OZOP Energy transitions Ballislife to hydro sports drink
OZOP Energy Solutions, Inc. Highlights Ballislife Drink Can Redesign and Transition to “Ballislife Hydro Sports Drink” WARWICK, NY, May 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ozop Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTC: OZSC, the “Company”) today highlighted the rollout of a redesigned can for Ballislife Drink, along with the transition to “Ballislife Hydro Sports Drink,” representing a meaningful advancement in how the brand is presented within the sports hydration category. OZOP has previously entered into a binding letter of intent for a proposed transaction with Varon Corp. The updated can design represents a deliberate shift toward clearer category positioning at retail, with “HYDRO” prominently featured and more immediate identification as a sports hydration product at the point of purchase. The redesign also introduces more defined color differentiation across flavors and a cleaner overall layout, improving shelf visibility and enabling faster consumer recognition in high-traffic retail environments.
The previous design emphasized the Ballislife brand identity, while the updated packaging shifts emphasis toward function, hydration, and performance at the point of purchase, allowing consumers to immediately understand the product’s purpose when encountering it on shelf. As part of this repositioning, the product will now be marketed under the name “Ballislife Hydro Sports Drink,” reinforcing its role within the sports hydration category and aligning the product more directly with how consumers shop and evaluate hydration products in retail environments. The updated packaging and naming will be implemented across all current and future production runs and will roll out in parallel with the Company’s expanding retail footprint across the United States.
Ballislife Hydro Sports Drink is a performance-formulated beverage designed to support endurance, hydration, and mental focus. The product combines beet juice concentrate for nitric oxide support, beta-alanine to help delay muscle fatigue, and a comprehensive electrolyte blend to optimize hydration and recovery. B6 and B12 support energy metabolism, while L-theanine enhances focus—all delivered without caffeine and with just 45 calories from organic cane sugar. “This update was about making the product easier to understand the moment you see it,” said Benjamin Schubert, Chief Executive Officer of Varon Corp (@benjamin_varon_). “As we move deeper into retail, that clarity matters.
The new design communicates function, hydration, and performance immediately, without losing the identity of the brand.” “At scale, small changes in how a product is presented can have a significant impact,” said Lior Srulovicz, President and Chief Financial Officer of Varon Corp. “This update improves how the product is positioned on shelf and makes it easier for consumers to engage with it quickly, which is important as we continue expanding distribution.” About Ballislife Inc. Founded in 2005 by Matt Rodriguez and Arek Kissoyan, Ballislife has evolved from a grassroots “mixtape” basketball outlet into a premier global basketball media, apparel, and live events company headquartered in Irvine, California. Over the past two decades, Ballislife has covered nearly every major high school and grassroots basketball event in the United States, with content regularly featured by leading national media platforms and broadcast outlets. Ballislife’s ecosystem includes more than 28 million followers across social platforms, over 450 million video views per month, and more than 36 billion lifetime video views.
Through marquee events such as the Ballislife All-American Game, national high school and AAU tours, and partnerships with major brands, Ballislife has established itself as one of the most culturally embedded and commercially scalable platforms in basketball. In addition, Ballislife hosts grassroots events with direct athlete and attendee touchpoints to support on-the-ground brand integration at the cultural entry point of basketball.  The platform’s highly engaged audience, deep grassroots integration, and authentic athlete relationships create a uniquely powerful foundation for extending the brand into adjacent verticals, including functional performance beverages. About Varon USA Varon USA builds truly healthy, performance-driven functional beverages, not “better for you” alternatives.
Combining cultural relevance at scale, best-in-class marketing infrastructure, and products that taste exceptional while delivering real, measurable health benefits, Varon USA represents the Company’s primary growth engine in the United States. The division is focused on operating and partnership platforms supporting functional wellness, performance, and sports hydration brands that are deeply embedded within high-engagement, culture-defining ecosystems. The division includes Ballislife Functional Sports Drink, aligned with one of the largest and most influential basketball media platforms globally, and SG Revive, a functional wellness beverage developed in partnership with ASA Entertainment, a leader in youth culture and sports media.
Collectively, these platforms reach tens of millions of highly loyal, deeply engaged consumers annually through dominant digital media channels, large-scale live events, broadcast exposure, and expansive youth initiatives, enabling Varon to systematically convert authentic cultural engagement into repeat consumer demand, while maintaining discipline, scalability, and long-term brand equity across a rapidly expanding national footprint. About Varon Wellness Varon Wellness operates established, high-velocity functional and performance beverage brands with proven, repeat consumer demand and meaningful national retail presence in Canada, with a focused mandate across functional wellness, performance, and sports hydration. The division includes Bucked Up, a recognized, culturally relevant performance energy and protein brand with deeply established traction in fitness, athletic, and performance-driven communities, and Vitagua, Varon’s proprietary, zero-sugar sparkling vitamin water brand purpose-built for modern, health-conscious consumers at scale.
Varon Wellness also includes a strategic, high-impact investment in Unity Electro Fest, a major Canadian music festival with large-scale attendance and national visibility that provides an experiential, high-engagement platform utilized for mass product trial, consumer immersion, and powerful brand activation. The division operates under Varon’s Elevated Wellness approach, prioritizing flavor-first, consumer-led formulations that deliver meaningful, credible functional benefits, supported by disciplined execution, operational rigor, and scalable commercialization across expanding channels. About Varon Spirits Varon Spirits is a boutique importer and agency representing a select roster of premium spirits brands.
The business focuses on curating and distributing distinctive spirits rooted in heritage, craftsmanship, and cultural relevance, including ultra-premium tequilas, vodkas, and select rare offerings. Varon Spirits operates under a focused, capital-light model aligned with the Company’s broader lifestyle-driven beverage strategy. About Ozop Energy Solutions.
Ozop Energy Solutions (Ozop Energy Solutions ( http://ozopenergy.com/ ) is the flagship company that oversees a wide variety of products in various stages of development in the renewable energy sector. Our strategy focuses on capturing a significant share of the rapidly growing renewable energy market as a provider of assets and infrastructure needed to store energy. This press release should be read in conjunction with the Company’s public filings which can be found at  www.sec.gov Safe Harbor Statement “This press release contains or may contain, among other things, certain forward-looking statements.
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