
Food & Beverage
Red Bull Won the Cooler. Celsius Won the Chatbot.
New 5W research ranks the top 25 functional-beverage brands by AI citation share — and the $152 billion category no longer ranks the way the shelf does.

New 5W research ranks the top 25 functional-beverage brands by AI citation share — and the $152 billion category no longer ranks the way the shelf does.

The most important shelf in consumer products is no longer inside a store. It sits inside an AI answer. CPG's discovery surface moved to ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — and the brands building for that shift are growing share.