The Company
We are engaged in the development, marketing, sale and distribution of functional calorie-burning fitness and lifestyle beverages under the Celsius® brand name. According to multiple clinical studies we funded, a single serving of Celsius® burns 100 to 140 calories by increasing a consumer’s resting metabolism an average of 12% and providing sustained energy for up to a nine-hour period. Our exercise focused studies show Celsius delivers additional benefits when consumed prior to exercise. The studies show benefits such as increase in fat burn, increase in lean muscle mass and increased endurance.
We seek to combine nutritional science with mainstream beverages by using our proprietary thermogenic (calorie-burning) MetaPlus® formulation, while fostering the goal of healthier everyday refreshment by being as natural as possible without the artificial preservatives often found in many energy drinks and sodas. Celsius® has no artificial preservatives, aspartame or high fructose corn syrup and is very low in sodium. Celsius® uses good-for-you ingredients and supplements such as green tea (EGCG), ginger, calcium, chromium, B vitamins and vitamin C. The main Celsius line of products are sweetened with sucralose, a sugar-derived sweetener that is found in Splenda®, which makes our beverages low-calorie and suitable for consumers whose sugar intake is restricted.
We currently offer five beverage lines, CELSIUS® Originals, CELSIUS HEAT™, CELSIUS® BCAA+ENERGY, CELSIUS® On-the-Go and CELSIUS® Sweetened with Stevia.
Celsius has undertaken significant marketing efforts aimed at building brand awareness, including a wide variety of marketing vehicles such as television, radio, digital, social media, sponsorships, and magazine advertising. We also undertake various promotions at the retail level such as coupons and other discounts in addition to in-store sampling. During the first quarter of 2021, Celsius launched a branded cooler program, with a first phase target of locating up to 1,000 coolers in various retail outlets.
In the United States and elsewhere in North America, Celsius® is sold across many retail segments. They include supermarkets, convenience stores, drug stores, nutritional stores, and mass merchants. We also sell to health clubs, spas, gyms, the military and e-commerce websites.
We distribute our products domestically through a hybrid of direct-store delivery (DSD) distributors and as well as sales direct to retailers (DTR). We are continuing to emphasize DSD distribution as we believe it has been a key element in opening additional domestic markets and retail segments and increasing sales.
Our products are distributed in various foreign regions, primarily Europe and Asia, through regional and country-specific distribution partners. In October 2019, we acquired Func Food Group Oyj (“Func Food”), our Nordic distribution partner, who markets both our products as well as other products under its own brands. Celsius intends to use Func Food as a platform to expand product distribution elsewhere in Europe.
We do not directly manufacture beverages, powder packets or nutritional bars, but instead outsource the manufacturing process to established third-party co-packers. We do, however, provide our co-packers with flavors, ingredient blends, cans and other raw materials for our beverages purchased by us from various suppliers.
Our principal executive offices are located at 2424 N. Federal Highway, Suite 208, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 and our telephone number is (561) 276-2239. We were incorporated in Nevada under the name “Vector Ventures, Inc., in 2005, and were originally engaged in mineral exploration. Such business was unsuccessful. In 2007, we acquired the Celsius® beverage business of Elite FX, Inc., a Florida corporation engaged in the development of “functional” beverages since 2004 in a reverse merger, and subsequently changed our name to Celsius Holdings, Inc. Our corporate website is www.celsius.com. The information contained on or accessible through our website is not part of this prospectus.
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