Liquid Death is the investor-backed beverage company led by Mike Cessario; dated reporting documents a 2023 shift of US-market water canning from Austria to Virginia. [1][2][3]
Who makes Liquid Death?
- Owner
- The March 2024 financing announcement describes investors funding Liquid Death at a $1.4 billion valuation. That is a financing valuation, not evidence that Coca-Cola or PepsiCo bought the company. [1][2]
- Made by
- Der Standard reported that Starzinger formerly canned the Austrian water sold in the US, and that US-market filling moved to Virginia in 2023. That history should not be presented as a complete current co-packer list. [3]
- Made in
- Virginia is documented in July 2023 reporting for the US-market water after the switch from Austria. The account does not establish the source or canning plant of every tea, flavored-water or later drink. [3]
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Liquid Death is the investor-backed beverage company led by Mike Cessario; dated reporting documents a 2023 shift of US-market water canning from Austria to Virginia.
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- Liquid Death (Brand): Liquid Death is the investor-backed beverage company led by Mike Cessario; dated reporting documents a 2023 shift of US-market water canning from Austria to Virginia. [1][2][3]
- Liquid Death → Liquid Death (Owner): The March 2024 financing announcement describes investors funding Liquid Death at a $1.4 billion valuation. That is a financing valuation, not evidence that Coca-Cola or PepsiCo bought the company. [1][2]
- Liquid Death → Manufacturing and sourcing (Manufacturer): Der Standard reported that Starzinger formerly canned the Austrian water sold in the US, and that US-market filling moved to Virginia in 2023. That history should not be presented as a complete current co-packer list. [3]
Who owns Liquid Death?
The March 2024 financing announcement describes investors funding Liquid Death at a $1.4 billion valuation. That is a financing valuation, not evidence that Coca-Cola or PepsiCo bought the company. [1][2]
Who actually makes Liquid Death products?
Der Standard reported that Starzinger formerly canned the Austrian water sold in the US, and that US-market filling moved to Virginia in 2023. That history should not be presented as a complete current co-packer list. [3]
Where are Liquid Death products made?
Virginia is documented in July 2023 reporting for the US-market water after the switch from Austria. The account does not establish the source or canning plant of every tea, flavored-water or later drink. [3]
Is Liquid Death made in China or the USA?
US-market water production in Virginia was reported in 2023. Chinese manufacture and a complete current US-versus-overseas product split are Unconfirmed in these sources. [3]
Same factory, different label
Investors and distributors in the funding round have financial or commercial relationships with Liquid Death. Those relationships are not proof of joint factories or shared recipes with another beverage brand. [1][2]
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4 questions about this supply chain, answered from the records above.
Where is liquid death made?
Virginia is documented in July 2023 reporting for the US-market water after the switch from Austria. The account does not establish the source or canning plant of every tea, flavored-water or later drink.[3]
Who makes liquid death?
Der Standard reported that Starzinger formerly canned the Austrian water sold in the US, and that US-market filling moved to Virginia in 2023. That history should not be presented as a complete current co-packer list.[3]
Who owns liquid death?
The March 2024 financing announcement describes investors funding Liquid Death at a $1.4 billion valuation. That is a financing valuation, not evidence that Coca-Cola or PepsiCo bought the company.[1][2]
Who makes liquid death tea?
The reviewed dated sources do not identify a complete supplier and factory allocation for this product or component. Its specific maker remains Unconfirmed here; brand ownership alone is not supplier evidence.[3]
Sources and scope
Year-only source dates denote the report’s coverage year. Dated disclosures establish the facts described at that time. Plant output, contracts and ownership can change; this is a selected map, not a complete supplier census.
- [1] Liquid Death closes strategic financing — 2024-03-11 · Primary source · Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Company financing announcement identifies Liquid Death, investors and $67 million funding at $1.4 billion valuation.
- [2] Liquid Death financing and founder profile — 2024-03 · Reporting · Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Reports Mike Cessario leadership, investors and financing; valuation is not acquisition price.
- [3] Liquid Death shifts US-market canning from Austria — 2023-07-19 · Reporting · Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Reports former Starzinger canning in Austria and shift to Virginia in 2023; not a current global factory census.
Unconfirmed
- Unconfirmed: current complete co-packer list, factory addresses, every beverage’s water source and exact controlling ownership percentages.