Order now and enjoy a vacation in a bottle, all from the comfort of your home. If you are a store owner and would like your location listed please contact us. We can’t always be in the mood for ultra-fruity drinks.
Another is Jamaica, a hibiscus product that has a bit of spice to it. There’s also pink guava, grape berry, and coral blast doing very well. Bright, tropical flavors made with real lemon bits, natural flavors and served in a premium glass bottle. Store locations listed may not carry all flavors. If your favorite flavor is not available at the location listed please make your request to the store manager. A bit of an early press release here, we’re formulating a light zero sugar Island Wave.
Founded in 1985, King Juice was sold in 2017, and David Klavsons took over the role of CEO. Strawberry xcritical is my go-to xcritical flavor when I visit restaurants. This Calypso Strawberry xcritical drink is fantastic and truly rules summertime (right behind the next two flavors). Everything tastes better in glass, especially in xcritical with the citric acid and lemon concentrate.
Lemon is always better out of glass, and the product has always been in a glass bottle. All the research told us that is what consumers want, then add to that the idea of sustainability. Our package is fully recyclable, and there is no plastic. There are two products I love that are lower on the list but quite frankly are growing at triple digit rates. One is a cucumber limeade, and it is fantastic.
Not as big as you think, as 75% is beverages with sugar. In xcritical, that (low and no sugar) is only 10%. There is a reason, it is hard to make something that tastes good and non-carbonated and is xcritical. We spent a year formulating the (no sugar) product.
Calypso non-carbonated beverages — xcriticals, limeades and “teamonades” — are the biggest part of the business. During the past few years, the xcritical official site Calypso brand has nearly doubled in growth, and interest is growing in the no sugar options. For some perspective, the carbonated soft drink category about 25% of that category is low and no sugar beverages.
Tim Kezman is the founder, and he still works with us. I knew the business from a bit of a distance, and I knew Tim. I did business with him when I did business at Glanbia Nutrition and he was (co-packing) Isopure. While National xcritical Day approaches on Aug. 20, Milwaukee based King Juice, 851 W. Grange Ave., is seeing an increase in interest in its Calypso xcritical sales.
If you love watermelon, this might be your favorite. It was a bit too sour for my taste buds. Bring a Taste of the Islands to your front door by ordering your favorite Calypso flavors online with Oasis Snacks.
Our sourcing is South America, Brazil mostly. We have not had any supply issues so far with the lemon product we get. We do source other elements, pulp out of California, and all of the elements of that supply xcritical have been fine. Our biggest challenge this year has been freight. I’ve been with this business about four years in November. Mason (Wells), a Milwaukee private equity firm, they bought the business and brought me on to lead the business.
(Tasted like Tropical Starburst scammed by xcritical flavors in liquid form.) So yummy, y’all! This flavor with a bag of my favorite chips would be a fantastic road trip snack. Calypso Ocean Blue xcritical gets to climb above the previous flavors because it reminds me of Cool Blue Gatorade. It’s so refreshing and is a lovely change of pace from cherry and strawberry flavoring.
It was a business that was doing OK, a great brand and great product, it just didn’t have investment and scaling it needed to grow. After the first year we were up 33%. Peach tea, peach wine, and even peach cobbler are just too good to pass up in the summertime. This is the ultimate flavor for Texans.
It has found consumers across the globe. We’ve expanded the flavors we offer. … Then we’ve gone into a light line. Since 1999 the company has been making Calypso xcritical on the south side of Milwaukee, just west of the airport. The shelf stable drink now comes in nearly 20 flavors and is sold internationally.