The new facility increases Caraway Tea’s production footprint and strengthens its SQF-certified quality and innovation capabilities. The move supports expanding partnerships across premium tea, wellness blends, and supplement-infused beverages.
Coffee innovation continues to heat up as brands blend protein, mushrooms and better-for-you ingredients into the cold and ready-to-drink space. From Bulletproof’s High Protein Iced Coffee to Daily Harvest’s cleaner PSL, functionality meets flavor in every sip.
Intelligent Blends has added a custom-engineered 105-cu-ft Ribbon Blender to its production facility, boosting throughput and blend consistency across coffee and nutritional products. The upgrade underscores the company’s focus on innovation and turnkey manufacturing solutions.
Uncle Matt’s Organic introduces Yerba Mate Energy Tea, brewed with organic yerba mate, lemon juice and green tea caffeine for 100mg of natural energy per serving. Sweetened with organic wildflower honey, the 52oz tea offers a smooth lift and clean-label appeal.
Instead of chasing high grams alone, PepsiCo is shifting the protein conversation to timing, format and function. Three upcoming launches aim to meet specific consumer needs with targeted formulations across hydration, performance and morning routines.
Crafted using a cleaner decaffeination process to mirror the flavor of their caffeinated counterparts, and the releases continue the brand’s mission to provide premium, sustainably sourced coffee.
The brand’s first instant herbal tea for cold water blends Honeybush extract with real fruit pieces, offering Gen Z and Millennial consumers a quick, flavorful café-inspired iced drink
Twinings uses a proprietary drying method that maintains the taste, texture, and aroma of real fruit with visible fruit bits in every cup that add a pop of flavor and are sized to sip through a straw.
Experts from Ocean Spray Ingredients will also be presenting as part of the official IBIE 2025 education program. Charley Morrill, Senior Research Chef at Ocean Spray, and Curtis Gong, Senior Product Development Scientist at Ocean Spray, will present a session, “Make Your Baked Goods Cran-tastic!”
The announcement comes on the heels of the opening of Milo's fourth manufacturing and distribution facility, a $200 million, state-of-the-art site in Spartanburg, S.C., that will employ approximately 200 associates.
The new blends incorporate botanical ingredients tied to trending wellness benefits—such as mood support, detoxification, hormonal balance, and immune function.