Which cocktail mixer brands do AI assistants recommend in Japan? Q4 2026
In Japan, AI assistants most often recommend Schweppes, Canada Dry and Wilkinson 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 Japan, taking 20% of all recommendation points across 5 assistants. Canada Dry follows with 17.2% and Wilkinson is third with 12.6%.
The top spot is close: only 2.8 points separate Schweppes and Canada Dry, so a small change in how either brand is described online could flip the order.
DeepSeek puts Schweppes first, while ChatGPT favours Suntory, Claude favours Sprite, Gemini favours Wilkinson and Grok favours Fever-Tree.
The top five brands hold 72% of recommendations out of 11 brands named in total, leaving room for challengers to break into AI shortlists.
| # | Brand | Owner | AI share | ChatGPT | Claude | DeepSeek | Gemini | Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schweppes | Keurig Dr Pepper | 20% | 25 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Canada Dry | Coca-Cola | 17.2% | 20 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 8 |
| 3 | Wilkinson | Asahi | 12.6% | 8 | – | 20 | 35 | – |
| 4 | Fever-Tree | Fever-Tree | 12.6% | – | – | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 5 | Suntory | Suntory | 9.4% | 35 | – | 12 | – | – |
| 6 | Coca-Cola | Coca-Cola | 7.4% | 12 | 25 | – | – | – |
| 7 | Sprite | Coca-Cola | 7% | – | 35 | – | – | – |
| 8 | 1724 | Global Premium Brands | 5% | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| 9 | Q Tonic | Q Mixers | 4% | – | – | – | – | 20 |
| 10 | Yamazaki | Suntory | 2.4% | – | – | – | 12 | – |
| 11 | 7Up | PepsiCo | 2.4% | – | 12 | – | – | – |
Questions about AI cocktail mixer recommendations
- Which cocktail mixer brand does ChatGPT recommend most in Japan?
- ChatGPT recommends Suntory most often for cocktail mixer in Japan. Across all assistants, Schweppes leads with 20% of recommendations.
- Which cocktail mixer brand is improving fastest in Japan?
- Sprite has the strongest momentum among challengers: AI names it first in 1 of 1 answers where it appears, while holding 7% 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.
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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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