IN THE NEWS

In an article published this past Sunday in San Jose's The Mercury News, LIFEAID co-founder and father of two Aaron Hinde shared the importance of educating our youth about the dangers of high caffeine levels in beverages and energy drinks. Here's the article:  

By: BevNET staff | July 2019 Watch LIFEAID co-founders' BevNET Live presentation on YouTube: The growth potential for functional beverage brands can at times seem limited by ties to specific use cases and niche audiences. In this saturated beverage market, however, consumers are increasingly seeking out products that provide something more, and functional beverage brands just need to figure out...

BevNET.com Staff  May. 31, 2019 at 9:00 am Source: BEVNET.com As spring turns to summer, beverage makers from across a range of categories are launching a slate of new products aimed at quenching consumers’ thirst during the hot weeks and months ahead. In this gallery, we highlight a handful of the notable new products introduced to market or announced in the...

By Max Knoblauch, SWNS | May 21, 2019 | Click HERE to read the full article in the New York Post. A sizable chunk of Americans are skipping work due to hangovers… from exercise. According to new research, more than one in four active Americans (29%) have skipped out on work due to a workout “hangover” (post-exercise soreness that impedes one’s ability...

@BevNet.com | Press Release Functional drink line expands into retailers nationally while preparing for new product launches. March 29, 2019 – Santa Cruz, CA – High-growth functional beverage brand LIFEAID, which produces premium vitamin drinks, recently closed a $7.7 million financing round to support the brand’s expanding distribution in retailers across the U.S. The round includes investments totaling $4.7 million...

Source: BevNET.com  | Mar. 25, 2019 In a time when food is viewed as medicine, the LIFEAID Beverage Company is capitalizing on the expanding interest in better-for-you functional drinks through rapid innovation. At BevNET Live Summer 2019 on June 12 and 13 in New York City, we’ll sit down with the company’s co-founders, Aaron Hinde and Orion Melehan, to explore how the company...

SANTA CRUZ — Local beverage company meets consumer needs. LIFEAID Beverage Co. was founded in 2011 in Santa Cruz, California, by two Santa Cruz natives. Co-founders Aaron Hinde and Orion Melehan met at a CrossFit gym in 2009 and bonded over their shared frustration with the limited healthy, functional food and drink options for exercise and recovery. A statistic in Healthline Media states...

  Reporting a 169 percent increase in sales for 2018, LIFEAID Beverage Company announced last week it is aiming to triple its retail presence to at least 18,000 doors this year, including Walmart, Whole Foods, Kroger, and Sprouts stores. The announcement comes as the company prepares to expand chainwide at Walmart with its FitAid, FocusAid, and ImmunityAid SKUs, as the...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – LIFEAID Beverage Company, the range of function-driven and nutrition-focused products popular with performance-conscious consumers, achieved significant business and brand-building milestones in 2018. LIFEAID enters 2019 in an exceptional position to become a recognized leader in the functional beverage category, health and wellness supplements and the emerging category of nootropics. Increased 2019 Distribution at Walmart LIFEAID started selling...

By: BevNet | Dec. 20, 2018 ImmunityAid Support Blend making some buzz on BevNet! On Instagram this Thursday, BevNet posted the above image with the following caption: "@immunityaid is the latest product from @lifeaidbevco, a brand of functional beverages that serve specific consumer need states. The new orange-flavored SKU launched at NACS in Vegas this October and is now available in retailers such as Whole...