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State of the Industry 2018: C.L. clean label beverages bring life to chilled space

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Health-boosting formulations. Hybrid varieties. Clean labels. This is the future of the refrigerated and frozen beverages sector.

They’re special. Unique. And, no two are alike.

Although clean labels are still in the early stages of development, they’re almost certain to accelerate, as outlined in “U.S. Beverage Market Outlook 2018,” a report produced by Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

The report also reveals that crossing one beverage category with another is well underway and appears likely to expand. Carbonated juice drinks, plant milk and coffee combinations and dairy-based energy drinks are just the beginning.

Meanwhile, the dairy alternative beverages market is projected to gain traction thanks to robust urbanization, diet diversification and mounting awareness of health and fitness, according to a study released by Radiant Insights, Inc., San Francisco.

The key factors playing a role in raising the global market share may include industrialization, urbanization, rise in investments by leading manufacturers, rising cases of lactose intolerance and allergies, increasing preferences toward vegan, particularly plant-based food, burgeoning demands for a wide variety of dairy-free applications, augmented awareness regarding health, growing concerns on obesity and rising applications and prerequisites among food and beverages sector.

Furthermore, The HPP Council, an industry council formed by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and the Reston, Va.-based owner of the PACK EXPO tradeshows, released the new HPP Cold Pressure Consumer Seal. Similar to the “Organic Seal,” this seal verifies that the product was produced using high-pressure processing (HPP) technologies, and is already featured on the outside of juice packaging, when applicable.

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Marina Mayer was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods. Previously, she spent four years as managing editor and executive editor of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery and Dairy Foods, both sister publications. In this role, Mayer was responsible for reporting on market trends, ingredient R&D, production technology and new products within the dairy, snack food and wholesale bakery markets. Prior to joining BNP Media, she served a five-year tenure as editor of quality control for Manufacturers' News, Inc., where she was named “Manager of the Year” in 2006. Previously, she worked as an editorial assistant for Insider Magazine and worked as a contributing features writer for her college newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student. Mayer was a recipient of a Young Leader Scholar award, presented from American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), which is given annually to only five U.S. journalists, 30 years of age and under. She is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor’s in journalism.