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The Future of Sports and Energy Drinks 2025
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In the future, weight loss medications and the Saudi Arabia World Cup will shape sports drinks, and energy drinks will seek the 'new matcha' of natural caffeine. Alex Beckett, Director…
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The Future of Sports and Energy Drinks 2025

"In the future, weight loss medications and the Saudi Arabia World Cup will shape sports drinks, and energy drinks will seek the 'new matcha' of natural caffeine."

Alex Beckett, Director - Mintel Food & Drink

Alex Beckett, Director - Mintel Food & Drink

Discover the most important future trends in sports and energy drinks with Mintel’s Future Of report. The report identifies the key consumer and industry trends that will impact the sports and energy drinks industry over the next five years.

Upcoming global trends in sports and energy drinks are analysed and succinctly presented alongside relevant insights from Mintel’s consumer data. So you can understand how consumer demands will change and identify future innovation and growth opportunities.

Future Trends in the Sports and Energy Drinks Industry Covered in the Report

  • The search for the next matcha
  • Sports drinks will adapt to the GLP-1 landscape
  • Stimulant lessons from snus and vaping

Purchase the full report for a complete overview of the trends shaping the future of the sports and energy drinks industry. Alongside Mintel’s pick of the most innovative and inspirational sports and energy drinks launches in the global market. Understanding the future of sports and energy drinks has never been so easy.

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  1. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

    • Where are we now: energy drinks
    • Where are we now: sports drinks
    • In the next two years
    • In the next five years
  2. IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS

    • Mintel’s perspective
    • Brands should anticipate consumers’ understanding of clean energy to diversify
    • Artificial sweeteners are a weak spot for clean energy drinks
    • Why artificial sweeteners will be more unwelcome in energy drinks
    • Juice, sugar and water will signal clean in energy drinks
    • Orka tells Mintel how it is redefining ‘clean’ energy
    • Energy drinks must prioritise learning from the matcha boom  and retain their older and more female audience
    • Energy drinks will seek to replicate the matcha phenomenon to broaden their audience
    • Rising energy drink usage among older consumers will suit more natural and premium innovation
    • Graph 1: any usage of energy drinks, by age group, 2023 vs 2025
    • Energy drinks can harness out-of-home usage to win new users
    • Graph 2: usage of energy drinks during a night out, by gender/age, 2024 vs 2025
    • Female users and energy drinks: three things to watch in 2026
    • The GLP-1 landscape will push sports drinks further into recovery and hydration zones
    • As GLP-1 usage proliferates, sports drinks need to adapt
    • A wider repertoire of weight loss solutions unlocks opportunities for sports drinks
    • Three consumer truths about weight loss that sports drinks are well-placed to address
    • Three innovation routes for sports drinks in a GLP-1 world
  3. IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

    • Mintel’s perspective
    • Less affected by AI-related cuts, blue collar workers will remain core energy drink users
    • Brands should anticipate differing needs from blue collar and white collar workers
    • The 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia will be a showcase for local sports drink concepts
    • Restrictions on snus and caffeinated vapes will make energy drinks more of a go-to stimulant
    • The profitability and tech-savviness of future stimulants will present more competition for energy drinks
    • Key takeaways

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