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Production of non-alcoholic beverages in China from August 2024 to August 2025 (in million metric tons)

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September 2025

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China

Survey time period

August 2024 to August 2025

Supplementary notes

*According to the source, the figures for January and February were grouped together to curb the effect of the Chinese New Year which falls between January and February.

Non-alcoholic drinks here refer to products with no more than 0.5% ethanol content. The products should be prepackaged for drinking directly or after reconstitution with a certain proportion of water. Beverages could be in syrup or solid status.

Figures have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistics.

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In August 2025, approximately million metric tons of soft drinks were produced in China. In the previous year, China produced more than *** million metric tons of soft drinks in total.

Soft drink market

The accumulated production volume of soft drinks in China in 2025 has exceeded *** million metric tons. The forecasted sales revenue of non-alcoholic drinks was expected to cross billion U.S. dollars by 2029. However, leading Chinese beverage companies in the 2024 Fortune China 500 ranking only consisted of one non-alcoholic beverage company.

Functional beverages

According to several surveys, fewer people in China favor regular carbonated soft drinks and more prefer functional drinks such as energy-boosting beverages, fermented/probiotic drinks, low-calorie drinks, drinks promoting beauty or brain performance and health, functional water, and "detox" drinks. Most respondents admitted that they had tried fermented beverages promoting gut health and water with added vitamins or minerals. The majority would purchase such drinks in a supermarket or mini-mart rather than order them in a café or buy online.