Taiwan

The increasing tendency of Taiwanese consumers to favour healthier soft drinks ensured bottled water recorded another solid performance in off-trade volume growth terms in 2023. Carbonated bottled water was the most dynamic of the main categories in…

Breakfast cereals in Taiwan was negatively affected by the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. This resulted in the return to working outside the home, travel and on-the-go consumption. Hence, the occasions for having breakfast at home in Taiwan were…

Freed from the restrictions on movement seen during the pandemic, 2023 saw a surge in consumers dining out. After relying on home-cooked meals during the pandemic, consumers were keen to begin indulging in dining out again, significantly reducing the…

Coffee is a daily ritual for most people in Taiwan, but especially office workers, with this benefiting cafés/bars. Convenience store cafés/bars play an important role in due to the wide coverage of these stores, which gives consumers easy access to…

Carbonates in smaller pack sizes of 200-350ml gained ground in off- and on-trade channels in Taiwan in 2023. This was partly due to rising health-consciousness among the population, in that concerns about the sugar content of these soft drinks led…