Pepsi introduces prebiotic cola after Poppi acquisition

Pepsico On Monday, he announced this autumn that he would start a prebiotic coke under his name under the Soda brand.

Pepsi prebiotic cola comes only four months after the beverage giant announces the acquisition of a $ 1.95 billion Poppi. Soda consumption has fallen widely in the US in the US in the last twenty years, but Poppi and the newly arrived Olipop have fueled the prebiotic soda, in the last five years, consumers with health -conscious allegations of intestinal health. The purchase closed in May.

There was pepsi before the agreement Reportedly Starting its own functional soda under the Soulboost brand, but it has canceled these plans.

As the demand for their drinks falls at home, Pepsi leans on health trends such as protein and fiber crazy to attract customers. In the second quarter, the company’s volume of North America was shrinking by 2%. His name was Soda, one of the few bright points that helped Pepsi Zero Sugar’s success.

Consumers will be able to buy Pepsi Prebiotic Cola online starting from retailers in autumn and next year. The new drink contains three grams of prebiotic fiber – one gram more than Poppi’s soda, but only one third of the fiber content of Olipop.

The new Pepsi beverage also contains five grams of cane sugar. In the United States, the classic pepsi corn syrup is sweetened.

Artificial sweeteners and high fructose corn syrup Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And “make America again healthy” agenda came under fire. President Donald Trump, who has long been a fan of Aspartam-Sweeted Diet Coke, claimed that he was in a social media post on Wednesday. Coca In the US, he agreed to put back the “real reed” on the name soda with Egyptian syrup.

Coke, Pepsi’s Poppi agreement only weeks before, in February, on the west coast and southeast consumers simply introduced the Pop Prebiotic Soda brand. Managers can share MroE updates about the performance of the line during Coke’s earning conference meeting on Tuesday morning.