Rad: Functional beverage market will reach $280B globally within five years
Romy Rad · #21 Metabrew · Mar 3, 2025 · at 6:49
Romy Rad, founder of Metabrew, pitches investors on The Pitch regarding the market opportunity in the functional beverage category.
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“It's expecting to grow to two eighty billion in the next five years. And even in the U.S. Alone, it's expected to grow from 23 to thirty seven billion.”
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