acáo develops and sells organic-certified beverages – energy drinks, mate, lemonades, iced tea and isotonic sports drinks.

acáo GmbH

WiesbadenNew on Amplifa

2013Founded in Wiesbaden

13Team members according to the company website

HRB 26449, AG WiesbadenCommercial register

DE-ÖKO-006Organic control body

About acáo

Founded in Wiesbaden in 2013, acáo GmbH is a food & beverage company that sees itself as a product forge for innovative beverage brands. The starting point was the development of the natural energy drink acáo, sweetened with agave syrup and containing natural caffeine from guaraná instead of taurine and artificial additives. Today the product family includes several acáo varieties, the mate drinks, the iced tea brand possibilitea, the light lemonade Limissimo, the isotonic sports drink BIO ISO in bottles made of 100 % recyclate, and the WILDBÄR brand. All products are organic-certified and vegan, with a lean list of ingredients and no colourings, preservatives or additives. The company is certified as an organic control body DE-ÖKO-006 and sells its products via its own online shop with subscriptions as well as through retail, including dm. acáo is a member of the Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft e.V. (BNW).

Site: Wiesbaden
Processes: Private label / own-brand development for food & beverage, Online shop with subscriptions, Brand development (product forge)
Materials: Organic-certified ingredients, Guaraná (natural caffeine), Agave syrup, Recycled PET (100 % recyclate)
Certificates: Organic certification (organic control body DE-ÖKO-006), Organic certification (DE-ÖKO-006)
Founded: 2013
Employees: 13 (team according
Industries: Food & Beverage, Beverage industry, Soft drinks, Sports drinks, Soft drinks/Energy Drinks, Iced tea

01
Product development / recipe formulation
02
Brand and packaging design
03
Production by partner companies
04
Quality assurance and organic control
05
Distribution via online shop and retail

Products & Ingredients

BIO

Organic-certified ingredients

All ingredients, from fruit juice to sugar, come from controlled organic farming.

GUARANÁ

Guaraná (natural caffeine)

Natural caffeine source from the Amazon basin, as an alternative to synthetic caffeine and taurine.

AGAVE

Agave syrup

Natural sweetener that keeps the sugar content of acáo drinks at around 4 g/100 ml.

REZYKLAT

Recycled PET (100 % recyclate)

Bottle material for BIO ISO, to avoid incineration and new production of plastic.

Location

Wiesbaden

Headquarters, sales and product forge

Products

**acáo Quince-Lemon**Organic soft drink · Energy Drinks

**acáo Pomegranate-Mint**Organic soft drink · Energy Drinks

**acáo Mate Mango**Mate drink · Beverage industry

**Limissimo Orange**Light lemonade · Lemonade

**possibilitea Peach**Iced tea · Beverage industry

**BIO ISO Pink Grapefruit**Isotonic sports drink · Sports drinks

Inside the production

acáo organic soft drinks with natural guaraná

BIO ISO – isotonic sports drink in the recyclate bottle

Industries

Food & BeverageBeverage industrySoft drinksSports drinksSoft drinks/Energy DrinksIced teaLemonade

Additional services

Private label / own-brand development for food & beverageOnline shop with subscriptionsBrand development (product forge)

Reference customers

dm (BIO ISO available in dm stores)

Quality & Certification

acáo GmbH is an organic-certified company with the organic control body DE-ÖKO-006; its own supply chain and quality management department monitors product quality.

Evidence	Wiesbaden
Organic certification (DE-ÖKO-006)

The acáo Story

2013
Founding of the start-up in Wiesbaden by Florens Knorr, Michael Noven and Christopher Reimann; first recipes are created in the home kitchen.
2014
Market readiness after one year of development; the first acáo can comes onto the market.