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CASE FILE 30Source valuation
What is our water source worth to investors?
Premium bottled water, North America
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A value range and an honest plan review
CASE FILE 29Market update
Is the water cooler market still growing?
Water coolers, North America
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CASE FILE 28Prospect mapping
Who is ready for our filling equipment?
Dairy and juice processing, West Africa
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A qualified prospect list for sales
CASE FILE 26Multi-country sizing
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Goat's cheese, ten markets worldwide
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We focus on sectors where we have deep category knowledge, proprietary market data and long-standing industry research.
Water & Hydration
- Small-pack bottled water
- Water dispense (BWD, POU, ITS)
- Premium water
- Functional & enhanced water
Soft Drinks & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- Carbonates
- Juice
- Energy & sports drinks
- RTD tea & coffee
- Functional beverages
Dairy & Cheese
- Cheese
- Milk
- Yogurt
- Cream
- Dairy ingredients & alternatives
Wider Food, Beverage & Packaging
- Aseptic packaging
- Functional nutrition
- Ingredients
- Packaged foods
- Selected adjacent F&B categories
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Global Cheese Database 2026
Compare demand, production and import dependence across 48 markets and 39 cheese types to prioritise markets and varieties. Includes 2025 actuals and forecasts to 2030, with Excel and PDF country reports and Zenith support.
Global Aseptic Packaging Market Report 2026
Assess demand by market, category and pack format to support capacity planning and sales priorities. Covers 39 markets, with 2025 actuals and forecasts to 2030.
Global Water Dispense Market Reports 2026
Compare markets, benchmark operators and identify industry players across 35+ markets. Explore PDF, Excel and Power BI options, with forecasts to 2030.
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UK Water Drinks Reports 2026
Plain bottled water, flavoured, functional and juicy waters and the total UK water drinks market: companies, brands, own label and forecasts to 2030.
From £3,900 excluding VAT
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Global Water Database 2026
Packaged, bulk, flavoured and premium water in 86 markets, in litres, with actuals to 2025 and forecasts to 2030. The Global Licence includes the Global Premium Bottled Water Report 2026.
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Global Premium Bottled Water Report 2026, 8th edition
Global and regional premium bottled water volume, value and value per litre, the top five markets, global brand profiles and deep dives on the USA, UK, Japan, China, UAE and Germany, each also sold as a single-market report. Also included in the Global Water Database 2026 Global Licence.
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29 OCT 2026Health, Nutrition & FunctionalLeprino's 35 Million Dollar Lubbock Whey Expansion Will Finish Other Cheese Makers' Protein
Leprino Nutrition has completed a 35 million dollar expansion at Lubbock, Texas, quadrupling its microparticulated whey capacity. The new line will finish whey solids bought in from other cheese makers, which moves the tight step in the chain away from the vat.
28 OCT 2026Corporate Strategy & PortfolioSIG Sets A 20% Aseptic Carton Margin Target And Writes Down The Rest Of The Portfolio
SIG has raised its margin guidance, set a mid-term aseptic carton target above 20% and booked a charge of about 250 million euros against everything else. Zenith's data puts the world aseptic market at 344 billion packs, so the growth SIG has promised has to be taken from somebody else's lines.
27 OCT 2026Sustainability, Regulation & RiskUS Puts 50% On Canadian Cheddar And Gouda Over A 6,376 Tonne Cheese Quota That Is Already 97% Full
Named Canadian cheeses have paid a 50% US duty since 15 September 2026, and a New Jersey food firm sued on 20 October to stop it. The quota rule behind the fight covers 6,376 tonnes and was filled to about 97% last year.
26 OCT 2026Health, Nutrition & FunctionalCheese Gets $3.76 Billion Of A $15 Billion US Dairy Build-Out While Milk And Cream Take $5.63 Billion
United States dairy firms are building more than $15 billion of new plant capacity across 23 states. Cheese holds $3.76 billion of it, and milk and cream have overtaken cheese at $5.63 billion.
26 OCT 2026Health, Nutrition & FunctionalWest Europe Aseptic Volume Falls To 27.2 Billion Litres While Pack Numbers Return To Growth: UHT Milk Drops 2.1% A Year
West Europe filled 27,191 million litres of aseptic product in 2025. It is the only region falling on litres both to 2025 and to 2030, yet its pack count returns to growth by 2030.
26 OCT 2026Corporate Strategy & PortfolioAseptic Other Dairy Fills A Third Of The World's Packs On 27,177 Million Litres: Family Cartons Grow 6% A Year While Portion Cartons Stall
Aseptic other dairy filled 27,177 million litres and 115,532 million packs in 2025, a third of the world total. Family cartons grew 6.0% a year while portion cartons went backwards.
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Global Aseptic Packaging Market Report 2026
39 markets, 2025 actuals and forecasts to 2030 by category, region and pack type.
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Global Cheese Database 2026
48 markets and 39 cheese types: production, trade and consumption to 2030.
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UK Water Drinks Reports 2026
Plain, flavoured and functional water in the UK: companies, brands, own label and forecasts to 2030.
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Global Water Database 2026
Packaged, bulk, flavoured and premium water in 86 markets, to 2030.
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Global Premium Bottled Water Report 2026
Premium water volume, value and brands, with six country deep dives.
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Global Water Dispense Market Reports 2026
Coolers, dispensers and operators across 35+ markets, with forecasts to 2030.
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