Expanded portfolio offerings

We’ve been transforming our portfolio so that we can bring more choices to our consumers without compromising on the taste or experience consumers want. 

We strive to act as an industry leader and set ambitious nutrition goals that are aligned with guidance from global health authorities. We are primarily focused on accelerating the reduction of added sugars, sodium and saturated fat in our convenient foods and drinks, and increasing the diversity of ingredients we use to make them.

In 2023, we introduced two new global 2030 nutrition goals to further reduce sodium and to purposefully deliver more diverse ingredients — like legumes, whole grains, plant-based proteins, fruits and vegetables, and nuts and seeds — in our global convenient foods portfolio. In line with the more balanced lifestyle our consumers are moving toward, these new goals demonstrate where our portfolio is headed in the future.

Beyond the ingredients used in our products, we also aim to make labeling on product packaging easy to understand, to help our consumers make informed choices for themselves, their families and the planet.

Product innovation

Innovating our portfolio to inspire more choices

Approach

Since 2015, we’ve been charting progress against a set of strategic, ambitious goals that cut across our entire portfolio of products — not just a subset. We’ve made significant progress on our 2025 goals and are already underway on advancing our new 2030 goals.

Our efforts are made possible through the cutting-edge innovations developed by our more than 2,600 employees across 18 R&D centers around the world. These experts are:

• Agricultural scientists who partner with farmers to grow the crops that produce ideal flavor profiles;
• Nutrition scientists who guide product innovation and introduction of more positive choices;
• Seasoning specialists who can optimize flavor while using less sodium; and
• Professional chefs who develop flavors using various seasonings, herbs, spices and dairy that also contain less sodium overall.

PepsiCo also complies with all relevant labeling laws and regulations in all markets in which our products are sold. As we work to provide consumers with a range of Positive Choices, we aim to have a consistent approach to nutritional labeling across the world through our Global Labeling Policy. 

Goals & progress

Inspiring Positive Choices by raising the bar to improve the nutritional profile of our products.

Over the past 10 years, we’ve continued to advance our product portfolio goals. In fact, we achieved our 2025 saturated fat reduction goal to have at least 75% of our convenient foods portfolio volume not exceed 1.1 g of saturated fat per 100 Calories ahead of schedule in 2021. We’ve continued our progress against this goal because of the technology investments we made early on in our journey. These investments have unlocked innovation that has been central in transitioning our products to the use of healthier oils. 

Sugar reduction goal

2025 sodium reduction goal

NEW 2030 sodium reduction goal

Saturated fat reduction goal

NEW diverse ingredients goal

1. Our global results are based on our Top 26 beverage markets

2. As of 2021, our Top 26 beverage markets represented 79% of our global beverages portfolio volume and our Top 23 convenient foods markets represented 86% of our global convenient foods portfolio volume. Results reflect the exclusion of Be & Cheery portfolio

3. As of 2022, our Top 26 beverage markets represented 78% of our global beverages portfolio volume and our Top 23 convenient foods markets represented 86% of our global convenient foods portfolio volume. Results reflect the exclusion of Be & Cheery portfolio

4. As of 2023, our Top 26 beverage markets represented 78% of our global beverages portfolio volume and our Top 23 convenient foods markets represented 86% of our global convenient foods portfolio volume. Results reflect the exclusion of Be & Cheery portfolio

5. Our global results are based on our Top 23 convenient foods markets

6. Our global results are based on our Top 23 convenient foods markets. Refer to the Sodium ESG A-Z topics page for complete list of food categories

7. As of 2023, our Top 23 convenient foods markets represented 84% of our global convenient foods portfolio volume. Results reflect the exclusion of Be & Cheery portfolio and the exclusion of dairy and baby food categories in Russia and Ukraine

Brands with positive impact

With the scale and reach of our iconic brands — like Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and SodaStream — we’re able to harness their power to enable our consumers to deliver positive impact to the planet and their communities.

Approach

People are at the center of our approach — from the stories we elevate in our brand campaigns to the collaborations we pursue to help execute community impact initiatives.

Guiding our efforts is our positive marketing strategy, which focuses on three ambitions:

• Inclusion: Inclusive marketing that is accessible to all and reflects the diversity of the billions of people we serve, and our teams.
• Well-being: Responsible marketing that puts human well-being and safety first.
• Environment: Helping people to make more sustainable choices and reducing our own impact on the planet.

Underlying our strategy is the intent to be transparent. To build and maintain trust with our consumers, our brand initiatives must be authentic to the markets in which they’re activated and supported by measurable action. Part of being transparent also means adopting clear environmental labeling on our products — enabling consumers to learn how the ingredients in the foods and drinks they consume were grown, prepared and packaged.

Goals & progress

Brands with positive impact goal

Many of our consumer brands leverage their scale and influence to make a positive impact on environmental and societal causes that most align with their purposes.

Positive Choices stories