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PepsiCo India aims to reduce sugar in fizzy drinks
Date:
03 May 2017
Source:
The Business Standard
Reporter:
Arnab Datta
News ID:
8616
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PepsiCo India
is planning to reduce the sugar content in all its carbonated
drinks
in line with its parent’s churning of its beverages portfolio worldwide.
The company is gearing up to launch a new
7UP
with 30 per cent less sugar and plans to extend the formulation to its other brands, according to Vipul Prakash, senior vice-president, beverages,
PepsiCo India.
“Our priority now is to transform the portfolio towards a healthier range and it will remain so for the next three years. If we continue at the current pace, we might achieve our target two or three years ahead of the deadline,” he said.
PepsiCo India
has a three-pronged strategy of introducing zero calorie drinks, entering categories that are inherently low in sugar, and reducing sugar in its core products. It launched
7UP
Revive, a hydration drink, last year and plans to address the low-sugar category with brands like
Gatorade
and
Lipton tea.
After 7UP, PepsiCo plans to reduce sugar in its other fizzy
drinks.
“Without that, we will not be able to meet the target,” Prakash said.
The New York-headquartered snacks and beverages maker has set a target of less than 100 calories from added sugar per 12 oz serving for at least two-thirds of its
drinks.
Indra Nooyi, chief executive of PepsiCo worldwide, last week said the company would this year promote “products that are naturally beneficial, like water and unsweetened tea”. With “changing consumer preferences reflecting a growing shift towards healthier lifestyles, we need to transform our portfolio”, she told investors.
PepsiCo’s efforts are similar to those of its rival Coca-Cola, which under a new management is also aiming to renovate its offerings. Reducing sugar in
drinks
and adding new categories are focus areas for Coca-Cola.
Continuing efforts to widen the its non-cola portfolio,
PepsiCo India
has launched Tropicana Essentials (fruit and vegetable juice), Himalaya Orchards (flavoured water) and Himalaya sparkling water. Also, Pepsi Black, a zero calorie version of Pepsi Cola, has been introduced in India.
Prakash said PepsiCo’s non-cola
drinks
were growing 1.5 times faster than colas in India. Last year, the company introduced smaller servings to drive subdued sales in the fizzy
drinks
market, where new and smaller brands are offering cheaper products. Growth in smaller pack sales was 50 per cent higher than large and conventional packs, Prakash said.
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