2018 State of the Beverage Industry: Bottled water remains the No. 1 beverage in the United States

Beverage holds place for second consecutive year

July 11, 2018

For the second consecutive year, The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), Alexandria, Va., and New York-based Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC) announced that bottled water is the No. 1 beverage in the United States, by volume.

In 2017, bottled water volume grew to 13.7 billion gallons, a 7 percent increase over the previous year, BMC said in statement. Bottled water sales now total $18.5 billion, an increase of 8.8 percent. Per capita consumption saw a 6.2 percent increase from last year, exceeding over 42 gallons of bottled water. BMC statistics show this is a result of the average annual intake of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) falling to 37.5 gallons.

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2018 State of the Beverage Industry: Bottled water remains the No. 1 beverage in the United States

Beverage holds place for second consecutive year

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