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Innovation revolution. From alcohol alternatives and mixers, cannabis infused drinks, gut health, high-end waters and kids drinks to plant-based waters, probiotics and yerba mate guayusa (and all the many, many innovative segments from A-Z), this report from Beverage Marketing Corporation looks at the segments and brands that are creating excitement, disrupting norms and invigorating the marketplace. It scrutinizes the always-changing beverage industry, identifying and quantifying emerging and niche non-alcoholic beverage categories, discussing companies of growing significance and describing what could be the next big thing. From new and emerging categories to the innovative sub-segments and brands within more established beverage categories, this report focuses on the segments and brands to watch. It also looks at the consumer market drivers and other factors that are inspiring entrepreneurial spirit, impacting innovation and fueling enhanced functionality in line extensions and new product development efforts.

  • 2025 Edition - Published February 2025.
  • Data through 2024 and preliminary 2025 figures.
  • 600+ pages with extensive text analysis, graphs and charts.
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The Next Wave of No-Alcohol Beverages in the U.S.
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In an industry where evolution and innovation are constants, this report provides in-depth analysis of ways innovation is changing the beverage landscape through the emergence of new categories and brands as well as new twists that revolutionize traditional categories. It also provides an overview of defining trends spurring developments in new categories. It also looks at the fast-growing liquid refreshment beverage companies, discusses their performance and indicates what makes them noteworthy. Questions answered include:

  • What new categories are shaking up the U.S. beverage market?
  • How big are these emerging sectors and why are they worthy of being on your radar?
  • What trends characterize the various up-and-coming beverage types entering the marketplace?
  • Which companies enjoy the backing of industry veterans and strong financial resources, and which do not?
  • Which beverage companies and brands show the most promise for success in the competitive U.S. marketplace?
  • Which companies could become takeover targets in the near future?

This report features

Get a comprehensive overview of several fledgling beverage segments, some of which are poised to become the next big thing. For added market perspective, the entrepreneurial brands that comprise the burgeoning beverage categories are anchored in the context of more-established beverage market.

To provide context to the research findings, the report discusses factors that have led to the development of new beverage segments despite the relative maturity of the packaged beverage market as a whole. Backed by Beverage Marketing's reliable, all-sales-channel-inclusive data, readers get a thorough understanding of key facets of emerging beverage markets including:

  • Analysis of industry trends and quantification of emerging non-alcoholic beverage categories and sub-segments.
  • Discussion of the types of companies driving innovation – from the traditional large beverage companies to entrepreneurs.
  • Insight from our up and coming market research analysts' on the factors driving innovation into new beverage types.
  • Analysis of niche and emerging segments including high-end water, cannabis-infused beverages, gut health, premium sodas, mixers and alcohol alternatives, dairy alternatives, premium ready-to-drink teas, coconut water, essence waters, kombucha, HPP/cleanses, ready-to-drink protein drinks, meal replacement, shots, functional beverages, probiotics, energy drinks, premium kids' beverages, ready-to-drink coffee and more.
  • Discussion of companies with distinctive brands in each nascent and new segment. Companies/brands covered include: A-Game, Alani Nu, Alkaline Water Co, AriZona, Bulletproof Coffee, C4, Califia Farms, Calypso Lemonade, CBD Living, Celsius, Cheerwine, Cheribundi, Drip Drop, Electrolit, Evamor, Fever-Tree, GT's Living Foods, Ghost Energy, Good2Grow, GoodBelly, Green Bee Soda, Guayaki, Happy Viking, Harmless Harvest, Health-Ade, Hint Water, Hiippie Water, Humm Kombucha, Iconic, Just Ice Tea, Karma Wellness Water, Kombucha Town, Kitu Life Super Coffee, Ku Cha, La Colombe, La Croix, Lifeway, Liquid Death, Mamma Chia, Mayawell, Mingle Mocktails, Mocktail Club, Nectar Girl, Neuro, Oatly, Olipop, OWYN, Path, Pickle Juice, Plezi, poppi, Premier Protein, Prime Hydration, Protein2O, Q Mixers, Rasa Coffee, Ready Nutrition, Reed's, Sambazon, Sapsucker, Slingshot Coffee, Soylent, Sparkling ICE, Spindrift, Suja, Supergut (Muniq), Treo Fruit & Burch Water, Tractor Soda, Vita Coco, Voss, Zevia, Zola Açaí and so many more.
  • Our up and coming beverage companies market research analysis takes on the brands to watch in the various non-alcohol sectors and what they are doing to differentiate themselves. It also discusses the strengths of various emerging brands and categories and the challenges they'll face going forward.

1. EMERGING NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SEGMENTS

The Up-and-Coming Beverages pg 1

  • Overview pg 1
  • Wholesale Dollar Sales pg 26

2. THE NEXT WAVE OF NO-ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IN THE U.S.

HIGH-END WATER

  • Overview pg 28
  • Sparkling ICE pg 39
  • Zen WTR pg 41
  • Liquid Death pg 42
  • Path pg 44
  • Icelandic Glacial pg 45
  • Eternal pg 47
  • Flow Water pg 48
  • Proud Source/Source Global pg 50
  • blk. pg 51
  • Nirvana Springs pg 52
  • Alkaline88 pg 54
  • Aquahydrate pg 55
  • Voss pg 57
  • Perfect Hydration pg 60
  • Just Water pg 60
  • Boxed Water is Better pg 61
  • Richard’s Rainwater pg 62
  • Rambler Sparkling Water pg 63
  • Evamor pg 64
  • Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water pg 65
  • Hawaii Volcanic pg 66
  • Hawaiian Springs pg 67
  • Cascade Mountain Water pg 67
  • oHy/Hy Vida pg 68
  • HFactor pg 69
  • Aqua Carpatica pg 70
  • Jove pg 71
  • Splendor pg 71

DAIRY AND DAIRY ALTERNATIVE BEVERAGES

  • Overview pg 73
  • Califia Farms pg 76
  • Ripple Foods pg 79
  • Oatly pg 81
  • SunOpta pg 84
  • Saputo pg 85
  • A2 Milk pg 87
  • Alexandre Family Farm pg 88
  • Malk pg 88
  • Sproud pg 90
  • New Barn pg 91
  • Milkadamia pg 91
  • Three Trees pg 92
  • Mooala pg 93
  • Elmhurst 1925 Milked pg 94
  • Panos Farms pg 95
  • Borden Dairy pg 95
  • Spylt pg 96
  • NotCo pg 97
  • Strive Altmilks/Perfect Day pg 97
  • TurtleTree pg 98
  • Imagindairy pg 99
  • Numilk pg 100
  • Minor Figures pg 101
  • Nutpods pg 102
  • Good Karma pg 102
  • Oatbox pg 103
  • Oddlygood (Valio) pg 104
  • Hazelicious pg 104
  • Dosa pg 105

SODAS

  • Overview pg 106
  • Zevia pg 116
  • Tractor Soda pg 117
  • Reed's pg 119
  • Boylan's pg 122
  • Jones Soda pg 123
  • Dry Soda pg 125
  • Sprecher pg 127
  • Maine Root pg 128
  • Bruce Cost Ginger Ale pg 129
  • Cheerwine pg 131
  • Grown-up Soda (GuS) pg 132
  • United Sodas of America pg 133
  • Green Cola pg 134
  • Original New York Seltzer pg 135
  • Clearly Canadian pg 135
  • Bundaberg pg 136
  • Wild Bill's pg 137
  • Uncle Waithley's Vincy Brew pg 138
  • Casamara Club pg 138
  • Green Bee Soda pg 139

JUICE

  • Overview pg 140
  • Bolthouse Farms pg 150
  • Calypso Lemonade pg 152
  • Sambazon pg 154
  • Zola Açaí pg 156
  • Mamma Chia pg 157
  • Ralph & Charlie's pg 158
  • Tropical Fantasy pg 159
  • Cheribundi pg 160
  • Uncle Matt's Organics pg 161
  • Natalie's Orchid Island pg 162
  • Swoon pg 163
  • Sol-Ti pg 165
  • De La Calle Tepache pg 166
  • Ruby Hibiscus Water pg 167
  • Cawston Press pg 168
  • Agua Bonita pg 169
  • Fresco Naturales pg 169
  • Gunna pg 170
  • Barfresh Group pg 171
  • Poppilu Antioxidant Lemonade pg 171
  • Smart Pressed Juice pg 172
  • Mela Watermelon Water pg 173
  • Pressed pg 173
  • New Tree Fruit Co. pg 174
  • Better Juice pg 175
  • Phyll pg 176
  • Orange Toucan Moringa pg 176

HYDRATION/ENHANCED WATER

  • Overview pg 178
  • Prime Hydration pg 185
  • Electrolit pg 186
  • Revitalyte pg 187
  • Biolyte pg 188
  • Recover 180 pg 189
  • Roar Organic pg 190
  • BioSteel pg 191
  • Lemon Perfect pg 192
  • Waterdrop pg 194
  • Ready Nutrition pg 195
  • A-Game pg 196
  • Hoist pg 197
  • Coco5 pg 199
  • Greater Than pg 200
  • DripDrop pg 202
  • SOS Hydration pg 203
  • Hydrant pg 204
  • Barcode pg 205
  • Nooma pg 206
  • Halo pg 207
  • Play Mode pg 209
  • BYLT pg 209
  • Berri Fit pg 210
  • Dyla Brands (Stur Liquid Water Enhancer) pg 211
  • Local Weather pg 212
  • Leisure Project pg 213
  • Wet Hydration pg 213
  • Smootch pg 214
  • Cadence pg 214
  • Skratch Labs pg 215

READY-TO-DRINK TEA

  • Overview pg 216
  • AriZona pg 224
  • Milo's Famous Sweet Tea pg 227
  • Joe Tea pg 228
  • Just Ice Tea pg 229
  • Seven Teas pg 230
  • Saint James Tea pg 231
  • Humanitea pg 233
  • Halfday pg 233
  • Shaka Tea pg 235
  • EquiTea pg 236
  • Brooklyn Best pg 236
  • Twrl pg 237
  • Bub Luv pg 238
  • Moonshine Sweet Tea pg 239
  • Ryl pg 240
  • Weird Tea pg 241
  • Rishi pg 241
  • TeaOnic pg 242
  • HopTea/Hoplark pg 243
  • Thaiwala pg 244
  • Bhakti Chai pg 245
  • Bos Rooibos pg 246
  • Cusa Powdered Tea pg 247
  • Tea Drops pg 248
  • Sarilla Draft Tea pg 249
  • Doc's Tea pg 249
  • Zest Tea pg 250
  • Dona Chai pg 251
  • Tea of a Kind pg 252
  • 8th Wonder pg 252
  • Enroot pg 253
  • Leelanau pg 254
  • Ku Cha pg 254
  • Yaupon Teahouse & Apothecary pg 255
  • Ilex Organics/Yaupon Brothers pg 256

PLANT-BASED WATERS

  • Overview pg 258
  • Vita Coco pg 264
  • Zico pg 268
  • Harmless Harvest pg 269
  • C2O pg 270
  • Mela Watermelon Water pg 272
  • Blue Monkey pg 273
  • Waikoko pg 273
  • CoAqua Coconut Water pg 274
  • Eliya Coconut Water pg 275
  • Buddha Brands pg 276
  • Once Upon a Coconut pg 277
  • 100 Coconuts pg 278
  • Strange Water pg 280
  • Treo Fruit & Birch Water pg 281
  • Sap! pg 282
  • Sapsucker pg 283
  • True Nopal Cactus Water pg 283
  • Caliwater pg 284
  • Pricklee pg 285
  • Pickle Juice pg 286
  • Tsamma Watermelon/Sarah’s Homegrown pg 287
  • Bhoomi Cane Water pg 288
  • KoKoMio pg 289

ESSENCE WATERS

  • Overview pg 290
  • Hint Water pg 293
  • La Croix/Cúrate pg 295
  • Waterloo Sparkling pg 297
  • Spindrift pg 298
  • Hal’s Seltzer pg 300
  • Sanzo pg 301
  • Heywell pg 302
  • Sound Sparkling Water pg 302

KOMBUCHA

  • Overview pg 304
  • GT’s Kombucha pg 312
  • Health-Ade pg 313
  • Brew Dr. Kombucha pg 315
  • Humm Kombucha pg 317
  • Better Booch + Live Kombucha pg 319
  • Remedy Drinks pg 321
  • Marin Kombucha pg 322
  • Rise Kombucha pg 323
  • Rowdy Mermaid pg 324
  • Mobtown Fermentation (Wild Bay Kombucha) pg 325
  • Aqua ViTea pg 326
  • WhaleBird pg 327
  • Element pg 327
  • KTonic pg 328
  • Bear's Fruit pg 329
  • BKE pg 331
  • Kombucha Town pg 332
  • Holy Kombucha pg 333
  • Cove pg 334
  • Walker Brothers pg 334
  • Mortal Kombucha pg 335

GUT-HEALTH

  • Overview pg 337
  • Olipop pg 340
  • poppi pg 342
  • Culture Pop pg 343
  • No Cap Soda Pop pg 344
  • Mayawell pg 345
  • Xoxo pg 346
  • Lifeway pg 347
  • Bragg pg 349
  • GoodBelly pg 350
  • Karma Wellness Water pg 351
  • Supergut (Muniq) pg 353
  • Hellowater pg 354
  • GoLive (The Lively Brand) pg 355
  • WaNu pg 356
  • Shrubbly pg 357

MIXERS/ALCOHOL-ALTERNATIVES

  • Overview pg 358
  • Fever-Tree pg 363
  • Q Mixers pg 365
  • Distill Ventures/Seedlip pg 367
  • Owen's Craft Mixers pg 368
  • Mocktails Uniquely Crafted pg 370
  • Ripe Bar Juice pg 370
  • Little Saints pg 371
  • DioniLife/Mash Gang pg 372
  • Bero pg 373
  • WithCo pg 374
  • Top Note pg 374
  • Zing Zang pg 375
  • Charleston Beverage pg 376
  • Frosé (Kelvin Slush Co.) pg 377
  • 18.21 Bitters pg 378
  • Navy Hill pg 379
  • Nectar Girl pg 379
  • Arriba Chelada pg 380
  • Tost pg 381
  • Curious Elixirs pg 383
  • Kin Euphorics pg 383
  • ZBiotics pg 385
  • Athletic Beer pg 386
  • Partake pg 387
  • Best Day Brewing pg 388
  • Bravus pg 389
  • Lyre's pg 390
  • Avec pg 391
  • Mocktail Club pg 392
  • Hiyo pg 393
  • De Soi pg 394
  • Spiritless pg 394
  • Drink Monday pg 396
  • Aplos pg 396
  • Ghia pg 397
  • Mingle Mocktails pg 397
  • MixoloShe pg 398
  • Parch pg 399
  • Proxies pg 400
  • Betty Buzz pg 401
  • Sans pg 402
  • Abstinence pg 403
  • Wilderton pg 403
  • Hop WTR pg 404
  • Hoplark/HopTea pg 405

CANNABIS BEVERAGES

  • Overview pg 407
  • Big Grove/Climbing Kites pg 412
  • Cann/Sweet Reason pg 412
  • Wynk pg 413
  • Calexo pg 414
  • Recess pg 414
  • Daytrip pg 416
  • Vybes pg 417
  • Weller pg 418
  • Sprig pg 419
  • Kalo pg 420
  • Wnder pg 421
  • CBD Living pg 422
  • Cloud Water pg 422
  • Mad Tasty pg 423
  • Sati pg 424
  • Loki pg 424
  • Cann-Ade pg 425
  • Stay Cool pg 426
  • Hippie Water pg 426

PROTEIN/MEAL REPLACEMENT

  • Overview pg 428
  • Premier Protein (BellRing Brands) pg 434
  • OWYN/Atkins/Quest (Simply Good Food) pg 435
  • Orgain pg 437
  • Huel pg 438
  • Soylent pg 439
  • Protein2O pg 441
  • Slim-Fast pg 442
  • Iconic pg 443
  • Koia pg 444
  • Aloha pg 445
  • LA Libations (Don't Quit/Golden Wing/Orro) pg 446
  • Norse Code pg 449
  • Click pg 449
  • CTRL pg 450
  • Happy Viking pg 451
  • Vega pg 452
  • Mikuna pg 452

FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGES

  • Overview pg 454
  • Kill Cliff pg 460
  • Yesly pg 461
  • Laird Superfood pg 462
  • Odyssey Mushroom Elixir pg 464
  • Nirvana Springs pg 465
  • ZBiotics pg 466
  • Lumen/Monfefo pg 468
  • Pretty Tasty Collagen Tea pg 469
  • Illicit Elixirs pg 469
  • Melting Forest pg 470
  • Holy Water pg 470
  • Neuro pg 471
  • Shine Water pg 472
  • Bala pg 472
  • Leilo pg 473
  • Good Idea pg 475
  • Tru pg 476
  • VitaCup pg 477
  • Space Shake pg 477
  • BioLift pg 478
  • Swirlit/SmileSip pg 479
  • Breinfuel pg 480
  • Recoup pg 480

YERBA MATE/GUAYUSA

  • Overview pg 481
  • Guayaki pg 484
  • Yerbae pg 486
  • Clean Cause pg 487
  • Club-Mate pg 488

ENERGY DRINKS

  • Overview pg 489
  • C4 pg 499
  • Congo Brands (Alani Nu/Prime Energy) pg 501
  • Celsius pg 502
  • Guru Energy pg 505
  • Zoa pg 506
  • Ghost pg 507
  • A Shoc/Accelerator pg 508
  • Redcon1 pg 510
  • Lucky F*ck pg 511
  • Goat Fuel pg 512
  • Gym Weed pg 513
  • G Fuel pg 513
  • Uptime pg 515
  • Phocus pg 516
  • Ryse Fuel pg 517
  • Bucked Up pg 517
  • Gorgie pg 518
  • LifeAid/FitAid pg 519
  • Riot Energy pg 521
  • Nerd Focus pg 522
  • Update Energy pg 523
  • Exponent Fusion pg 524
  • EBoost pg 524
  • Nocco pg 526
  • Joyburst pg 527
  • 3E pg 527
  • Sunshine Beverages pg 528
  • Oca pg 529
  • Bawls/Crunk!!! pg 529
  • Marquis pg 530
  • Patria pg 531
  • Sway pg 532
  • Good Idea pg 533
  • Rat Bastard pg 534
  • Bum/3D Energy pg 534

SHOTS

  • Overview pg 535
  • 5-Hour pg 536
  • Vitamin Energy pg 537
  • Forto pg 539
  • So Good So You pg 540
  • Ethan's Functional Shots pg 541
  • Kor Shots pg 542
  • Morning Recovery pg 542
  • The Plug Drink pg 543
  • Monfefo pg 544
  • Romr pg 545
  • MTE pg 546

HPP/CLEANSES

  • Overview pg 547
  • Suja pg 552
  • Forager pg 555
  • Rebbl pg 556
  • Garden of Flavor pg 557
  • Urban Remedy pg 558
  • WTRMLN WTR pg 559
  • Lumi pg 560
  • Arden's Garden pg 561
  • Pure Green pg 562

READY-TO-DRINK COFFEE

  • Overview pg 564
  • Rasa Coffee pg 572
  • La Colombe pg 573
  • Bulletproof Coffee pg 574
  • Kitu Life Super Coffee pg 576
  • Chamberlain Coffee pg 577
  • Happy Coffee pg 578
  • Throne Sport Coffee pg 579
  • Rise Brewing pg 580
  • Black Rifle Coffee pg 581
  • Nguyen Coffee pg 584
  • Fire Department Coffee pg 585
  • High Brew pg 586
  • Chameleon Cold-Brew pg 587
  • Dutch Bros pg 588
  • Grady's pg 589
  • Wandering Bear pg 590
  • Riff pg 591
  • Verve Coffee Roasters pg 592
  • Slingshot Coffee pg 593
  • Elemental Beverage pg 594
  • Jot pg 595
  • Loco Coffee pg 595
  • Steeped Coffee pg 596
  • Alpine Start pg 597
  • Explorer pg 598
  • Land O'Sun (Thunder Coffee) pg 599
  • Bizzy pg 599
  • Snowing in Space pg 601
  • Bellwether Coffee pg 601
  • Taika pg 602
  • Quokka pg 603
  • FairWave pg 604
  • Trade pg 604
  • Crio Bru pg 605
  • Mud WTR pg 606
  • Kamana pg 607
  • Blue Stripes pg 608
  • Clevr pg 608
  • Copper Cow pg 609
  • Cometeer Coffee pg 609
  • Atomo Coffee pg 610
  • Danger Coffee pg 611

KIDS' BEVERAGES

  • Overview pg 612
  • Plezi pg 618
  • Gnubees pg 619
  • Else Nutrition pg 620
  • Good2Grow pg 621
  • Juicy Juice pg 622
  • Hapi Water pg 623

Have Questions?
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