Canterbury environmentalist-entrepreneur Brianne West has developed a new business called Incrediballs offering a new range of plastic-free drink tablets. Photos: suppliedPlastic-free drink tablets are the latest business venture by Canterbury environmentalist-entrepreneur Brianne West. This is being released as a sustainable alternative to the 583 billion single-use plastic bottles produced globally every year by soft drink manufacturers. The drink tablets took seven years to develop at a cost of about $500,000 using pioneering co-crystal technology developed by University of Bradford scientists in Britain to stabilise them. Developing the drink tablets had taken more money and longer than she first thought.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 15, 2026 23:09 UTC