Pepsi introduces prebiotic cola
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Straight Arrow News on MSNPepsiCo enters functional soda market with prebiotic launch
PepsiCo launches a new prebiotic cola and expands health-focused products, responding to demand for gut health and cleaner ingredients.
The cola innovation comes just four months after PepsiCo’s $1.95 billion acquisition of Poppi, signaling a significant commitment to the latest trend in consumer beverage consumption, per CNBC. PepsiCo is banking on the latest health trend to be a permanent one as the company announces the launch of its Pepsi Prebiotic Cola.
TheStreet. PepsiCo (PEP) , which owns popular food and drink brands such as Pepsi, Lay’s, Gatorade, Quaker, Tostitos, and more, continues to suffer from a dramatic change in customer behavior, and it is making bold moves to address the problem.
PepsiCo said in late April that it would remove the artificial sweetener from most of its diet sodas. The new version of Diet Pepsi will be sweetened with sucralose, also known as Splenda.