Beverage manufacturing in the United States is one of the most efficient manufacturing processes in the world.  Because of the enormous scale of the beverage industry American beverage manufacturers have become increasingly well equipt to manufacture beverages at high speed and low cost.

Beverage manufacturing can trace its origins to the very dawn of civilization as far back as man has recorded its history we have been beverage manufacturers.  Back then beverage manufacturers were simply tea brewers, wine growers and home industries developing and manufacturing a little more than they could consume themselves and selling it.

Over the years these process of beverage manufacturing became more streamlined and beverage manufacturing was performed on a much larger scale.  Farms to grow the grapes that could be pressed into wine were established, tea plantations and facilities to process the tea were founded and other ways of large scale beverage manufacturing were created.

Fast forwarding to the modern era and you have early days of Coca-Cola, which was founded in 1886, to became one of the first major international beverage manufacturers. 

Over the years there were several milestones in the beverage industry. 

• In 1966 Gatorade was born the worlds first popular sports drink.  Beverage manufacturing would never be the same. 
• In 1971 Starbucks emerged and Seattle would become another turning point for the beverage industry. 
• In 1972 a couple of natural food store owners wondered if a healthy beverage industry would be possible?  The answer was yes and Snapple was created, it has kept beverage manufacturers busy for over 35 years. 
• Although there was plenty of fresh water flowing through the taps in America in 1978 Perrier and Evian became the first widely available bottled waters. 
• In 1980 the only way to get fresh juice was to squeeze it yourself. Odwalla one of the leading innovators in the beverage industry would change that for the better. 
• 1981 was the year Red Bull energy drink started its iconic rise to become one of the most successful beverage manufacturers in history.
• In 1982 Diet Coke became the nation's favorite diet soda. 
• In 1992 Pepsi-Cola revolutionized beverage distribution by including Lipton and Ocean Spray as part of its beverage distribution strategy. 
• In 1995 Pepsi introduced Aquafina and Coca-Cola introduced Dasani, bottled water one of the largest segments of the beverage industry was here to stay.
• In 1996 Sobe defined the functional beverage category.
• 2007 Coca-Cola buys Vitamin Water for a record 4.1 billion dollars and the beverage industry keeps growing.

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