date:Dec 13, 2012
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Most gourmet CSDs seem to buy into the notion that less is more, both in terms of packaging and calories. Its the places they dont skimp real fruit for juice-based carbonated products or sweeteners like cane sugar or agave syrup that they believe will motivate buyers.
Even though CSDs are down 11 percent since 2006, the ingredients give us an advantage, says Len Zide, the founder of Block Island Beverages, which makes carbonated blackberry sodas and lemonades. People still are thirsty, b