The company is offering three variations of the festive beverage.

Tampa, Fla.-based Complex Beverage LLC added a new product to its portfolio: Lettuce Organic Tea.

Many fluid milk processors manufacture juices, iced tea and coffee beverages. They have the necessary processing equipment and they have relationships with retailers who often want a second brand or control brand to put in their nondairy refrigerated cases. These nondairy beverages represent additional sales opportunities for a dairy.

Juice beverages are a multibillion dollar industry, and according to a recent trend report from Fona International, millennials in particular are throwing back more juices as meals and snacks, and for health and hydration.

Blue Buddha, Willowbrook, Ill., combines herbs, organic tea, fruit and plant extracts to create its organic wellness tea.

Wow! Nutrition, Ramsey, N.J., has entered the U.S. market for the first time with Feel Good, its zero-calorie iced tea.

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based JÙS by Julie’s probiotic cold brew coffee is infused with vegan probiotics, a first-of-its-kind option, according to the company.

3M’s new Microbial Luminescence System UHT Beverage Screen Kit speeds the testing of ultra-high temperature and extended shelf life (ESL) nondairy beverages.
 

Dairy processors can learn a thing or two from Califia Farms about product development, messaging, packaging and disrupting the beverage category.