The global energy drinks market size is anticipated to reach $84.70 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 7.3 percent between 2018 and 2026. These were the findings of Polaris Market Research’s new report, which is titled Energy Drinks Market Share, Size, Trends and Industry Analysis Report, [By Product (Non-alcoholic, Caffeinated, Sports Drink), By Type (Organic, Non-organic, Natural), By Distribution (On-trade, Off-trade & Direct Selling), By Regions]: Segment Forecast, 2018–2026, and provides insights on the current market scenario and the future prospects.
Energy drinks are beverages that typically contain taurine, caffeine, vitamins, glucuronolactone, proprietary blends, herbal extracts, and amino acids, which are marketed as products that boost physical stamina and mental alertness.
These beverages are formulated both with and without sugar and may or may not be carbonated, thus the product ranges are significantly broad. These products are gaining popularity among athletes, students, service members and even the adult consumers.
In spite of the significantly increasing demand, current evidence for efficacy, performance and safety is often contradictory and unsystematic, and the primary concern of these beverages is that most of the product categories offered contain high caffeine concentrations.
The media, scientific community, athletic departments, governments, including the general public, have expressed several safety concerns over consumption of these products.
In a response to these types of concerns, several legislators have formulated different regulations and educational approaches to limit consumption of these products. These are some of the restraining factors that the industry participants face in the present scenario despite the growing demand.
These products experience several different traction types from many demographics, such as the Hispanics and people aged between 18 and 35 are deeply inclined for these products, whereas the millennial consumers opt for regular use of these beverages.
In the next decades, the demand for these products will be at its peak, as these two consumer groups have been rising tremendously.
With such commercial momentum of popularity of these products, the industry participants are not exempted from the beverage industry’s larger forces as a whole. The demand for sugar-free energy drinks or minimum sugar containing products that are formulated with natural ingredients have been rising.
Moreover, these organic or natural beverages are to satisfy all of the functional characteristics as the conventional products, as are the expectations of the modern consumers and their complex demands.
From the start-ups, new market entrants to the legacy brand names, the energy drinks market are still in the midst of an era of evolution, which is expected to redefine these products in the near future.
The United States is the largest consumer of energy drinks in the present industry scenario. In 2016 and 2017, regular energy drinks demand in the country slowed down that historically performed strongly. However, the demand for sugar-free or reduced sugar products have seen significant success spearheading present growth in the US market.
Consumers in the US are also demanding a new and wide variety of natural flavours and functionality within the low-calorie beverage categories.
Some of the leading brands in the country include PepsiCo, GCMMF, Coca-Cola, Heinz, GSK, Goldwin Healthcare, Power Horse, NourishCo, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Monster Energy, and Red Bull.
