Japanese Product Innovation Series Market Report: Soft Drinks

Published by: Datamonitor

Published: Jun. 6, 2008 - 30 Pages

Table of Contents

DATAMONITOR VIEW

CATALYST

SUMMARY

ANALYSIS

Total Market Review

Soft drinks became the most valuable sector among the food and beverage industry in Japan in 2007

In 2007, RTD tea drinks remained as the biggest sector, while total market growth was mainly from carbonated drinks and mineral water

Consumption per capita reached 145 liters in 2007

The top five companies account for 75.25% of the market

Sector Analysis

Coffee sector: market showed minor growth in 2007

Coca-Cola Georgia is the leading brand

Key product developments from major manufacturers

Tea sector: Suntory and Ito En are the major forces behind growth

Ito En continued to gain market share amid decline in the green tea segment

Suntory Oolong Cha leads the growth of oolong tea segment

Key product developments from major manufacturers

Carbonated drinks sector: zero calorie colas and clear carbonated drinks are the main forces behind growth in 2007

Coca-Cola and Pepsi are forming a duopoly market in the cola segment

Key product developments from major manufacturers

Fruit-based juice sector: drinks containing more than 10% fruit juice showed the greatest growth

Coca-Cola is the leader in the sector

Key product developments from major manufacturers

Packaged water sector: strong sales growth is expected to continue

Japanese sourced packaged water accounts for more than three quarters of this sector

Key product developments from major manufacturers

Sports drinks sector: Aquarius is the clear leader in the sector

Key product developments from major manufacturers

Milky drinks sector: Calpis remains at the dominating position in the sector

Key product developments from major manufacturers

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List of Tables

Table 1: Production of soft drinks in Japan (volume = 1,000 kl, value = JPY billion)

Table 2: Consumption of soft drinks in 2007 in Japan

Table 3: Shipments of top soft drinks companies in Japan (000 cases)

Table 4: Consumption of RTD coffee products in 2007 in Japan

Table 5: Shipments by market leaders in coffee drinks (million cases)

Table 6: Production of RTD tea drinks in Japan (000 kl, JPY billion)

Table 7: Consumption of RTD tea in 2007 in Japan

Table 8: Shipments by market leaders in green tea drinks (million cases)

Table 9: Shipments by market leaders in oolong tea drinks (million cases)

Table 10: Production of carbonated drinks in Japan (000 kl, JPY billion)

Table 11: Consumption of carbonated drinks in 2007 in Japan

Table 12: Shipments by market leaders in carbonated drinks (million cases)

Table 13: Production of fruit-based juice drinks in Japan (000 kl, JPY billion)

Table 14: Consumption of fruit-based juice drinks in 2007 in Japan

Table 15: Shipments by market leaders in fruit-based juice drinks (million cases)

Table 16: Consumption of packaged water products in 2007 in Japan

Table 17: Shipments by market leaders in packaged water products

Table 18: Shipments by market leaders in sports drinks products (million cases)

Table 19: Consumption of milky drink products in 2007 in Japan

Table 20: Shipments by market leaders in concentrated type milky drinks products (kl)

Table 21: Shipments by market leaders in straight type milky drinks products (kl)

List of Figures

Figure 1: Sectors in soft drinks and shares of production volume in 2007

Figure 2: Key RTD coffee products from major companies

Figure 3: Key RTD tea drink products from major companies

Figure 4: Key carbonated drink products from major companies

Figure 5: Key fruit-based juice drink products from major companies

Figure 6: Key packaged water products from major companies

Figure 7: Key sports drink products from major companies

Figure 8: Key milky drink products from major companies

Abstract

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