🌿 From the Caribbean to the world — artisanal, pure, no artificials
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be-vida.com — Our Story

Live nature,
drink it
too.

Artisanal from the root · Pure from the source

Be Vida was born from the conviction that the best the Caribbean earth has to offer needs no alteration. Only careful harvesting, respectful craft, and sharing with those who value authenticity.

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Zero Artificials Philosophy

No artificial colors, preservatives or flavors ever enter our beverages. Never.

100% Natural
0 Artificials
12+ Cooperatives
🌊 Caribbean Coast
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"Caribbean land has
spent centuries sharing
its secrets with those
who know how to listen."

— Be Vida Founders

2018 Since
Our Story

Born from the
coast, raised
by community.

Be Vida was born on the Caribbean coast when a group of entrepreneurs, farmers and nature lovers came together with a shared vision: to create beverages that told the story of their land without altering a single note of its authentic flavor.


What began as small experiments in family kitchens and local botanical labs quickly grew into a brand that today represents the herbal, fruit and botanical richness of the Caribbean — produced under the highest artisanal standards through our production arm, Maia Botánicas.


We are part of The Maia Group, a business ecosystem dedicated to botanical products, sustainability and empowerment of local communities. This structure allows us to maintain our human scale without sacrificing our ability to reach further.

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Caribbean Roots

Every ingredient we use has a local story. We know the farmers, the farms, the ecosystems where what you drink grows.

Artisanal Process

Small batches, attention to detail, hands that know their craft. No assembly line can replicate this.

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Community Impact

More than 80% of our suppliers are local cooperatives. Your purchase feeds real families in the Caribbean.

Our Philosophy

Zero artificials.
No exceptions.

This is not a marketing promise. It is the foundation on which we built Be Vida years ago and the line we will never cross. Nature is perfect; it needs no synthetic improvements.

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No Artificial Colors

The color in our beverages comes from real ingredients: golden turmeric, crimson hibiscus, vibrant ginger. Never from a laboratory.

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No Preservatives

Nature has its own preservatives: lemon, apple cider vinegar, spices. We trust them because they've been working for millennia.

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No Artificial Flavors

Our flavors are what the Caribbean coast produces: complex, unique, authentic. There are no chemical shortcuts in our bottles.

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No Artificial Sweeteners

We use local honey, raw cane sugar, leaf stevia and cane juice when we need sweetness. Aspartame and sucralose have no place here.

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Pure Water

We filter using natural methods and use verified sources. The water we choose matters as much as any other ingredient.

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Verified & Transparent

Every batch is tested. We publish our ingredients without fine print. If you don't recognize it in your kitchen, it's not in our bottle.

Our Purity Promise

If at any point a Be Vida product contains any artificial ingredient, you can return it no questions asked. This promise binds us, not just our labels.

Non-GMO Gluten-Free (most) Vegan Preservative-Free Full Transparency
Production & Craft

Maia Botánicas:
the production
heartbeat.

Behind every Be Vida bottle stands Maia Botánicas, our production division specialized in the artisanal transformation of botanical ingredients into high-quality beverages, extracts and preparations.

Maia Botánicas operates under a small-batch production protocol that guarantees complete traceability from field to bottle. Our master craftspeople have decades of experience in Caribbean ethnobotany and natural fermentation and extraction processes.

Our production facility on the Caribbean coast is a space where botanical science and ancestral knowledge meet to create something truly special. Every process is documented, reviewed and certified.

Group Structure

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The Maia Group

Parent Group

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Maia Botánicas

Production

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Be Vida

Brand & Experience

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Maia Botánicas

Artisanal botanical distillery and laboratory. Small batches, full traceability, master craftspeople with decades of Caribbean botanical expertise. Every extraction is an act of respect for the plant.

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The Maia Group

Ecosystem of companies dedicated to botanical products, ingredients, cosmetics and artisanal beverages. One unified vision: working better with nature.

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Be Vida

The liquid expression of the Maia ecosystem. Where botanical science becomes everyday pleasure, accessible, authentic and full of life.

Origin & Sourcing

The Caribbean coast
is our pantry.

We don't search the world for the most exotic ingredients. We find them in the land that produces them best: our Caribbean coast, worked by hands that know every plant, every season, every soil.

🌊 Caribbean Coast — Be Vida Territory

Active collection zones and partnerships with local cooperatives

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Valledupar La Guajira Barranquilla & Atlántico Tropical Córdoba Sucre & Bolívar
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Flor Silvestre Cooperative

Sierra Nevada

Indigenous and rural women who grow aromatic flowers, hibiscus, tropical lavender and culinary plants using ancestral agroecological practices.

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Caribbean Citrus Network

Atlántico & Bolívar

More than 40 citrus families supplying us with limes, tangerines, sour orange and unique lime varieties. No systemic pesticides.

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Wayuu Ginger Association

La Guajira

Wayuu community growing ginger, turmeric and cardamom in La Guajira's unique soils. Their ginger has unparalleled spice and aroma.

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Desert Plants Cooperative

Upper La Guajira

Specialists in xerophytic plants, productive cacti and desert herbs with unique properties found only in this Caribbean semi-arid ecosystem.

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Coastal Beekeepers

Córdoba & Sucre

Beekeeping families who care for native bees (Meliponini) and produce the wildflower honey that naturally sweetens our premium lines.

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Magdalena Cane Growers Assoc.

Magdalena

Organic panela cane growers producing the raw cane sugar and panela we use as sweetener in our classic formulas.

Our promise to the land

We are not just buyers. We are long-term partners. We pay fair prices, guarantee minimum annual volumes and reinvest a portion of our revenue in agroecological training and infrastructure improvement for our partner cooperatives.

Above-market pricing for producers

Multi-year contracts with cooperatives

Agroecological training funded by Be Vida

Public traceability: batch → cooperative → field

Zero deforestation in our supply chain

The Ecosystem

Part of something
bigger.

Be Vida is the beverage expression of a broader business ecosystem: The Maia Group. A group created to demonstrate that sustainable, ethical, natural businesses are not only possible — they are better.

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Maia Botánicas

Artisanal botanical extracts and beverages production

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Maia Botánicas

Plant-based botanical ingredients and products

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Maia Skin

Artisanal botanical cosmetics for conscious skin

"We believe the future belongs to businesses that build genuine relationships with nature, communities and their customers — no shortcuts, no artifice."
The Maia Group — Founding Manifesto
What drives us

Our values
in action.

These are not words on a wall. They are the decisions we make every day when choosing a supplier, formulating a recipe or deciding what not to add to our bottles.

Radical Authenticity

What you see on the label is exactly what's in the bottle. No euphemisms, no hidden ingredients, no fine print disguising shortcuts.

Respect for the Plant

Every plant we use deserves careful treatment: harvested at the right moment, processed at the correct temperature, used at a dose that respects its character.

Community First

The stability of the families who grow our ingredients is not secondary to profitability. It is a fundamental part of our success equation.

Intentional Slowness

In a world of industrial speed, we choose the slowness of the craftsperson. The best flavors cannot be rushed; they require time, patience and presence.

Regeneration, Not Just Sustainability

We commit to leaving the ecosystems we use in better condition than we found them. Sustainability is the floor, not the ceiling.

Caribbean Joy

We make serious beverages, but we are not so serious that we forget our purpose is to make people enjoy life a little more. Flavor is joy.

Ready to taste?

Drink the difference.
Feel the Caribbean.

Every Be Vida bottle is the result of hundreds of hours of artisanal work, trust relationships with cooperatives and an unwavering commitment to natural purity. Try it and understand why there's no going back.