- Hansen Natural
Hansen Natural Corporation (NASDAQ|HANS) manufactures natural
soft drink s and fruit drinks includingMonster Energy , Hansen's Natural Soda, Hansen's Energy,Ace Energy Drink , Joker Mad Energy, and Blue Sky.Products
Hansen Natural Corporation manufactures its "Natural Soda" in twelve different flavors. [http://www.hansens.com/products/ Hansen's Official Web Site] ] While some of their products labeled "Natural Soda" use
high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener, their "Natural Cane Soda" uses purecane sugar . Their "Diet Soda", which is available in seven flavors, is sweetened withacesulfame potassium andsucralose .Their "Signature Soda" line includes Black Cherry, Vanilla Cream, Orange Cream,
Ginger Beer , andSarsparilla flavors. Hansen Natural Corporation also manufactures three types of soda mixers. They also have four flavors of naturalgreen tea soda, three of those available in diet. Hansen Natural Corporation also makes tea bags. In addition the company has a line of 9 different fruit juices, several of the juice blends are available in small bottles for kids. "Smoothies", "Rumba Energy Juice," "Energade," "Energy Formula," and "Fizzit" are other minor product lines. They also ownBlue Sky Beverage Company , that manufactures several soft drinks. Hansen also produces the "Monster", "Lost", and "Rumba"energy drink s, which are distributed in the United States byAnheuser Busch . [ [http://www.hansens.com/news_and_events/current_news.php?id=39 Hansen's Official Web Site: News & Events] ]Notable events
In April, 2008, the FDA announced that products containing high fructose corn syrup could not be labeled as "natural". [Mueller, Sue. [http://foodconsumer.org/7777/8888/L_aws_amp_P_olitics_42/042207442008_FDA_High_fructose_corn_syrup_not_natural.shtml FDA: High fructose corn syrup not natural] , April 22, 2008] Shortly after, Hansen's Natural Corporation announced they had already removed high fructose corn syrup from their recipes, due to consumer demand. [ [http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=840536 Natural Soda] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.hansens.com Hansen's Official Site]
*http://www.investor.reuters.wallst.com/stocks/company-profile.asp?rpc=66&ticker=HANS.O
*http://www.investrends.de/2008/06/18/wertpapieranalyse-hansen-natural-corporation Detailed Analysis of Hansen Natural
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