State Drinks
'STATE Drinks' is a Danish beverage company which produces energy drinks. The company is based at Hauser Plads in Copenhagen.
Private | |
Industry | Food & Drink |
Founded | 2014 |
Founder | Jon Andersen and Kim Have |
Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Area served | Nordic countries |
Key people | Jon Andersen (CEO) |
Products | Energy drinks |
Website | statedrinks |
History
STATE Drinks was founded at the initiative of former semi-professional footballer Jon Andersen and Kim Have in collaboration with a group of 11 investors. Among the investors are professional Danish footballer Christian Eriksen and UCPH professor Jens Bangsbo. The first products were launched in 2015 through Danish 7 eleven stores and sold out in two days.[1]
STATE energy drinks were introduced in Sweden and Finland in May 2017.[2]
Product
STATE contains Isomaltulose which is digested more slowly and steadily than other types of sugar. Other ingredients are caffeine, taurine and B6 and B12 vitamines.
Distribution
STATE is sold through 7-Eleven, OK, Q8, Fitness World, Normal and several other stores. It is also available online from the company website.
Marketing
STATE Drinks is promoted by a number of ambassadors:
- Pierre Bengtsson, footballer
- Christian Eriksen, footballer
- Caroline Wozniacki, tennis player
- Kevin Magnussen, racing driver
- Jens Bangsbo,
- Christian Volf
- Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
- Jacob Lauridsen, golf player
- Jesper Hørby
- Lærke Møller, handball player
- Joachim Persson, badminton player
- Niki Zimling, football player
- Nils Predstrup
- Andrej Lawaetz,
- Simone Boye, football player
- Søren Hess-Olesen, tennis player
- Jesper Ratzer,
- Lukas Karlsson, handball player
References
- "Iværksættersucces: Jon og Kim slukker din tørst" (in Danish). Metroxpres. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
- "Wozniacki bliver frontfigur for dansk energidrik" (in Danish). Food Supply. Retrieved 11 July 2017.