BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧

🎙️#1 Podcast in CPG | Over 1000 episodes exploring the stories behind leading & emerging food & beverage brands. Listen on all platforms 🔥

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How did Mooala break through in a crowded plant-based milk aisle? 🥛🌱

Founder & CEO Jeff Richards shares how organic ingredients, simple formulations and disciplined growth turned almond milk into a multi-million dollar brand.

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David Protein makes a decadent bet on ice cream 🍨, Smash Foods raises $5M, and AI reshapes product discovery 🤖. Plus: insights from Austin’s top operators at Nutrabolt, GoodBelly, Bloom & more 🎙️

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TRUFF’s founders discuss their packaging refresh, lower pricing, new aioli, innovation strategy, and the impact of hiring an experienced CEO on Taste Radio. Listen: https://t.co/Nfv5Jiimu1

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Taste Radio analyzes why Messi’s Más+ failed, examines celebrity brand challenges, and explores Patrón’s enduring success through craftsmanship and tradition, including the launch of Patrón 100. Listen: https://t.co/ccbtjYr1dk

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On the latest Elevator Talk, founders of Wave Kids, Osia, Jous, Kulli and Amor Cura pitch their brands and get strategic feedback from Ray Latif and Nicholas Reichenbach. 🎙️📈

Early-stage CPG entrepreneurs can apply to be featured.

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Hype doesn’t build lasting CPG brands—fundamentals do. 🎙️

On Taste Radio, Ithaca Hummus founder Chris Kirby breaks down profitable scale, smart manufacturing, fundraising pitfalls, and Guillermo’s Salsa’s fast start.

Listen: https://t.co/BYbRvpF4i9

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As investors become more selective, grocery shelves are seeing more curated products. Taste Radio covers Whole Foods' Daily Shop, premium brands like Ripi, Olipop's update, VC focus on regional growth, and insights from a NYC meetup. https://t.co/PCh50rfDis

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How did Ripi land Whole Foods & Target in just 15 months? 🍝🚀 Founder & CEO Ian Tecklin discusses a $2.4M raise, partnering with chef Joe Sasto, modernizing frozen pasta, and why founders should be candid about acquisition goals.
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Old ingredients, new money. 🍬💰 Taste Radio covers Better Sour’s Whole Foods real-sugar launch, Jesse & Ben’s $10M raise, and upgrades to staples.

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🎙️ On the latest Elevator Talk: Primis Imports, Sfizi, Chara Greek Froyo and Highrise Food Co. pitch their brands to Ray Latif and Andrew, who deliver strategic feedback and industry insight.

Listen: https://t.co/49iuZ7dGJy 🚀🥤

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Catherine Smart discusses the rise and closure of Not Just Co., citing investor pressure, retail missteps, and product-market fit challenges, plus lessons learned, on Taste Radio. https://t.co/qGlcIWfZD9

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BevNET turns 30 🎉 as Taste Radio explores the “premium mindset” shaping CPG—from functional candy & hydration trends to a deep dive with Marqués de Vargas’ Jordi Viñals on quality over scale in wine 🍷

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Lasso CEO Mike Messersmith discusses on Taste Radio how proprietary tech enables high-protein, clean-label snacks and why licensing innovation may transform food manufacturing. https://t.co/QK0pp6YYIE

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Fave wins Naturally Rising 🏆 as Taste Radio recaps the pitch showdown, The Wine Group’s acquisition of NA cocktail brand St. Agrestis 🍸, and how subscription fatigue, meal kits & apps like Yuka 📱 are reshaping CPG.

🎧 https://t.co/eHru8gAL7U

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🎙️ On the latest Elevator Talk, Farmwell, umma juice, Last Rep, Madpop & Afropop pitch their brands to Ray Latif & Madeline for real-time feedback and strategic insight.

Early-stage founders can apply for a future episode.

https://t.co/08PniJAScq 🚀🍹

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🍷 At the 2026 Nassau Paradise Island Wine & Food Festival, Paul Hobbs shares why wine’s slump is a reset—not a crisis—and how discipline, authenticity & long-term focus built global brands like Paul Hobbs Wines and Viña Cobos. 🌎

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Grüns scores a $1.2B exit less than 3 years post-launch. 💰 Meanwhile, “protein in everything” surges on—and bottled water’s health halo faces microplastics scrutiny. 💧

Taste Radio unpacks the CPG trends shaping what’s next.

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How did Nutrabolt go from early-stage C4 to a billion-dollar disruptor? 💥

CEO Doss Cunningham shares lessons on capital discipline, distribution-first strategy, high-margin growth, Gen Z marketing, and building the “P&G of health & wellness.” 🎙️

https://t.co/oUDFbva3ZO

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CPG shelves are becoming a sensory battlefield. 🛒🎨

On Taste Radio, hosts examine Kind’s paper wrapper shift and its impact on taste perception, plus how “camera-ready” ingredients like ube are turning social buzz into real demand.

🎧 https://t.co/KmCcIT8TlA

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Elevator Talk: Sleet Pops, Dime, Joy Supply and Sidepiece pitch to Ray and Wade for candid feedback. Apply to appear. 🎙️🚀

https://t.co/UGl2T6pLbA

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