🧃KDP appoints new CEO

Let’s start with a topic that is hot from crowd here in Clearwater: Do we need an alternative venue for the International Citrus and Beverage Conference or should it remain in the Sheraton Sand Key Resort… although it cannot house the 800+! people attending?
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Now on to a short news list and some more research related publications:

• Keurig Dr Pepper Appoints Veteran CPG Executive as Chief Operating Officer and Announces Plan for CEO Succession

• Waterdrop CEO Martin Murray on exporting a European beverage brand to the U.S.

• Rejection thresholds for sweetness reduction in a model drink predict dietary sugar intake

• Production of Protein-Rich, Easily Metabolizable Biomass Based on the Biotransformation of Apple Juice Industry Waste

• Photostability of vitamin C in industrialized fruit juices and isomers determination by HPLC-DAD

Today’s Juice News

Keurig Dr Pepper Appoints Veteran CPG Executive as Chief Operating Officer and Announces Plan for CEO Succession

Cofer, who will join KDP on Nov. 6, 2023, will work side by side with Gamgort while in a COO capacity, with a planned transition to CEO in the second quarter of 2024.

Waterdrop CEO Martin Murray on exporting a European beverage brand to the U.S.

The brand launched seven years ago in Austria and slowly expanded into other European markets like Germany and France. Now, the company has expanded in the U.S. and is working to become more of a household name.

Rejection thresholds for sweetness reduction in a model drink predict dietary sugar intake

These findings suggest that descending RjTs is a useful measure for detecting a sensory-diet relationship, and should be considered to better inform sugar reduction targets and facilitate policies on product reformulation.

Production of Protein-Rich, Easily Metabolizable Biomass Based on the Biotransformation of Apple Juice Industry Waste

Mycoprotein-enriched, partially delignified, easily digestible biomass was obtained on the base of optimization of the strain cultivation conditions and nutrient medium composition.

Photostability of vitamin C in industrialized fruit juices and isomers determination by HPLC-DAD

At the end of photostability tests with fruit juices and jellies packaged in polyethylene terephthalate and glass bottles or flasks, L-ascorbic acid was undetectable, suggesting that the packages did not provide effective protection against vitamin C photodegradation.