Companies
Seedlip
the world's first distilled non-alcoholic spirit — Ben Branson hand-bottled 1,000 bottles of Seedlip Spice 94 in 2014 and sold them through Selfridges in London in three weeks; Seedlip entered the Diageo-backed Distill Ventures programme with a minority stake and was fully acquired by Diageo in 2019,…
- Country
- United Kingdom
Commercial
World's first distilled NA spirit (Spice 94); founded 2014; Diageo-owned
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Coverage
| EU | US | |
|---|---|---|
| food-alt-protein | ✓ | ✓ |
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Verifiable facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Funding | Minority investment from Distill Ventures (Diageo-backed) in June 2016 | diageo.com |
| Funding | Diageo acquired a majority shareholding in 2019 | diageo.com |
| Capacity | Increased from 1,000–2,000 bottles per batch to 10,000 bottles per batch as of December 2015 | thedrinksbusiness.com |
| Production site | Botanicals distilled in a distillery in Germany; blending and bottling by a third-party bottler in the UK as of December 2015 | thedrinksbusiness.com |
| Headcount | 41 employees as of 2024/2026 reporting period | uk.globaldatabase.com |
Independent sources: diageo.com · thedrinksbusiness.com · uk.globaldatabase.com
Technologies
| Name | Cluster | Risk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-alcoholic adult beverages (dealcoholized & botanical) | food-alt-protein | Low | → |
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