Which cocktail mixer brands do AI assistants recommend in Australia? Q4 2026
In Australia, AI assistants most often recommend Schweppes, Fever-Tree and CAPI for cocktail mixers. Schweppes is named by 5 of 5 assistants.
What the data says
Schweppes (Keurig Dr Pepper) is the cocktail mixer brand AI assistants recommend most in Australia, taking 28.7% of all recommendation points across 5 assistants. Fever-Tree follows with 22.5% and CAPI is third with 10%.
Schweppes's lead over Fever-Tree is 6.2 points, a clear advantage in how AI shortlists the category.
ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Gemini put Schweppes first, while Claude favours Sprite and Grok favours Fever-Tree.
The top five brands hold 75% of recommendations out of 15 brands named in total, so AI answers in this category are highly concentrated.
| # | Brand | Owner | AI share | ChatGPT | Claude | DeepSeek | Gemini | Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schweppes | Keurig Dr Pepper | 28.7% | 35 | 20 | 35 | 35 | 47 |
| 2 | Fever-Tree | Fever-Tree | 22.5% | 25 | – | 25 | 25 | 60 |
| 3 | CAPI | CAPI | 10% | 20 | – | 20 | 20 | – |
| 4 | Canada Dry | Coca-Cola | 8% | – | 8 | 12 | – | 28 |
| 5 | Coca-Cola | Coca-Cola | 6.2% | 12 | 25 | – | – | – |
| 6 | Sprite | Coca-Cola | 5.8% | – | 35 | – | – | – |
| 7 | 1724 | Global Premium Brands | 4.2% | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| 8 | Q Tonic | Q Mixers | 3.3% | – | – | – | – | 20 |
| 9 | StrangeLove | StrangeLove | 2% | – | – | – | 12 | – |
| 10 | Bundaberg Ginger Beer | Bundaberg Brewed Drinks | 2% | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| 11 | 7Up | PepsiCo | 2% | – | 12 | – | – | – |
| 12 | Pepsi | PepsiCo | 1.3% | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Kirks | Coca-Cola | 1.3% | – | – | 8 | – | – |
| 14 | Bundaberg | Bundaberg Brewed Drinks | 1.3% | – | – | – | 8 | – |
| 15 | Q Mixers | Q Mixers | 1.3% | – | – | – | – | 8 |
Questions about AI cocktail mixer recommendations
- Which cocktail mixer brand does ChatGPT recommend most in Australia?
- ChatGPT recommends Schweppes most often for cocktail mixer in Australia. Across all assistants, Schweppes leads with 28.7% of recommendations.
- Which cocktail mixer brand is improving fastest in Australia?
- Sprite has the strongest momentum among challengers: AI names it first in 1 of 1 answers where it appears, while holding 5.8% share. This is the first Q4 2026 reading; change over time will be shown from the next update.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- We ask each AI assistant the questions shoppers ask in each category and market, record the top five brands it names, and give 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points for positions one to five. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded.
Cocktail Mixers: AI rankings by country
Covers: Soda Mixers.
Method: each AI assistant is asked the shopper questions for every segment in the category and market; the top five brands named score 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded. Rankings reflect AI answers, not sales.
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