Pepsi introduces pre -Piotic cola after the Poppi acquisition

Pepsi Prebiotic Cola.

With kind permission: Pepsico

Pepsico On Monday it announced that it would start a prebiotic cola under his brand Named Soda from autumn.

Pepsi Prebiotic Cola comes only four months after the beverage giant has announced its 1.95 billion dollars -takeover of upstart Poppi. Soda consumption has largely fallen in the United States in the past two decades, but prebiotic lemonades that have been driven by Poppi and Newcomer Olipop have won their demands of intestinal health about health-conscious consumers in the past five years. The acquisition was closed in May.

According to Pepsi, Pepsi had reported to start his own functional soda under his soul connection, but canceled these plans.

Since the demand for their drinks in Germany falls, Pepsi leans into health trends such as the protein and the fiber crazy to attract customers. In the second quarter, the company's North American beverage volume shrank 2%. His namesake -soda was one of the few bright spots, supported by the success of Pepsi Zero Sugar.

As of autumn and in the retailer, consumers can buy Pepsi -Prebiotic Cola online next year. The new drink contains three grams of prebiotics fiber – a gram more than Poppis soda, but only a third as much as olipops fiber content.

The new Pepsi drink also contains five grams of cane sugar. In the USA, classic pepsi is sweetened with corn syrup.

Artificial sweeteners and corn syrup with high fruit trains have come into fire by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary for health and human services, and his agenda “Make America Healthy Again”. President Donald Trump, a long-time fan of aspartame-sweetened diet-cola, claimed on Wednesday in a social media contribution Coca-Cola has agreed to put “real sugar sugar” back into his namesake -soda, which contains corn syrup in the USA. The company has not confirmed the announcement.

In his part, Coke presented the Pop Prebiotic Soda brand in consumers on the west coast and in the southeast, just a few weeks before Pepsi announced the Poppi deal. Managers were able to share Mroe updates for the performance of the line during the Cokes profit conference on Tuesday morning.