According to a survey conducted by Rakuten Insight in November 2019, around 30.5 percent of respondents in Hong Kong who did not consume functional beverages said that they did not understand the function and claims of those types of beverages. Almost the same proportion of the respondents said they did not believe the health benefit claims.
Consumers' reasons for not trying functional beverages in Hong Kong as of November 2019
among respondents who had not tried functional beverages
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Survey question:
Why have you not tried any of the listed functional beverages?
Functional beverages described in other questions of the survey included energy-boosting drinks, fermented/probiotic drinks, low-calorie drinks, drinks promoting beauty/brain performance/health, functional water, "detox" drinks, etc.
Among a total of 3,605 survey respondents in Hong Kong, 750 said they had not tried any functional beverages.
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Rakuten Insight. (February 4, 2020). Consumers' reasons for not trying functional beverages in Hong Kong as of November 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094452/hong-kong-reasons-for-not-trying-functional-beverages/
Rakuten Insight. "Consumers' reasons for not trying functional beverages in Hong Kong as of November 2019." Chart. February 4, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094452/hong-kong-reasons-for-not-trying-functional-beverages/
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Consumers' reasons for not trying functional beverages in Hong Kong as of November 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094452/hong-kong-reasons-for-not-trying-functional-beverages/
Rakuten Insight. "Consumers' Reasons for Not Trying Functional Beverages in Hong Kong as of November 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094452/hong-kong-reasons-for-not-trying-functional-beverages/
Rakuten Insight, Consumers' reasons for not trying functional beverages in Hong Kong as of November 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094452/hong-kong-reasons-for-not-trying-functional-beverages/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Consumers' reasons for not trying functional beverages in Hong Kong as of November 2019 [Graph], Rakuten Insight, February 4, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094452/hong-kong-reasons-for-not-trying-functional-beverages/
