Consumer

Struggling Brewers Push To Make Nonalcoholic Beer More Than a Fad

After all the investment and attention in recent years, nonalcoholic beer is only expected to be about 3% of the global beer market by 2029. 

Fans carry Budweiser Zero during the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.

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Nonalcoholic beer needs a second act.

The category boomed in recent years as the likes of Anheuser-Busch InBev, Heineken NV and Diageo Plc poured in money. But after those gains made it one of brewing’s few bright spots, it’s still just 2% of the global beer market’s volume, according to IWSR.