Tropicana, one of the most popular juice brands in the world, has expanded its range with the launch of two of its best sellers in smaller serve cartons in the UK market.

Voted the number one orange juice vs other leading brands in the UK, Tropicana original orange juice is now available, in two varieties – with pulp and without pulp, in a smaller portion carton for the first time. With this 500 ml beverage carton, Tropicana offers more options for consumers to experience its ‘as fresh as from the fruit’ signature taste in an increasingly diverse market.

A key trend in the UK is a progressively ageing population that is creating a shift to more households with older adults and fewer children.

„Now with our best-selling orange juice in 500 ml cartons we have created accessibility for even more UK households to enjoy the great taste, quality and refreshment of Tropicana orange juice at breakfast. This smaller format pack is designed for smaller households such as empty nesters and retirees for whom the larger pack formats of Orange Smooth and Orange Original may not meet their needs. It also allows more price sensitive shoppers to buy into the branded category in light of price inflation, putting Tropicana on breakfast tables in more household demographics.“, says Nikolaos Kokidis, Packaging Procurement Lead Europe, Tropicana.

Consistency in quality

UK consumers also ranked Tropicana highest on fruitiness, real orange flavour, and freshly squeezed taste³ and the consistency in quality is reflected in the choice of cartons for these new product presentations.

„Opting for the Pure-Pak^® carton gives the brand range consistency on the shelves along with our standard carton pack and bulk formats,” adds Nikolaos Kokidis. Consumers are familiar with Tropicana as a leading juice brand in cartons for the UK market.

Cartons are fully recyclable in the UK and with new Simpler Recycling legislation from the Department for Environmental, Food & Rural Affairs⁴ (DEFRA) mandating liquid carton collections at household kerbside from March 2026, consumers can be confident their waste carton reaches a recycling facility.

¹The New Fieldwork Company – May 2023
²Attitudes towards Healthy Eating – UK – 2024 – Mintel
³UK CATA CLT – April 2023
⁴Simpler recycling: workplace recycling in England – GOV.UK

Bevolution, one of the most diverse and creative beverage providers in the US, has something new bubbling. Soda is now on the menu, but it’s not the Bevolution way to settle on just the classics. While the new options do include traditional flavours like Cola, Ginger Ale, Citrus, and Root Beer, new small-batch craft flavours will also be available. Try something sweet like our Banana Split, maybe a glass of Raspberry Lemonade will hit the spot, or if you are feeling adventurous, how about trying the Tropical Sriracha for a mix of sweet and heat! This is just a taste of everything Bevolution has brewing up. The new product line of sodas was released nationwide on December 1st, 2022.

Looking for something a bit more your own? Bevolution is launching a custom small-batch craft soda program. Bevolution will work with partners to create new and innovative dream flavour combinations that will perk up taste buds everywhere. All the soda flavours are sweetened with pure cane sugar, never high-fructose corn syrup, to ensure the highest quality and best tasting drinks.

“Today’s carbonated soft drink consumers want cane sugar, premium ingredients and better than national brand flavours. Bevolution Group is pleased to announce our Craft Soda line for fountain dispensers. Formulated to appeal to today’s beverage consumer.” – Robert Corlett Sr. VP of Sales

The craft soda market is now more than a 650 million dollar -a-year enterprise with expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 5 % over the next 8 years. As tastes change and demand grows for higher quality ingredients and unique flavours you can expect to see Bevolution at the forefront of craft beverages.

Bevolution Group has a history of beverage innovation dating back to 1962 from iconic mixers in New York bars, juices, energy drinks, and the first shelf stable smoothie free of artificial ingr edients.