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COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Asahi Soft Drinks retains a strong lead in concentrates with its Calpis brand
Asahi Soft Drinks Co Ltd remains the leading company in the concentrates market in 2025, leveraging the historic Calpis brand, which has been a staple in Japan for over a century. The dilutable range of Calpis has long been a beloved family drink during the summer.
Ouchi Drink Bar proving to be a big success for Suntory
Asahi’s closest rival, Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd, has been the most dynamic company in concentrates in 2025. Continuing on from its innovative launch in 2024, Suntory has expanded its Ouchi Drink Bar lineup, which allows consumers to create personalised drinks by mixing its products with carbonated water.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Concentrates industry in Japan with research from Euromonitor International's team of in-country analysts – experts by industry and geographic specialisation.
Key trends are clearly and succinctly summarised alongside the most current research data available. Understand and assess competitive threats and plan corporate strategy with our qualitative analysis, insight and confident growth projections.
If you're in the Concentrates industry in Japan, our research will help you to make informed, intelligent decisions; to recognise and profit from opportunity, or to offer resilience amidst market uncertainty.
The Concentrates in Japan report includes:
- Analysis of key supply-side and demand trends
- Detailed segmentation of international and local products
- Historic volume and value sizes, company and brand market shares
- Five year forecasts of market trends and market growth
- Robust and transparent research methodology, conducted in-country
This report answers:
- What is the market size of Concentrates in Japan?
- To what extent are health considerations impacting consumption of Concentrates in Japan?
- How are changing social attitudes and legislation (eg sugar tax) reshaping demand and consumption?
- How are changing demographics (for example, an ageing or predominantly young population) determining consumption of Concentrates in Japan?
- Which are the leading brands in Concentrates in Japan?
- What potential exists for multinational or domestic soft drinks companies to expand in Japan?
- How are products distributed in Concentrates in Japan?
- How is the rise of e-commerce changing the retail and competitive landscape?
- How have home seclusion and social distancing measures following COVID-19 impacted sales of Concentrates?
- How are sustainability issues, such as environmentally-friendly packaging, legislation on recyclability, or the amount of plastic in bottles, impacting the soft drinks industry?
- Where is future growth expected to be most dynamic?
Concentrates in Japan - Category analysis
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Concentrates offers an economical, sustainable and versatile soft drinks option
Liquid concentrates benefit from the value and convenience they offer
Competition from RTD sports drinks a hinderance to the growth of powder concentrates
New consumption occasions should help to fuel growth in liquid concentrates
Asahi under pressure to adjust to demographic changes
Concentrates: a sustainable choice for modern households
Asahi Soft Drinks retains a strong lead in concentrates with its Calpis brand
Ouchi Drink Bar proving to be a big success for Suntory
Asahi looks to feed off the dominant position of supermarkets during “Calpis Day”
CJ Japan Cop targets the on-trade channel
Concentrates Conversions
Summary 1 Concentrates Conversion Factors for Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Format
Table 1 Off-trade Sales of Concentrates (RTD) by Category: Volume 2020-2025
Table 2 Off-trade Sales of Concentrates (RTD) by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
Table 3 Off-trade Sales of Concentrates by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 4 Off-trade Sales of Concentrates by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 5 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Concentrates (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
Table 6 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Concentrates: % Value 2021-2025
Table 7 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Concentrates: % Value 2022-2025
Table 8 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Liquid Concentrates (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
Table 9 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Liquid Concentrates (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
Table 10 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Powder Concentrates (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
Table 11 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Powder Concentrates (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
Table 12 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Concentrates (RTD) by Category: Volume 2025-2030
Table 13 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Concentrates (RTD) by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
Table 14 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Concentrates by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 15 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Concentrates by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
Soft Drinks in Japan - Industry Overview
Rising prices put pressure on volume sales in 2025
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Price rises lead to a decline in off-trade volume sales of soft drinks in 2025
Functional soft drinks gain prominence
Innovation has become faster, riskier, and more culturally embedded
Shrinking population likely to limit opportunities for volume growth
Healthy and natural products likely to attract more interest moving forward
Vending evolving as it looks to meet the needs of modern consumers
Coca-Cola and Suntory continue to invest in product development and innovation
Nippon Del Monte finds success with new line of tomato juice
Label-less products gain traction as online sales rise
On-trade volume sales continue to recover buoyed by interest in RTD tea
Table 16 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: Volume 2020-2025
Table 17 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
Table 18 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: Value 2020-2025
Table 19 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 20 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (as sold) by Category: Volume 2025
Table 21 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (as sold) by Category: % Volume 2025
Table 22 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: Value 2025
Table 23 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: % Value 2025
Table 24 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: Volume 2020-2025
Table 25 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
Table 26 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 27 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 28 Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: Volume 2020-2025
Table 29 Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
Table 30 NBO Company Shares of Total Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
Table 31 LBN Brand Shares of Total Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
Table 32 NBO Company Shares of On-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
Table 33 LBN Brand Shares of On-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
Table 34 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
Table 35 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
Table 36 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks: % Value 2021-2025
Table 37 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks: % Value 2022-2025
Table 38 Penetration of Private Label in Off-trade Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: % Volume 2020-2025
Table 39 Penetration of Private Label in Off-trade Soft Drinks by Category: % Value 2020-2025
Table 40 Distribution of Off-trade Soft Drinks (as sold) by Format: % Volume 2020-2025
Table 41 Distribution of Off-trade Soft Drinks (as sold) by Format and Category: % Volume 2025
Table 42 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: Volume 2025-2030
Table 43 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
Table 44 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: Value 2025-2030
Table 45 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: % Value Growth 2025-2030
Table 46 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: Volume 2025-2030
Table 47 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
Table 48 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 49 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
Table 50 Forecast Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: Volume 2025-2030
Table 51 Forecast Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
Fountain sales in Japan
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Summary 2 Research Sources
The following categories and subcategories are included:
Concentrates
- Liquid Concentrates
- Powder Concentrates
Concentrates
This is the aggregation of liquid concentrates and powder concentrates.
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