Pepsi Plans Healthier Snacks for Europe

PepsiCo Europe is planning to expand its snack range to include healthier options, New Food Magazine reported. The company will follow nutrition guidelines and include new children advertising guidelines.

“Consumers want healthier and more sustainable brands, and they want products that taste great,” said Silviu Popovici, Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Europe,“Over the past decade, we’ve reformulated and launched new products to bring more options to consumers. As a result, in Europe today, almost one in three beverages we sell is sugar-free and we believe this trend will continue to grow over time.  With this pledge, we can use our experience with sugar reduction to accelerate our shift to a healthier snacks portfolio.”

The company hopes to increase snack sales that are rated B or better by more than ten times by 2025, with the snack profiles set up according to the Nutri-Score nutrition labeling system. The company hopes to make healthier snacks a $1 billion portfolio by 2030. There is evidence that links food advertising and food preferred by kids.

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