China's Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

4.1.2 Major Products of China’s Beverage Industry:
At present, there are the following types of products in China’s beverage industry:
� Carbonated beverages; including fruit flavored, and cola. The major brands
are Coco Cola, Pepsi Cola, and Jianlibao
� Natural mineral water;
� Fruit & vegetable juice beverages;
� Solid beverages; mainly including bean and milk powder, milky tea.
� Other soft beverages, mainly including Botanic vitamin beverages: such as
bean milk, coconut, and apricot beverages, Special beverages: “Red Bull,”
multivitamin, vitamin AD Ca-milk and other dairy beverages.
China’s major products for the beverage industry in 1998:
Products Output Propo rtion
Carbonated beverage 46%
Natural mineral water 18%
Fruit & vegetable juice beverage 11%
Milky beverage 4%
Botany vitamin beverage 2%
Dairy 3.5%
Other beverages 15.5%
In recent years, carbonated beverages have been on the decline, yet still remain the
leading products. The total output of “Two Colas” has reached 2.7 million tons,
covering 22.6% of the total national beverage output.
4.1.3 New Product Trend of China’s Beverage Industry:
Carbonated beverages will remain stable, with a proportion of 40%-50%. Tea
beverages will grow quickly and be among the 2 nd group of products with bottled
water, fruit juice, fruit juice beverage, milky beverage, and botany vitamin beverage.
With the fast development of new beverage types, China’s average per capita
beverage consumption will increase from 10 Kg now to 20 Kg in 2005. And China’s
total beverage output will reach to 27 million tons then. So the need for beverage
filling processing machines will also grow.
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