But the CDC notes that the consumption of sugar drinks -- including non-carbonated beverages -- is higher than it was 30 years ago.
However, these beverages tend to be priced at lower rates compared to non-carbonated beverages like fruit juices, energy drinks, ready-to-drink beverages and bottled water.
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Expand its portfolio in non-carbonated beverages to leverage the increasing consumer spend in this segment.
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Plans to open 10-12 new plants in China to manufacture soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages and snacks.
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The total North American CSD market size has shown a decline in recent years as consumers switch to healthier alternatives such as juices, Ready-to-Drink teas etc most of which fall into Non-Carbonated Beverages.
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Zero-calorie carbonated beverages and bottled water are now a bigger part of the mix, and consumers are clamoring for them.
The American Heart Association has recommended a consumption goal of no more than 450 kilocalories of sugar-sweetened beverages -- fewer than three 12-ounce cans of carbonated cola -- per week, the report says.
Dentists say sipping fluorescent-colored sports drinks, carbonated beverages and citric fruit juices bathe the teeth in harmful acids.
The Coca-Cola Company holds as much as half of the domestic Chinese market for carbonated beverages, but the juice business is highly fragmented.
The home-carbonated drink maker put out a confusing environmental message of conserving bottle consumption with DIY beverages.
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Global soft-drink seller PepsiCo said that top-line sales were hurt in the second quarter by consumers in developed markets who are cutting out carbonated beverages from their daily budgets.
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