly nutritious.
With the momentum behind Dry January stronger than ever, a raft of new products are hitting the shelves this month to cater for health-conscious consumers.
