This Market Dynamics report features market data taken from Mintel’s UK Carbonated Soft Drinks Market Report 2026. Giving you direct access to key market information and analysis from our category experts. This report is ideal for those looking for a topline summary of the UK CSD market. The full report is available to purchase here.
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THE MARKET
- Snapshot – market size and forecast
- Weak consumer confidence holds mixed potential for CSDs
- Graph 1: financial wellbeing and confidence indices, 2019-26
- Healthy eating efforts bring opportunities and threats to CSDs
- New proposals could bring more products in scope of HFSS and SDIL
- DRS set to launch in October 2027
- Market size and forecast of carbonated soft drinks
- Graph 2: market value forecast for carbonated soft drinks, 2019-30
- Market size and forecast
- Retail and on-premise sales rebound in 2025
- Graph 3: value sales of CSDs, by on- and off-trade, 2019-25
- Cola and other carbonates record volume growth in 2025
- Graph 4: retail value sales of CSDs, by segment, 2023-25
- Most brands see retail volume growth, own-label struggles to make gains in 2024/25
- Graph 5: leading brands’ value sales in the CSDs retail market, 2023/24-2025/26
- Graph 6: leading brands’ volume sales in the CSDs retail market, 2023/24-2025/26
- Dr Pepper and 7UP outperform the category amid continued own-label decline
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PRODUCT, INNOVATION AND MARKETING
- Leading cola brands continue to add flavour twists
- Gut-friendly CSDs grow visibility
- Marketing themes span sport, entertainment and taste
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APPENDIX
- Market definition
- The market
- Market size and forecast of carbonated soft drinks (value)
- Market size and forecast of carbonated soft drinks (volume)
- Market forecast and prediction intervals – value
- Market forecast and prediction intervals – volume
- Retail value and volume sales of CSDs, by type
- Sales of CSDs, by channel
- CSDs market share – value sales – brands
- CSDs market share – volume sales – brands
- CSDs market share – value sales – manufacturer
- CSDs market share – volume sales – manufacturer
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