Energy drinks, RTD teas and sports drinks helped functional and natural RTD beverage market reach US$23B in 2010, up from US$19B in 2006, Packaged Facts says

Graziela Medina Shepnick

Graziela Medina Shepnick

NEW YORK , May 5, 2011 (press release) – Energy drinks -- the "bad boys" of the beverage world -- have become a driving force behind a resurgence in the beverage market, according to market research publisher Packaged Facts. Sales of energy drinks -- along with the performance of ready-to-drink (RTD) teas and sports drinks -- have helped functional and natural RTD beverage market grow to $23 billion.

Packaged Facts' Functional and Natural Ready-to-Drink Beverages in the U.S. reveals that the sales growth of energy drinks isn't conjured up by counterculture or cool-hunting marketing, but instead is due to offering consumers a distinctive benefit that they want and need (i.e., more energy). The reality is that energy drinks are uniquely and provably delivering that benefit, and are at times delivering it with ingredients other than common caffeine and sugar.

"Energy drinks have been the focus of much industry discussion in recent years. That's partly because of the controversy surrounding energy drink formulations as a result of the bad boy image deliberately and very profitably cultivated by Red Bull, and then by me-too energy drink marketers in its wake in an effort to capture the attention of a youthful target market that is moving into prime consumption years," says Don Montuori, publisher of Packaged Facts. "Mostly, however, the attention to the energy drink segment is because of the sales growth energy drinks and energy shots continue to deliver."

During the height of the recession between 2008 and 2009, the three functional and natural RTD beverage categories covered by the report -- energy drinks, sports drinks, and functional waters; ready-to-drink tea and coffee; and yogurt drinks and smoothies -- flat-lined in sales growth, keeping with an overall slump in the beverage market due to the stagnant economy and reduced consumer spending. Nevertheless, by 2010 energy drinks/shots, sports drinks, RTD teas, and fruit/vegetable smoothies all showed renewed dynamism, signaling the onset of a new cycle of sales growth for the market. All had gains of at least 5%, with energy drinks/shots experiencing the highest gain at 10%. Sports drinks and RTD teas finished with gains of 8% and 7%, respectively. Lastly, fruit/vegetable smoothies had gains of 5%.

Packaged Facts estimates that aggregate retail sales of the three functional and natural categories exceeded $23 billion in 2010, up from $19 billion in 2006, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 6%, the intervening recession notwithstanding.

Functional and Natural Ready-to-Drink Beverages in the U.S. offers a comprehensive look at the market for single-serve, ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages across three categories and several competing product segments. The report examines sales and trends across the retail spectrum, using proprietary primary data from Packaged Facts' March 2011 food shoppers Insights survey as well as retail sales-tracking data from Information Resources, Inc. InfoScan Review for mass channels and SPINSscan Review for the natural channel. For further information, please visit http://www.packagedfacts.com/Functional-Natural-Ready-2806017/.

About Packaged Facts -- Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com, publishes market intelligence on a wide range of consumer market topics, including consumer goods and retailing, foods and beverages, demographics, pet products and services, and financial products. Packaged Facts also offers a full range of custom research services. To learn more, visit: www.packagedfacts.com. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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