Drink trends come and go, but what we are seeing as a nation is more health-savvy consumers moving away from traditional favourite drinks, such as sugar-laden cola and other fizzy drinks, and instead choosing beverages that contain more healthy and natural ingredients.
 
Such is the ever-surging demand for healthier drink options in the marketplace, now has never been a better time for those with a great new drink idea to get their beverage into the mainstream drinks marketplace. 

Health conscious consumers are looking for more well-balanced, nutritional drinks that can support their active lifestyles. However, they are also looking for drinks that are convenient and easy to carry and use. Although convenience is a big selling factor for any new drink line, health-conscious customers are not willing to sacrifice the taste or health-giving properties of the drink for the sake of convenience.  This is why it pays to work with a tried and trusted food ingredient company such as JC Dudley if you want to develop and launch a brand new health drink.
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Meeting a new trend with quality ingredients
Sports and energy drinks used to be the domain of serious fitness enthusiasts whose second home is the gym. However, energy drinks have now gone mainstream, and there are a wide range of options to choose from for the health-conscious consumer, whether they hit the gym every day, play sports or simply enjoy a daily walk.
 
What has been happening over recent years is that people are moving away from these high-sugar sports and energy drinks and choosing more natural fruit-based beverages with recognisable ingredients that they can actually pronounce!
 
This is where JC Dudley can help you meet the market shift in demand to more natural ingredient based drinks.
 
We do more than source and supply fruit-based options for your drink ranges, we also source and prepare many other healthy ingredients that are in great demand, such as:

• Fruit Juice Concentrates
• NFC Fruit Juices
• Fruit Puree Concentrates
• S/s Fruit Purees
• Vegetable Juices and Purees
• Fruit Pulp Concentrates
• Oils, Essences, Dried Herbs and Spices, Powders and more...

 
Moving away from sugary drinks
Consumers now want to be delivered with drinks that meet with their high expectations for flavour, appearance, and naturally sourced health-giving nutritional ingredients. The capability to deliver exactly what your end customer wants will come down to the skills and knowledge of your food ingredient company.
 
With growing consumer demands for lower-sugar products, the sales of cola and sugar-laden fizzy drinks are now in decline. Drinks manufactures now are turning more towards creating and supplying highly sought-after fruit-based drinks (or drinks with beneficial vegetable extracts) that can deliver exactly what health-conscious consumers want.
 
You can do this too by working with JC Dudley as your partner. We are a well-established family business that has been working in the food industry since 1983. We specialise in the supply of natural and healthy raw food ingredients, as well as fully finished consumable products to food and drink companies. We work with all sorts of different companies within the Retail, Food Service and Product Manufacturing sectors, both at home in the UK and all over the globe.
 
Our changing relationship with the EU – why work with us? 
What makes working with JC Dudley special is that you will be partnering with an extremely hard working team of of varied experience and background – some of our people have been working with us for over 30 years!
We can therefore not only help you with the supply of high-quality drink ingredients, but we will also be a safe pair of hands when it comes to managing the changes around our new relationship with the EU. 

We can help you with:

• The management of an increasingly complicated supply chain in order to facilitate where necessary local stockholding and just in time deliveries
• Competitive, sensible and strategic options
• Being the extra eyes and ears for your Sales and Purchasing departments
• Market development and penetration
• New product development
• New supplier development
• Technical support

 
If you want to discuss your new drink product or drinks ranges with us, do not hesitate to contact our friendly team. We would love to help you get your new product ideas off the ground.

Come and join us at our exhibition at Food Matters Live from the 20th - 22nd November. 
​Food Matters Live is a global community where food, health and innovation meet.
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Bringing together like-minded people working in food, drink and nutrition, this show provides a platform to share game-changing ideas, innovations and insights. The ambition is to change the future of food and drink, and the health of the planet for the better.

Food businesses like JC Dudley, have an important role in helping people make healthy and sustainable choices, including shifting to more plant-based eating.
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​​Over 800 organisations will exhibit at Food Matters Live 2018, including a host of innovative food and drink producers exhibiting a range of nutritious, ethical and better-for-you food and drink.  From challenger brands and start ups to iconic household names, meet the innovators setting new trends.

The Food Matters Live Exhibition hosts the largest gathering of ingredients companies in the UK, showcasing the latest innovative ingredients for food, drink, nutraceutical and functional product development.

We will participate in this exhibition at stand 440 with a range of our products including:
Fruit Concentrates, Puree Concentrates, Pulp Concentrates, Green Plantain, Ripe Plantain, Yuca and Yuzu Juice. 

Join us to be part of a better food future. For more information on the event visit us here.