Anti-hangover juice, fruity kombucha and chilli ginger beer: the best new soft drinks

Across cafés, restaurants and bars, the humble soft drink can provide a key margin driver and a point of difference for your venue.

 

While it is very easy to offer plain juices or run-of-the-mill soft drinks, choosing a more unusual ready to drink (RTD) beverage line could capture more market share and save on labour.

 

Therefore, we have rounded up the latest innovative canned soft drink product launches to spark inspiration for your hospitality site.

 

Find new soft drink menu options below.

 

Pear juice to tackle hangovers

A Korean pear juice designed to reduce hangover severity has launched in the UK. Created by London-based sisters Lucy and Taya Jackson, who were frustrated with losing days to hangovers, Nashi Pear Juice is designed to be taken 20 minutes before drinking to help the body process alcohol. The drink is made from 100% Korean pear juice, which has been used for centuries in Korea as a hangover remedy, while modern scientific studies have also noted its benefits in supporting alcohol metabolism. Each fully recyclable can of Nashi delivers the researched 220ml dose – the amount of pear juice shown to support the body’s alcohol breakdown process.

 

Price 24 x 250ml cans, £29.16

 

Flavoured kombucha tea

Craft kombucha brand Left Field Kombucha has introduced a range of flavoured kombucha teas, launched exclusively to trade and wholesale partners. The four lightly effervescent teas use a base of fermented green tea with added natural flavourings and come in flavours of Rose & Elderflower, Hops & Sea Salt, Ginger, and Sicilian Lemon & Mint. The symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (scoby) used was created in-house to remove many of the vinegar notes associated with traditional kombucha.

 

Price £1.71 per 250ml can

 

Speciality-grade iced latte

Lost Sheep Coffee has extended its ready to drink canned coffee range with a new speciality-grade Iced Caramel Latte. The iced latte has notes of milk and butterscotch and is crafted with the brand’s Get to the Hopper coffee, a blend of hand-roasted Colombian and Brazilian Arabica coffee beans. The iced coffee is made with skimmed milk and is less than 80 calories a can.

 

Price 250ml can, from £1.39

 

Ginger beer with Cornish chilli

Cornwall-based Jolly’s Drinks is bringing its ginger beer to the out-of-home market. The blend of ginger, spices and Cornish chillies is made using Jolly Drinks’ own supply of Cornish spring water and comes in fully recyclable 250ml cans.

 

Price Case of 24 x 250ml cans, £18.50

 

Caribbean bubbles

Making its wholesale debut is Funnybones Foodservices’ Grace Tropical Rhythms sparkling canned beverage. The fruity drink is available in three flavours: Fruit Punch, Pineapple Ginger and Sorrel Ginger, and it joins Funnybones’ existing range of still 1 litre cartons of Grace Tropical Rhythms.

 

Price 330ml can, from £1.29