Barakat Ramadhan juices hit the spot

Source: Barakat website. From left: Ramadan Smoothie, Ramadan Delight, and Rose Kamaruddin.

Barakat's Ramadhan flavours for this year are intriguing and nourishing at the same time. Six chilled flavours are available in packaging of 200ml to 5l volumes:

Berries Shami: Cranberry, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry juice*, rose syrup, water and sugar added.

Ramadan Delight:  Liquorice, tamarind juice and water.

Ramadan Smoothie: Yoghurt, rose syrup and za'atar.

Rose Kamaruddin: Apricot and mango juice with rose syrup.

Rose milk (bandung): Rose syrup and milk.

Zaatar Refresher: Kiwi and guava juice plus za'atar (زعتر) mint and water.

Barakat's general Arabic flavours include:

Jallab: Jallab, pine seeds, resin, water and sugar. Jallab is concocted from dates, grape molasses and rose water.

Kamaruddin: apricot juice

Labanup and ginger: salty third party yoghurt beverage Laban Up with ginger

Karkadi: Karkadi (roselle) juice, water and sugar added.

*The juice may be more of a dense puree or made with a fruit paste.

China Huiyuan Juice Group, Yeo Hiap Seng to launch halal beverages

The China Huiyuan Juice Group will launch a new juice brand, YAMI to Malaysia in conjunction with Yeo Hiap Seng (Yeo's), a well-known food and beverage company in Malaysia. It will be the Huiyuan Juice Group's first fruit juice beverage product in Malaysia.

Source: Huiyuan Juice. The first product, YAMI juices.

In March 2016, Huiyuan and Yeo's, agreed to establish a joint venture to build up a long-term strategic advantage in the international market. The joint venture, established January 2017, will take advantage of Malaysia's stable political and economic environment and enable Huiyuan to expand its business to other ASEAN countries with preferential terms on tariffs and trade while perfecting alignment with local halal product regulations. The joint venture will focus first on Singapore and Malaysia, and then expand to countries like Cambodia and Myanmar thereafter.

Huiyuan is also planning to import products that suit the Chinese market and consumers into China by taking advantage of resources from the joint venture and selling them through related channels.

By focusing on Malaysia and Singapore in its first phase of development, the joint venture established by Huiyuan and Yeo Hiap Seng will launch juice products under the joint venture brand YAMI. YAMI beverages are designed to appeal to the tastes and preferences of Southeast Asian consumers and will be sold through local sales channels related to Yeo Hiap Seng.

Huiyuan and Yeo Hiap Seng will launch their first YAMI beverage product in May. With juice content of up to 10%, the beverages will feature apple, pear, orange and white grape flavours, and will be available in 250ml tetrapaks as well as 350ml bottles. This launch will be closely followed by another functional juice beverage with the addition of iron, calcium, dietary fibre and collagen and other nutrients, which will be available in four flavours - orange, red grape, mango and grapefruit.

Fruit juice isn't good enough: it must be cold-pressed now

Source: Techsci Research.

According to a TechSci Research report, Global Cold Pressed Juices Market By Nature, By Type, By Point of Sale, Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2012-2022, the global cold pressed juices market is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 10% from 2016 to 2022 on account of rising disposable income levels, growing awareness among consumers, aggressive marketing strategies of major companies, easy availability of cold pressed juices and robust distribution network of major players in different regions across the globe.

In 2015, global GDP per capita in terms of purchasing power parity reached US$15,470.15 from US$14,020.31 in 2012. Rising health concerns and increasing global healthcare expenditure per capita to US$1,083.28 in 2015 from around US$1,026.16 in 2012 are also fuelling demand for cold pressed juices across the globe.

Additionally, rising focus on preventive healthcare, growing awareness among consumers about the harmful effects of consuming products manufactured using synthetic ingredients and increasing demand for organic cold pressed juices is projected to drive sales of cold pressed juices. Although conventional cold pressed juices dominated the global cold pressed juices market, there has been robust growth in demand for organic cold pressed juices. This can be attributed to rising awareness about health and nutritional benefits of organic products. 

“Rising health awareness, expanding youth working class population base and rapidly changing consumer preference towards organic cold pressed juices over conventionally manufactured cold pressed juices due to its high nutrient content has driven sales of cold pressed juices across the globe. 

"Moreover, greater accessibility of these products through supermarkets/hypermarkets, brick and mortar stores and online channels along with continuous developments in supply chain network across the globe are also anticipated to drive demand for cold pressed juices across the globe through 2022.” said Karan Chechi, Research Director with TechSci Research, a research based global management consulting firm.

Some of the leading players in the global cold pressed juices market include PepsiCo’s Naked Juice, Hain Celestial’s BluePrint, Starbucks Evolution Fresh, and Suja Life. 

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KonaRed moves further into Japan, enters South Korea

Source:
KonaRed
website.

KonaRed, a pioneer of the coffee fruit category and manufacturers of antioxidant juices and nutritional supplements* from the Hawaiian CoffeeBerry coffee fruit from Kona, Hawaii in the US, has provided an update on its international expansion.

Since entering Asia in July 2015, KonaRed products have hit the shelves of Japanese retailers such as Aeon Retail, Kinokuniya and Natural Lawson Stores. KonaRed has just added another 70 stores with Aeon Stores in Japan and continues to grow with Lawson, Japan's second largest convenience store chain.

KonaRed has also shipped its first order to South Korea and has more expansion planned in this region in the near future.

KonaRed's President and COO Kyle Redfield commented, "We are focused on making strong progress in our international efforts and creating brand awareness and visibility on a global scale. Asia is a large priority for us at the moment. Our recent expansion successes not only add to our immediate top line but also build a strong platform for long-term growth."

KonaRed, through a licensing agreement with FutureCeuticals, produces and markets a range of products that showcase the Hawaiian Coffee Fruit, including antioxidant-rich extracts and powders from the Hawaiian Coffee Fruit, which are used to produce KonaRed's ready to drink antioxidant juice, green tea, coconut water, on-the-go packs and 100% Hawaiian Coffee Fruit Powders. The company is also launching a line of 100% Kona Coffee products that will include the coffee fruit as well. 

*KonaRed products are sold online. The company will ship to Australia and New Zealand.