BEER
Budweiser has launched Bud Light Lime, a crisp light lager beer that combines Bud Light with a splash of 100 percent natural lime flavor. Bud Light Lime contains 4.2 percent alcohol by volume (also available in 3.2 percent ABW) and is available in 12 oz., clear glass bottles, 22 oz. single-serve bottles and 16 oz. aluminum bottles. It is line-priced with other Bud Light products. For more info, visit www.anheuser-busch.com.
Peak Organic Brewing, producers of gourmet, certified organic ales, is collaborating with local farmers and like-minded small businesses to create a delicious Maple Oat Ale. The Maple Oat Ale is brewed with Maine-grown organic oats from granola company GrandyOats and Vermont-produced organic maple syrup from Butternut Mountain Farms in Morrisville, VT. The beer is in support of Chef’s Collaborative a national chef-led organization dedicated to promoting ?local, sustainable cuisine. This product will be available in Maine and Massachusetts. MSRP $7.99-$8.49. For more information, call Peak Organic at (603) 475-3226.
Beginning May 1st, Point Nude Beach Summer Wheat, a satisfying unfiltered wheat ale, will be available in 12 oz. bottles and kegs wherever Point brands are sold. Point Nude Beach Summer Wheat is a fun, refreshing beer for hot summer afternoons and evenings. With a rich golden color reminiscent of an early summer tan, Point Nude Beach Summer Wheat is brewed with “au naturel” raw white wheat, malted red wheat and highly kilned specialty barley malts. For more information, call (715) 344-9310.
TEA
Revolution Tea has launched a new multi-dimensional beverage: Revolution 3D. Revolution 3D is a first-of-its-kind combination of antioxidant-rich ‘super fruits’, multi-vitamins, and premium white tea in an all-natural drink. Revolution Tea is releasing four refreshing 3D flavors: Green Apple, Blueberry, Mango and Pomegranate in sleek 12 oz. cans and four-packs. Each innovative 3D formulation contains 100 percent of the daily recommended value of Vitamin C and is sweetened only with cane sugar and agave syrup. For more information on Revolution 3D and the full line of innovative Revolution products, call (888) 321.4738.
Nestea has restaged its ready-to-drink iced tea product line, with new graphics, sleek straight-wall bottles and the introduction of Green Tea Citrus and Diet Green Tea Citrus products with 50 percent more antioxidants than before. The new Green Tea products and packaging are now available nationwide. Nestea is available nationwide in multiple packaging options to meet a variety of customer and marketplace needs. Green ?Tea Citrus and Diet Green Tea Citrus will be packaged in distinctive straight-wall 20 oz. and half-liter PET bottles, as will Nestea’s Iced Tea with Lemon and Diet Iced Tea with Lemon flavors. Iced Tea with Lemon also comes in aluminum cans and 2-liter PET bottles. NESTEA products are sold in supermarkets, convenience retail, drugstores and other retail stores. For more information, ?call (404) 676-1070.
The signature eye-catching graphics and brightly colored full shrink label of FUZE’s iconic 18 oz. glass package have been replicated in an all-new 18.5 oz PET bottle. The FUZE PET bottles are the easiest and most common plastics to recycle and are made of polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) and are assigned the number 1. Once the plastic is processed by a recycling facility, PETE can become fiberfill for winter coats, sleeping bags, life jackets, other plastic bottles, etc. All eighteen flavors of FUZE products will be available, including the Slenderize, Refresh, Tea and Vitalize platforms. The nutritious and newly portable bottles will remain free of aspartame, preservatives and high fructose corn syrup and will be available for an average suggested retail price of $1.79. For more information, call Fuze at (201) 461-6640.
POM Wonderful’s POM Tea is now available in a larger 16 oz. plastic bottle. POM Tea is an all-natural blend of POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice, premium, whole-leaf, hand-picked tea and POMx, the most potent, antioxidant-rich pomegranate extract available. Due to the gentle brewing process, POM Tea is naturally low in caffeine, averaging only 2 mg per serving, and Pomegranate Orange Blossom Red Tea contains no caffeine at all. POM Tea is available in seven flavors including Pomegranate Tea, Pomegranate Lychee Green Tea, Pomegranate Blackberry Tea, Pomegranate Peach Passion White Tea, Light Pomegranate Wildberry White Tea, Light Pomegranate Hibiscus Green Tea and Light Pomegranate Orange Blossom Red Tea. Light POM Teas are sweetened with erythritol and fructose and contain only 35 calories per serving. POM Tea is available nationwide in the refrigerated section of produce departments next to POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice. The suggested retail price for POM Tea is $2.99. For more information, call POM Wonderful at (310) 966-5858.