More bottled water sold in the US than fruit beverages, sport drinks and energy drinks combined
More than half of all beverage sales in the US were carbonated beverages. 27.8% of 2006 US beverage sales was bottled water.
| US beverage market by segment | |||||
| Shipments | Growth | Share | |||
| Segments | 2005 | 2006 | YTY | 2005 | 2006 |
| CSDs | 15,271.6 | 15,103.6 | -1.1% | 52.9% | 50.9% |
| Bottled Water | 7,537.1 | 8,253.1 | 9.5% | 26.1% | 27.8% |
| Fruit Beverages | 4,119.0 | 4,020.1 | -2.4% | 14.3% | 13.5% |
| Sports Drinks | 1,207.5 | 1,348.8 | 11.7% | 4.2% | 4.5% |
| RTD Tea | 555.9 | 701.5 | 26.2% | 1.9% | 2.4% |
| Energy Drinks | 152.5 | 227.4 | 49.1% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| RTD Coffee | 38.9 | 43.0 | 10.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Total | 28,882.5 | 29,697.6 | 2.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Source: Beverage Marketing Corporation | |||||
Published on: March 29, 2007 Department: General