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Noncarbonated beverages were responsible for much of the growth, the company said.

Much of this was made in the noncarbonated area.

Americans instead are reaching for teas, juice and other noncarbonated options.

Most of the growth in North America was from water brands and other noncarbonated drinks.

The company gained market share in the carbonated and noncarbonated beverage categories.

It has also added a noncarbonated mineral water.

The noncarbonated water comes naturally from the springs.

They rejected his call to require a deposit on cans and bottles of noncarbonated drinks.

Noncarbonated beverages, by contrast, have raced along, growing as much as 20 percent a year since 1993.

"Given the growth and interest in noncarbonated drinks the potential for Yoo-Hoo could be huge," he said.

The acquisition attempts underscore the emerging importance of the noncarbonated beverage business.

We're looking everywhere for snacks acquisitions or for noncarbonated drinks,' he said.

That includes iced tea and noncarbonated drinks like punch.

Natural noncarbonated mineral water is filled into polycarbonate return bottles of 11 and 19 liters.

But it is fast losing share to a barrage of noncarbonated drinks that offer the only substantial growth in an otherwise flat industry.

As of Dec. 31, the bottle law will take in all containers for noncarbonated juices that hold a gallon or less.

Pepsico's Lipton teas and other noncarbonated drinks grew 25 percent.

Coke needs to keep expanding its noncarbonated offerings."

Among the company's noncarbonated drinks, a promotion helped Hawaiian Punch volume rise 24 percent.

Now aluminum companies, helped by innovations just coming into wide use, are taking on the market for cans containing noncarbonated beverages and foods.

Cadbury has made a push in recent years to offset a flat soda market with sales of noncarbonated beverages.

He cannot stand finishing second in anything, whether in a horse race or the race to build the best noncarbonated drink on the market.

To avoid missing the trend, the soft-drink giants have scrambled to buy the industry's top noncarbonated brands or develop their own.

For that survey, the definition of soft drinks included carbonated and noncarbonated drinks.

"The migration to water and sports drinks and other noncarbonated drinks seems to be permanent."