Volunteer Botanicals, developers of microemulsion ingredients for a variety of botanical-based products, has partnered with the Independent Brewers Alliance (IBA) to become the preferred supplier of hemp-derived cannabinoids and other functional ingredients for IBA member businesses.
In 2024 more breweries closed than were opened. Consequently, brewers are seeking ways to expand product offerings. Many are finding a niche with non-alcoholic beverages that feature a variety of functional ingredients ranging from hemp-derived THC to other botanical extracts. To date, Volunteer Botanicals has worked with dozens of craft brewers to help them formulate, develop, distribute and market new functional beverages.
Volunteer Botanicals’s Rapidose microemulsions provide a solution for incorporating oil-soluble compounds into water-based formulations. Most recently Volunteer Botanicals launched its Beverage Accelerator Program, which provides beverage manufacturers with the resources needed to develop, produce and distribute new non-alcoholic beverages in as little as three months.
Formed in 2016, the IBA is made up of more than 600 brewers producing more than 2.2 million barrels annually. This combined production gives the IBA unprecedented buying power that attracts many of the industry's biggest and best supplier-partners providing deep savings to IBA members on a wide variety of expenses.
