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Beverages of coffee sales to $318 million in 2010 from $208 million in 2007, a 53% increase. According to the Technomic survey, 14% of consumers are making more purchases of regular hot coffee than they did two years ago, and 10% said the same thing about iced tea by the cup or glass. Green tea is of interest to about 73% of consumers while lemon, at 61%, and honey, at 61%, are appealing tea flavors. According to SymphonyIRI, U.S. retail sales of canned and bottled tea rose 3% to $1.3 billion for the 52 weeks ended Aug. 7. The AriZona brand ranked first with sales of $330.4 million, up 1% from the previous 52-week period. The Lipton brand, at $192.6 million, was down 11% in sales, and Snapple, at $116.9 million, was down 1%. The Pepsi Lipton Tea Partnership in 2011 introduced 100% Natural Lipton iced tea in four flavors: green tea with citrus, iced tea with lemon, iced tea with blueberry pomegranate and green tea with passionfruit mango. Guidelines mention juices U.S. sales of refrigerated orange juice grew less than 1% to $2.5 billion for the 52 weeks ended Aug. 7, according to SymphonyIRI. Vendor leader Tropicana Dole had sales of $846.9 million, down 4%, while Minute Maid Co. had sales of $777.8 million, up 8%. In brand sales, Tropicana Pure Premium was first in sales at $806.6 million, down 3%. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 mentioned juices by saying, “Sweetened juice products with minimal juice content, such as juice drinks, are considered sugar-sweetened beverages rather than fruit juice. “Although 100% fruit juice can be part of a healthful diet, it lacks dietary fiber and when consumed in excess can contribute extra calories. The majority of the fruit recommended should come from whole fruits, including fresh, canned frozen and dried fruits, rather than from juice. When juices are consumed, 100% juice should be encouraged. To limit intake of added sugars, fruit canned in 100% fruit juice is encouraged over fruit canned in syrup.” Pricing issues might give juice drinks an advantage over 100% juice, however, said Jerry Fowden of the Cott Corp. “Obviously, while juice pricing in total stays very high, there will continue to be Leading single-serve energy drink unit sales by brand nd 122,205,900 90,026,330 43,985,270 11,966,930 11,966,930 9 8,9 8,98 8,980,712 7,550,127 7,5 75 7,507,199 7,5 5,9 5,949,669 5,254,088 5,2 2 4,8 4,839,587 Red Bull ull Monster ter Rockstar tar AMP MP Rockstar Recovery ery NOS Java Monster ster AMP Overdrive rive Full Throttle ttle Monster Mega Source: SymphonyIRI a shift toward a lot of cold juice drinks where the juice content in them might only be 5% or 10% because they offer a more attractive price point,” he said. “And that historically has not been an area where Cott or Cliffstar has been strong.” Campbell gets into energy Vegetable juices and energy drinks THE PERFECT MIX... Planning, Design & Construction Management Primus Builders is an engineering and construction management firm specializing in planning, design and construction-related services for the Food & Beverage, Distribution, and Industrial markets. For more information, visit us at: www.primusbuilders.com building better buildings 38 \ October 2011 Milling & Baking News • Food Business News • Baking & Snack • Meat & Poultry Corporate Proﬁles http://www.primusbuilders.com

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