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2024-02-13 Products Awards and honors
Oasis and SunRype start the year on the right foot!

For the 2nd year in a row, Oasis was voted Canada’s most trusted juice brand in the 2024 Most Trusted Awards!1 The BrandSpark Most Trusted Awards recognize brands that consumers trust for exceptional service and quality products. Canadian consumers also voted Fruit to Go Fun Flavours as the Best New Kids Fruit Snack in the […]

2021-09-15 Sustainability Products
SunRype announces launch of recyclable paper straws

KELOWNA, BC (Sept 15, 2021) – Sun-Rype Products, a division of A. Lassonde Inc. (“SunRype”), a Canadian fruit-based food and beverage manufacturer, today announced that they have replaced plastic straws with recyclable, bendable paper straws on all SunRype 200ml single-serve beverage boxes in Canada. This includes all of SunRype’s 200ml 100 per cent juice, and […]

2021-04-28 Sustainability Products
Lassonde announces the introduction of new bottles containing 25% recycled plastic for its portion-size packages

Rougemont, Quebec, April 28, 2021 – Lassonde is proud to announce the launch of new bottles containing 25% post-consumer recycled plastic (rPET) for all its juice brands available in 300-mL portion-size packages in Canada. This change affects all portion-size bottles manufactured by Lassonde for the retail market and the food service industry, including such well-known […]

2020-09-09 Sustainability Products
A. Lassonde: First in Canada to launch paper straws and recyclable packaging for its Kiju and Simple Drop beverage products

Rougemont, Québec, September 9 2020 – A. Lassonde is pleased to announce that bendable paper straws will replace plastic straws in all 200-ml single-serve boxes of Kiju and Simple Drop Natural Spring Water products. This initiative marks a first-to-market in Canada and provides consumers with 100% recyclable packaging. Kiju and Simple Drop products are managed […]

2019-11-15 Sustainability Products
Lassonde launches a portion-size Oasis juice carton with a paper straw—a first in North America

The products will be available exclusively at select St-Hubert restaurants and IGA grocery stores in Quebec. Rougemont, Quebec, November 15, 2019 – Lassonde Industries Inc. is proud to move forward with the commercialization of a 200-mL Oasis juice carton with a paper straw—a first in North America—as part of a market test aimed at introducing […]

2019-05-30 Products Awards and honors
A. Lassonde earns award for Apple & Eve protein smoothie

A. Lassonde was awarded an award for its Apple & Eve Protein Smoothies at the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards organized by the Retail Council of Canada. Congratulations to all our teams for the good work!

2019-05-15 Products
Myths and realities about juice (4)

Myth no. 4: Drinking juice is not equivalent to eating fruit   Realities Why not enjoy both as complementary foods? In North America, many people don’t consume the daily servings of fresh fruits and vegetables recommended by nutritionists. Why is that? The reasons range from being too busy to have lunch, too busy to have […]

2019-04-26 Products
Myths and realities about juice (3)

Myth no. 3: Juice is refreshing but not really healthy for you Realities Some people say that juice contains too much sugar and lots of artificial ingredients. They claim its only value is as a refreshment. Hmm…seems they’re not up on the latest research. Studies show that 100% juice and juice blends contain vitamins and […]