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State of the industry: Beverages

Mintel, Packaged Facts and the Beverage Marketing Corp. agree. Bottled water sales are gushing and grabbing market share from carbonated soft drinks. Chicago-based Mintel in February of this year reported sales of bottled water in the United States increased 6% to surpass $15 billion in 2015. Mintel projected sales growth of 35% for the category […]

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Mintel names six global food trends

Vegan foods, nighttime teas and tradition shape the list. The coming year will be a year of extremes, from “ancient” products including grains, recipes, practices and traditions to the use of technology to create more and better tasting plant-enhanced foods. That’s according to Mintel, which has announced the six key trends set to impact the […]

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Mintel report shows Chinese energy drink consumption increased by 25%, four times more than the US

A new Mintel report shows that Chinese consumers drank an additional 545m liters of sports drinks in 2015 compared to the previous year, a 25%volume growth. The growth, Mintel further pointed out, “is nearly four times the annual growth in America” during the same time period. In the meantime, the global market for energy drinks […]