Soft drinks shows resilience amid economic uncertainty
Soft drinks in Brazil showed resilience amidst macroeconomic challenges and inflationary pressure, with further total volume sales growth projected over 2025. In periods of economic uncertainty or turmoil, soft drinks tend to perform well as products in some categories are deemed as accessible and affordable forms of self-indulgence, such as carbonates.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Soft Drinks industry in Brazil 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.
Data and analysis in this report provides further detailed coverage dedicated to the following key categories, where applicable:
- Bottled Water
- Carbonates
- Concentrates
- Juice
- RTD Coffee
- RTD Tea
- Energy Drinks
- Sports Drinks
- Asian Speciality Drinks
If you're in the Soft Drinks industry in Brazil, our research will help you to make informed, intelligent decisions; to recognise and profit from opportunity, or to offer resilience amidst market uncertainty.
The Soft Drinks in Brazil 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 Soft Drinks in Brazil?
- To what extent are health considerations impacting consumption of Soft Drinks in Brazil?
- 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 Soft Drinks in Brazil?
- Which are the leading brands in Soft Drinks in Brazil?
- What potential exists for multinational or domestic soft drinks companies to expand in Brazil?
- How are products distributed in Soft Drinks in Brazil?
- 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 Soft Drinks?
- 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?
Soft Drinks in Brazil
Soft drinks shows resilience amid economic uncertainty
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Orange juice production issues see prices spike
Traditional categories perform well amid macroeconomic challenges
Health and wellness impacts consumers’ choices
Uncertainty to continue to impact soft drinks players and consumers
A “sin tax” would disrupt the industry
Health and wellness to shape the offer and sales development
Coca-Cola Indústrias leads an intensifying competitive landscape
Dynamic brand landscape in energy drinks
Distribution is shaped by the everyday demand for soft drinks
Retail continues to dominate soft drinks sales
Fountain sales in Brazil
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
Bottled Water in Brazil
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Bottled water gains from a range of factors
Mixed bag of factors drive the positive performance of bottled water
Structural and environmental developments at play
Still bottled water to continue to shape the category
Bottled water production to increase and consumption occasions to evolve
Tax reform could result in higher costs for bottled water companies
Indaiá benefits from strong company activity in a highly fragmented competitive landscape
Minalba Brasil strengthens its influence on bottled water
Large modern grocery retailers dominate the distribution landscape
Threat to on-trade bottled water sales
Carbonates in Brazil
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Carbonates benefits from a perception of easy and affordable indulgence
Health and wellness spurs reduced sugar carbonates
Strong investment in Coca-Cola Zero Sugar stimulates fast growth for reduced sugar cola carbonates
Nostalgia effect to retain currency in the forecast period
Optimisation through tech investments a priority for major companies
Reduced sugar carbonates to continue to gain off-trade volume and value share from regular carbonates
Coca-Cola Indústrias invests to remain ahead of the field
Small local brands contribute to the positive performance of carbonates
Some price-sensitive consumers shift to lower-priced formats but convenience remains the key factor in purchasing decisions
The off-trade channel strengthens its grip on carbonates volume sales
Concentrates in Brazil
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Concentrates remains on a downward volume trajectory
Price increases hinder the appeal of concentrates
Price-sensitive shopping offers some respite for concentrates
Unhealthy perception to pose challenges for concentrates
Functional powder concentrates may gain space
New “sin tax” to lead to price increases
Empresa Brasileira de Bebidas e Alimentos and Mondelez Brasil provide the leading brands in liquid and powder concentrates, respectively
Players seek new avenues to growth in a highly challenging environment
Large modern grocery retailers remain the key sellers of concentrates
Small local grocers offer a quick and easy alternative while warehouse clubs cater to price-sensitive bulk buyers
Concentrates Conversions
Juice in Brazil
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Players look for alternatives amidst orange juice issues
Weaker orange juice production impacts the category as a whole
Price-driven consumers favour juice drinks and nectars
Different fruit and vegetable blends to be explored
Challenges in reducing sugar content in juice
Tax reform to potentially benefit 100% juice
Del Valle remains the leading brand through wide distribution and high consumer awareness
Natural One invests in the supply chain and bets on alternative ingredients
Price-driven retailers gain traction
Retail e-commerce remains of little consequence in juice distribution
RTD Coffee in Brazil
KEY DATA FINDINGS
RTD coffee sales grow, but from a low base
Limited consumer base and weak on-the-go consumption habits hinder category development
Some bright spots for RTD coffee
RTD coffee to continue to develop and grow despite challenges
Digital media to increase awareness and the appeal of RTD coffee consumption
New “sin tax” to impact RTD coffee prices
3 Corações dominates a shallow pool
Players look for ways to enhance the perception of RTD coffee
Large modern grocery retailers improve their offer of RTD coffee
Convenience favours forecourt retailers
RTD Tea in Brazil
KEY DATA FINDINGS
RTD remains undeveloped as a category in Brazil
Regular still RTD tea continues to shape the category performance
Players look to widen consumption occasions
Positive growth forecast despite stronger competition with functional drinks
Natural ingredients and functional claims to be explored in RTD tea
Reduced sugar RTD tea to benefit from higher taxes on sugary beverages
Distribution reach a key factor in brand performance
Carbonated RTD tea and kombucha is a more fragmented category
Large modern grocery retailers dominate distribution
Players tend to bet on small local grocers for kombucha brands
Energy Drinks in Brazil
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Numerous factors stimulate fast growth for energy drinks
Reduced sugar energy drinks gain momentum
Energy drinks retain significant potential for experimentation with natural ingredients
Positive outlook amid ongoing development for energy drinks
Newer consumption occasions to continue to shape associations with energy drinks
Reduced sugar to gain ground on regular in energy drinks
Bebidas Grassi Do Brasil’s Baly enjoys rapid growth to disrupt the competitive landscape
Wide investment in energy drinks
Convenience, pricing and impulse purchases underpin distribution patterns
Drugstores and the on-trade channel widen the distribution of energy drinks
Sports Drinks in Brazil
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Health and fitness aspects drive the appeal of sports drinks
Rising health awareness and hot weather push sports drinks, albeit from a still low sales base
Sports drinks retains varied and dynamic growth opportunities
A bright outlook for sports drinks
Strong growth potential for reduced sugar sports drinks
Competition with functional beverages to intensify in the forecast period
Gatorade consolidates dominance of sports drinks
Powerade gains shelf space but continues to lag well behind Gatorade
Competitive prices and larger assortments favour supermarkets and hypermarkets
The distribution of sports drinks continues to evolve
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
The following categories and subcategories are included:
Soft Drinks
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- Carbonated Natural Mineral Bottled Water
- Carbonated Spring Bottled Water
- Carbonated Purified Bottled Water
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- Still Flavoured Bottled Water
- Sparkling Flavoured Bottled Water
- Functional Bottled Water
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- Still Natural Mineral Bottled Water
- Still Spring Bottled Water
- Still Purified Bottled Water
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- Regular Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Carbonates
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- Regular Cola Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Cola Carbonates
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- Regular Non-Cola Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Non-Cola Carbonates
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- Regular Lemonade/Lime
- Reduced Sugar Lemonade/Lime
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- Regular Tonic Water/Mixers/Other Bitters
- Reduced Sugar Tonic Water/Mixers/Other Bitters
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- Regular Orange Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Orange Carbonates
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- Regular Other Non-Cola Carbonates
- Reduced Sugar Other Non-Cola Carbonates
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- Liquid Concentrates
- Powder Concentrates
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- Not from Concentrate 100% Juice
- Reconstituted 100% Juice
- Coconut and Other Plant Waters
- Juice Drinks (up to 24% Juice)
- Nectars
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- RTD Coffee
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- Carbonated RTD Tea and Kombucha
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- Regular Still RTD Tea
- Reduced Sugar Still RTD Tea
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- Regular Energy Drinks
- Reduced Sugar Energy Drinks
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- Regular Sports Drinks
- Reduced Sugar Sports Drinks
- Asian Speciality Drinks
Soft Drinks
This is the aggregation of the following categories; Carbonates, Fruit/vegetable juice, Bottled water, Functional drinks, Concentrates, RTD tea, RTD coffee and Asian speciality drinks.
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