As competition intensifies across the functional beverage and health tea markets, product innovation has become the key differentiator for brands seeking to stand out. Today, competition among premium beverage brands has evolved beyond flavor and packaging innovation toward advanced nutritional fortification and active nutrient enhancement — meeting consumers’ growing demand for more diverse and comprehensive nutritional supplementation in ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages.
However, within liquid beverage systems, conventional nutrients such as vitamins and minerals — particularly sensitive, high-value ingredients like Vitamin C, B-complex vitamins, and electrolytes (including sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium) — often face challenges such as poor stability, uneven dispersion, and slow dissolution. These issues can lead to significant degradation during processing or throughout shelf life, resulting in situations where nutrients are added but cannot be effectively detected.
Additionally, problems such as clumping, sedimentation, or phase separation after purchase may negatively impact product appearance and mouthfeel, increasing quality risks and potential compliance concerns for brand claims.
How does RICHEN provide effective nutritional fortification solutions for premium beverage brands?
Rivimix® Instant Premix leverages innovative instantization technology to overcome these industry limitations, offering beverage brands a nutritional fortification solution with high activity, rapid dissolution, and excellent stability.
Three Core Advantages of Rivimix® Instant Premix for Liquid Applications
1. Nutrient Protection and Activity Preservation
Through a proprietary steam agglomeration process, Rivimix® transforms micronized nutrients into larger, low-density, sponge-like porous granules. These agglomerated particles significantly reduce the exposed surface area of sensitive nutrients, minimizing contact with moisture, light, and other destabilizing factors — helping preserve nutrient activity throughout the entire product shelf life.
2. 5-Second Instant Dissolution
Rivimix® forms a stable porous structure within each agglomerated particle. This structure allows water to rapidly penetrate, wet, sink, and disintegrate the granules — preventing floating or clumping issues and enabling fast dissolution and dispersion even in cold water.
3. Uniform Stability in Liquid Systems
By precisely controlling the agglomeration process, Rivimix® Instant Premix maintains a high level of particle size consistency, improving distribution performance during blending and in liquid systems.
As a result, nutrients are more evenly dispersed throughout the beverage matrix, significantly reducing the risk of sedimentation, stratification, and turbidity — ensuring overall formulation stability.
In VB premix testing, conventional premixes quickly exhibited sedimentation and clumping after being added to water, along with slower dissolution and uneven dispersion. In contrast, Rivimix® Instant Premix demonstrated rapid dispersion even under cold water conditions, with no clumping or sedimentation, maintaining a uniform and stable solution.
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Immediate-Release Cap Application for Diverse Product Development
To meet varying product formats and R&D directions of beverage manufacturers, Rivimix® Instant Premix can be paired with immediate-release cap delivery systems to enable differentiated product innovation.
Through a “separate storage, on-demand mixing” approach, the instantized nutrient powder is stored independently within the cap and released by pressing or twisting before consumption — enabling convenient use in sports, office, and other on-the-go scenarios.
Independent powder storage effectively isolates sensitive ingredients from light, oxygen, heat, and acidity, preventing premature reactions. Compared to traditional sachet-based solutions, the integrated cap-and-bottle design further enhances user experience and overall product premiumization.
Rivimix® Instant Premix unlocks new possibilities for beverage nutrition upgrades. RICHEN remains committed to providing high-quality, application-driven ingredients that safeguard every premium nutrition solution.