Soft drink sales in Mexico have decreased in one year: INEGI

In the first eight months of 2025, sales of soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages in Mexico amounted to 198.5 million pesos, 2.7% lower—adjusting for inflation—than those reported in the same period last year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).

Similarly, the value of production fell 2.5% annually. Despite this, the industry's workforce rose to 64,336 workers in August 2025, 5.9% higher than the previous year.

Although there are multiple causes of the increase in overweight and obesity, There is evidence that consuming sugary drinks like soft drinks increases the risk of suffering from it, in addition to diseases like type two diabetes, indicate data from the National Institute of Public Health (INSP).

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Meanwhile, during this morning's press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum asserted that the goal of the tax is not to raise revenue, but rather to "reduce soft drink consumption and prevent increased rates of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity among the population."

Mexico is one of the countries that consumes the most junk food and soft drinks in Latin America and one of the countries with the highest childhood obesity in the world, Therefore, the government has been trying to limit the consumption of these products through various means for some time.

With information from AP.

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