Beverages:

Non Alcoholic

Non Alcoholic

By definition:  Any natural or processed liquid for human consumption which provides the human body with nutritional elements via oral ingestion and does not contain more than 0.5 percent ethyl alcohol by volume.

The non-alcoholic beverage category has been subdivided into non-alcoholic beverages and alternative beverages. Non-alcoholic beverages refer to coffee, tea, dairy, carbonated beverages, bottled waters and juices. There are a variety of trends occurring in the non-alcoholic beverage category. Products such as coffee and teas are gaining in popularity, an assortment of cold beverages are continuing to grow, and a variety of new product introductions are encouraging companies to try new ideas.

Alternative beverages consist of soy beverages, sports drinks, energy drinks, enhanced or functional beverages and new products including vegetable beverages, flavored milks and drinkable yogurts.