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Functional Beverage Production in Australia - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Kathrina Gonzales Kathrina Gonzales Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: October 2024 ANZSIC OD5502

Revenue

$469.8m

2024-25

$469.8m

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xm

Employees

694

Businesses

27

Wages

$XX.Xm

Functional Beverage Production in Australia industry analysis

The Functional Beverage Production industry has grown steadily over the past decade. The two major producers, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Holdings (Australia) and Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd, boosted domestic production to compete with major imported energy drink brands Red Bull and V Energy. Rising concerns about obesity and other health complications have made consumers health-conscious, driving demand for sports drinks and health-related functional beverages.

Trends and Insights

  • Increasing consumer demand for sports drinks, health-related functional beverages and fermented drinks has expanded the Functional Beverage Production industry in recent years. Rising health consciousness, improved disposable incomes and busier lifestyles have driven demand.
  • Fermented drinks have gained popularity among consumers. The market for these beverages, which offer various health benefits, has grown alongside increasing health consciousness and supported smaller producers’ entry into the industry.
  • Functional beverage producers typically establish operations in regions with high population density. That’s why many manufacturers are concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.
  • Functional beverage producers primarily compete on price, as products are relatively homogeneous. Producers offering better value and lower prices can capture a greater market share.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 2.0 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $469.8m in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Strong health consciousness has driven growth and innovation in fermented beverage products

  • Health consciousness remains strong, prompting consumers to be more concerned about their food and beverages' nutritional content and quality.
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Functional Beverage Production in Australia
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Improved discretionary incomes and reduced soft drink consumption will drive revenue growth

  • Real household discretionary incomes are forecast to rise in the coming years after slumping over the three years through 2024-25. This is set to support functional beverage sales.

Biggest companies in the Functional Beverage Production in Australia

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Holdings (Australia)
225.0
Asahi Holdings
100.3
Remedy Drinks
66.0

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Products & Services Segmentation

Functional Beverage Production in Australia
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Energy drinks, Sports drinks and Enhanced water. Energy drinks is the largest segment of the Functional Beverage Production in Australia.

Trends and Insights

Savvy marketing strategies and consumers’ busy lifestyles have driven demand for energy drinks

  • Energy drinks are marketed as being able to boost energy and improve concentration; some consumers drink them as a substitute for coffee. Energy drinks often contain active ingredients or stimulants like caffeine, guarana or taurine.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Producers primarily manufacture functional beverages like health, sports and energy drinks.

What's included in this industry?

Energy drinksSports drinksEnhanced waterFermented drinksNootropic drinksTea drinksProbiotic drinksFruit juices containing functional ingredientsPlant-based drinks

Companies

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Holdings (Australia)Asahi HoldingsRemedy Drinks

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Related Terms

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET)TAURINEFUNCTIONAL BEVERAGENOOTROPIC DRINKS

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 1211 - Functional Beverage Production in Australia

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Increasing consumer demand for sports drinks, health-related functional beverages and fermented drinks has expanded the Functional Beverage Production industry in recent years...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Fermented drinks have gained popularity among consumers. The market for these beverages, which offer various health benefits, has grown alongside increasing health consciousn...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Functional beverage producers typically establish operations in regions with high population density. That’s why many manufacturers are concentrated in New South Wales and Vi...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Functional beverage producers primarily compete on price, as products are relatively homogeneous. Producers offering better value and lower prices can capture a greater marke...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Holdings (Australia) is a major company formed after Coca-Cola European Partners acquired Coca-Cola Amatil in 2021. Meanwhile, Asahi Holdings (...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Holdings (Australia)'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Asahi Holdings's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Remedy Drinks's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 3 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Holdings (Australia), and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Asahi Holdings, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Remedy Drinks, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 3 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Established consumer preferences and continued product diversification, like for fermented beverages, reduce revenue volatility. However, rapid changes in health trends, seas...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Introducing more premium products, which command higher prices and generate greater revenue, has boosted industry profitability. Premium offerings attract health-conscious co...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Functional Beverage Production industry in Australia in 2024?

The market size of the Functional Beverage Production industry in Australia is $469.8m in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Functional Beverage Production in Australia industry in 2024?

There are 27 businesses in the Functional Beverage Production industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 2.4 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Functional Beverage Production industry in Australia grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Functional Beverage Production industry in Australia has been growing at a CAGR of 2.0 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Functional Beverage Production industry in Australia over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Functional Beverage Production industry in Australia is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Functional Beverage Production market in Australia?

The biggest companies operating in the Functional Beverage Production market in Australia are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Holdings (Australia), Asahi Holdings and Remedy Drinks

What does the Functional Beverage Production in Australia include?

Energy drinks and Sports drinks are part of the Functional Beverage Production industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Functional Beverage Production in Australia?

The company holding the most market share in Australia is Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Holdings (Australia).

How competitive is the Functional Beverage Production industry in Australia?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Functional Beverage Production industry in Australia.

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Competitors

  • Bottled Water Manufacturing in Australia
  • Fruit Juice Drink Manufacturing in Australia

Complementors

  • Fruit and Vegetable Processing in Australia

International industries

  • Soda Production in the US
  • Soft Drink, Juice and Bottled Water Manufacturing in New Zealand
  • Soft Drink Production in the UK
  • Soft Drink & Bottled Water Production in Ireland
  • Juice Production in China

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