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Coffee & Tea Market Trends (Natural Products Insider)

The coffee and tea market is expanding, and while consumers desire healthy drinks, they are also looking for fresh, new flavors in their cold brew and ready-to-drink teas. (Kaddie Stephens) The landscape of the beverage market is changing as consumers begin to shun sugar-laden carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) for drinks they perceive as having healthier halos such as coffees, teas, herbal and energy drinks. The coffee and tea market is growing, with flavors, ingredients and functionalities appealing to the conscious consumer who craves new flavors in his or her beverage, but who also desires natural, clean-label drinks. Trends such as…

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Pour it on: Texturizing Dairy Beverages (Dairy Foods)

Author: Kimberly Decker To do that and to stand out to consumers in crowded beverage cases, dairy brands have to innovate. And that’s exactly what they’re doing. “Traditionally, most consumers thought of dairy beverages as either chocolate milk or conventional white milk,” noted Christine Addington, senior dairy technical service specialist, Cargill, Minneapolis. “That’s no longer the case. Consumers are open to trying new flavors and products, and now recognize all the great health and sensory benefits available in dairy.” Chief among those sensory benefits is texture, which “can make or break the sensory experience of a dairy beverage,” she noted….

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