Health, affordability and retail diversification shape soft drinks performance in Spain
Soft drinks in Spain is seeing rising retail volume sales in 2025, driven by a mix of heightened health awareness, strong demand for reduced sugar and functional beverages, and consumers’ ongoing focus on affordability. Retail fragmentation is accelerating, with supermarkets, discounters, vending and e-commerce each influencing how brands position pricing, pack sizes and innovation. Private label is gaining substantial ground across key categories such as bottled water and juice, while major brands respond through rapid innovation, smaller formats and stronger wellness-oriented propositions. Sustainability and regulation are also reshaping industry strategies, particularly in light of Spain’s upcoming Deposit, Return and Refund System for single-use containers. Over the forecast period, soft drinks in Spain is expected to extend moderate growth, supported by health-led innovation, digital transformation and the ability of brands to balance value, premiumisation and sustainability across an increasingly diversified retail landscape.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Soft Drinks industry in Spain 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 Spain, 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 Spain 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 Spain?
- To what extent are health considerations impacting consumption of Soft Drinks in Spain?
- 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 Spain?
- Which are the leading brands in Soft Drinks in Spain?
- What potential exists for multinational or domestic soft drinks companies to expand in Spain?
- How are products distributed in Soft Drinks in Spain?
- 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 Spain
Health, affordability and retail diversification shape soft drinks performance in Spain
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Health positioning boosts sales in soft drinks in Spain
Channel diversity and affordability have key impact
Health and wellness trends push premiumisation
Further rises anticipated for volume sales in soft drinks
Private label set to expand
Innovation will lead to greater fragmentation in competitive landscape
Mercadona maintains overall leadership while Coca-Cola sees success through iconic brands and persistent innovation
Nestlé rises through popular brands in bottled water
Supermarkets leads retail distribution while e-commerce sees greatest expansion
Private label drives retail sales as foodservice benefits from on-the-go consumption trend
Fountain sales in Spain
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
Bottled Water in Spain
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Bottled water posts solid expansion as health, tourism and sustainability strengthen demand
2025 marks a positive year for bottled water in Spain
Carbonated bottled water leads growth as players keep sustainability in mind
Sales of bottled water set to continue rising over the forecast period
New SDDR system will reshape the bottled water category
Health and wellness trends will remain key influences
Affordability is reshaping competitive dynamics
Sparkling varieties see increased demand
Channel fragmentation requires retail agility
E-commerce remains small but rises rapidly
Carbonates in Spain
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Reduced sugar variants underpin resilience in carbonates
Reduced sugar remains bright spot amid widespread declines in 2025
Healthier variants drive overall growth for carbonates
Reduced sugar and non-sugar variants set to do well despite stagnation
AI-Driven transformation to boost efficiency
Sustainability remains key focus point
Coca-Cola leads, competitors respond
Prebiotic and flavour innovations invigorate category
Supermarkets leads, with discounters following
E-commerce sees further rapid expansion
Concentrates in Spain
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Concentrates continues to decline as competition erodes relevance in 2025
Demand for concentrates continues to decline in Spain in 2025
Liquid concentrates tries to find new consumption occasions amid strong competition
Concentrates will remain on negative trajectory during forecast period
Health-focused innovation offers some hope
Concentrates suffers in face of cross-category competition
Isotar brand maintains overall leadership in 2025, while private label fails to develop
Lack of reduced sugar variants undermines growth potential
Supermarkets dominates distribution
E-commerce continues to expand
Concentrates Conversions
Juice in Spain
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Juice continues to contract as price sensitivity and health trends shift demand elsewhere
Negative performance for juice in 2025
Polarisation supports rise in functional offerings
Juice set to remain in persistent decline
New formats provide convenience and sustainability
Health and wellness trends will continue to impact progress
Private label leads sales for juice in Spain
Tropical variants see rising demand, while AI offers personalisation
Supermarkets dominates distribution thanks to prevalence of private label
E-commerce sees fastest growth in retail distribution for juice
RTD Coffee in Spain
KEY DATA FINDINGS
RTD coffee continues to rise as innovation and plant-based formats broaden appeal
RTD coffee continues to rise amid strong coffee culture
Innovative formats target premium segment and young Spaniards
Innovation and sustainability set to drive growth
Speciality coffee and functionality lead the way
Regulatory challenges ahead: the impact of the EU Deforestation Law on RTD coffee in Spain
Kaiku maintains category leadership amid strong private label presence
Starbucks posts fastest growth while plant-based innovation accelerates
Supermarkets as primary distribution channel for RTD coffee
Vending enjoys fastest growth
RTD Tea in Spain
KEY DATA FINDINGS
RTD tea continues to expand as kombucha and reduced sugar formats lead growth
Further growth seen in RTD tea in Spain in 2025
Stable prices and health trends support positive performance
Functional beverages on the rise: kombucha and Fuze Tea lead the way
New formulas, functionality and ingredients
Driving innovation and occasion expansion in RTD Tea
Damm leads through Nestea brand
Komvida records notable growth
Supermarkets dominants distribution thanks to strong presence of big brands
Kombucha helps drive e-commerce expansion in 2025
Energy Drinks in Spain
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Energy drinks delivers fastest growth in 2025 as reduced sugar and innovation accelerate demand
Energy drinks as fastest-growing category in soft drinks in Spain in 2025
Innovation drives growth with reduced sugar as key claim
Positive outlook for energy drinks over the forecast period
Client engagement and innovation will continue benefiting energy drinks
Legislative developments could have negative impact
Red Bull and Monster lead as energy drinks evolves
Vitamins and minerals attract greater interest
Supermarkets leads distribution, benefiting from impulse purchases
Retail e-commerce posts fastest growth
Sports Drinks in Spain
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Sports drinks delivers strong gains as reduced sugar and functional hydration drive demand
Sports drinks continues positive trajectory in 2025
Health positioning bolsters growth
Reduced sugar sports drinks with added benefits to see increased demand
Digital and technological category advancements
Sustainability and environment at the forefront
Brand loyalty remains strong in sports drinks
Innovative offerings support expansion
Supermarkets leads with branded offerings proving more popular than private label alternatives
Vending gains ground in sports drinks
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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