Non-alcoholic Beverages and Soft Drinks - Statistics & Facts

The non-alcoholic beverages industry encompasses liquid refreshment beverages (LRB) such as bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit beverages, ready-to-drink coffee and tea, sports beverages and value-added water.

The dollar sales of this category amounted to 1,079.2 billion U.S. dollars worldwide in 2014. Within the segment, carbonated soft drinks were responsible for the lion's share of global sales. A comparison of the world regions revealed, that the consumption patterns of full calorie and diet soft drinks strongly differ among the nations. In North America, for example, 69 percent of all soft drinks are consumed as the full calorie version.

An industry analysis of the American soft drinks market carried out by Beverage Digest identified The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo or Dr Pepper Snapple as dominating players. Coke was the leading carbonated soft drink brand in the United States in 2015, capturing a market share of about 17.7 percent. Recent statistics show that Americans drank about 40.7 gallons of soft drinks per capita in 2015.

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Global beverage volume sales

906.1bn l

Sales volume growth of bottled water in the U.S.

7%
Overview of the beverages industry
Global beverage volume sales 906.1bn l Projected growth of global beverage sales 3.9% Global beverage sales share of packaged water 18% Share of daily soft drink consumers in the U.S. 28%

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Liquid refreshment beverages (LRB)
Sales volume growth of bottled water in the U.S. 7% Sales volume of water in the U.S. (in 192-oz cases) 6,430m Sales volume of juice drinks worldwide 14bn cases Volume sales share of sports/energy drinks 3% Market size of soft drinks in the U.S. 98,429m USD Price growth of ready-to-drink tea in the U.S. 1.5%
Carbonated soft drinks (CSD)
Carbonated soft drink volume of North America 51.16bn l Per capita consumption of soft drinks in the U.S. 39.25 gal Per capita consumption of CSD in the U.S. (in 8-ounce servings) 628 Per capita consumption growth of CSD in the U.S. -2% Market share of cola-flavored CSD in the U.S. 50.7% Market share of Coca-Cola Co. in the U.S. 42.8%
Leading CSD brands
Leading carbonated beverage company worldwide, based on market share Coca-Cola Co. Brand value of Coca-Cola worldwide 66,042m USD Global revenue of Red Bull 6.28bn EUR Net operating revenue of the Coca-Cola Company worldwide 31.86bn USD

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Liquid refreshment beverages (LRB)
Sales volume growth of bottled water in the U.S. 7% Sales volume of water in the U.S. (in 192-oz cases) 6,430m Sales volume of juice drinks worldwide 14bn cases Volume sales share of sports/energy drinks 3% Market size of soft drinks in the U.S. 98,429m USD Price growth of ready-to-drink tea in the U.S. 1.5%
Carbonated soft drinks (CSD)
Carbonated soft drink volume of North America 51.16bn l Per capita consumption of soft drinks in the U.S. 39.25 gal Per capita consumption of CSD in the U.S. (in 8-ounce servings) 628 Per capita consumption growth of CSD in the U.S. -2% Market share of cola-flavored CSD in the U.S. 50.7% Market share of Coca-Cola Co. in the U.S. 42.8%
Leading CSD brands
Leading carbonated beverage company worldwide, based on market share Coca-Cola Co. Brand value of Coca-Cola worldwide 66,042m USD Global revenue of Red Bull 6.28bn EUR Net operating revenue of the Coca-Cola Company worldwide 31.86bn USD

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