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ThaiBev introduces 100Plus in bid to grow soft drinks market share

By RJ Whitehead

- Last updated on GMT

ThaiBev owns 100Plus through one of its businesses in Singapore
ThaiBev owns 100Plus through one of its businesses in Singapore

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Thai Drinks will invest US$92m in promoting 100Plus, a functional drinks brand made by Fraser and Neave, the Singaporean manufacturer with which it shares its parent, ThaiBev, the Thai alcoholic drinks major.

The move marks the beginning of ThaiBev’s attack of Thailand’s non-alcoholic drinks segment—where it is currently weak—and specifically the US$1.4bn functional drinks market, which it will enter with 100Plus.

Thai Drinks, ThaiBev’s beverage management business, has been enlisted to take responsibility of the 100Plus marketing in the company’s bid to generate US$460m in sales of the sports drink over the next five years.

In the midst of a plan to increase the contribution of non-alcoholic beverage brands, which include Est carbonated soft drinks, Oishi green tea and NutriSoy soy milk, from the current 10% of ThaiBev's overall sales to 50% by 2020 with turnover reaching $10bn by that year.

100Plus has been available in Malaysia for 31 years and is currently the number one brand in the country with a 15% market share. It is now available in Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Brunei and Myanmar, as well as Thailand, said Marut Buranasetkul, president and chief executive of Thai Drinks. 

Marut added that Thai Drinks and F&N plan to discuss distributing the functional drink in Europe by the middle of this year. 

According to Jesdakorn Ghosh, the Thai Drinks vice-president: “100Plus… will stimulate the expansion of the market, which is growing at about 4% a year.”

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100 Plus

Posted by John Bishop,

I have just tried the new Thai made 100Plus and I am very disappointed. It has a much higher sugar content and tastes syrupy compared with the Singapore and Malaysian version that I have known for years. I was happy to be able to buy the drink here but will probably not buy any more as it is so different and over sweet.

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