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Other Hot Drinks in South Korea

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  • 23 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: South Korea
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 655430
Other hot drinks in South Korea saw low retail value growth in 2025, although retail volume sales continued to decline, as chocolate-based flavoured powder drinks saw challenges from rising cocoa prices and changing consumer preferences. Brands therefore innovated with low-sugar and functional products to attract consumers’ interest. In terms of distribution, retail e-commerce continued its steady rise, although offline retail continued to dominate.

This report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2020-2025, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2030 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Flavoured Powder Drinks, Other Plant-based Hot Drinks.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Other Hot Drinks market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Other hot drinks faces challenges from declining birth rate and health trend
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Health trend hampers growth and prompts a shift to lower sugar products
  • Challenge from rising cocoa prices
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Value and volume declines anticipated due to the falling birth rate and changing consumer behaviour
  • An increasing number of low sugar launches anticipated
  • Opportunities by offering functional non-chocolate-based flavoured powder drinks
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Jetty and Mite from Dongsuh Foods remain staples for young children
  • Smaller players take share from the leaders
CHANNELS
  • Offline retail channels supermarkets and hypermarkets together dominate
  • Retail e-commerce continues its steady rise, and this is set to continue
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Retail Sales of Other Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Retail Sales of Other Hot Drinks by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Retail Sales of Other Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Retail Sales of Other Hot Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Other Hot Drinks: % Retail Value 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Other Hot Drinks: % Retail Value 2022-2025
  • Table 7 Forecast Retail Sales of Other Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 8 Forecast Retail Sales of Other Hot Drinks by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 9 Forecast Retail Sales of Other Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Retail Sales of Other Hot Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERHOT DRINKS IN SOUTH KOREA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Tea outperforms, as consumers look for small indulgences and healthy options
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Retail value growth, but volumes decline, and performances vary widely
  • The search for wellness in a chaotic world
  • Companies increasingly aim to offer affordable sustainability in hot drinks
  • Players use different strategies to address high prices and frustrated consumers
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Convenient, healthy and sustainable products expected to drive growth
  • Companies expected to innovate to meet changing consumer demands
  • Moving forward, digital engagement will be critical for growth
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Dongsuh’s wide portfolio and brand loyalty contribute to its continued lead
  • Nestlé performs well, especially in fresh ground coffee pods, but changes are ahead
CHANNELS
  • Offline retail maintains its distribution dominance, although its share falls
  • Retail e-commerce sees a rising share, and even overtakes offline retail in tea
  • The rising share of foodservice volume sales continues
MARKET DATA
  • Table 11 Sales of Hot Drinks by Retail vs Foodservice: % Volume Breakdown 2020-2025
  • Table 12 Sales of Hot Drinks by Retail vs Foodservice: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 13 Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Foodservice Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 18 Foodservice Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 19 Total Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Total Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 20 Total Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Total Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 21 NBO Company Shares of Hot Drinks: % Retail Value 2021-2025
  • Table 22 LBN Brand Shares of Hot Drinks: % Retail Value 2022-2025
  • Table 23 Penetration of Private Label in Hot Drinks by Category: % Retail Value 2020-2025
  • Table 24 Retail Distribution of Hot Drinks by Format: % Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 25 Retail Distribution of Hot Drinks by Format and Category: % Volume 2025
  • Table 26 Forecast Sales of Hot Drinks by Retail vs Foodservice: % Volume Breakdown 2025-2030
  • Table 27 Forecast Sales of Hot Drinks by Retail vs Foodservice: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 28 Forecast Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 29 Forecast Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 30 Forecast Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 31 Forecast Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 32 Forecast Foodservice Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 33 Forecast Foodservice Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 34 Forecast Total Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Total Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 35 Forecast Total Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Total Volume Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources