New Delhi, 14 Oct 2026: As PepsiCo India continues to grow its food and beverage business, it is evolving its portfolio to meet the changing needs of India’s increasingly discerning consumers. Balancing the taste consumers love with a growing interest in wellness, the company is expanding its Better-for-You choices through reformulation, new products and formats, and the use of diverse ingredients. This is complemented by greater transparency around nutritional and product attributes, giving consumers more variety and the infor mation they need to make choices that suit their individual prefe rences and consump tion occasions.
PepsiCo India’s beverage business has made significant strides in expanding its low- and mid-calorie offerings. Today, more than 70% of its beverage portfolio comprises zero-sugar or mid-calorie options, with the ambition to progressively increase this to 90–100% over time. The company is advancing this through reformulation and a growing range of choices across low and no sugar variants, including Pepsi Black, 7UP Zero Sugar, Gatorade Zero and Nimbooz.
Across Foods, Pepsi Co India is expanding choice through positive nutrition, diverse ingredients and new preparation formats. In 2026, Quaker was restaged to bring its inherent protein, fibre and wholegrain creden tials more prominently to the forefront. Its positive choice offerings, including Red Rock Deli baked variants with 40% less fat and Kurkure Jowar Puffs, a millet-based innovation that cele brates India's agricul tural heritage. These innovations are part of PepsiCo's broader effort to provide consumers with more choices that align with diverse tastes, prefe rences and lifestyles. The entire convenient foods portfolio is made with “No Artificial Flavours or Colours” across brands includ ing Lay’s, Kurkure, Doritos, Cheetos, Uncle Chipps, Quaker and Red Rock Deli.
Tr ansparency remains an important part of this evolution. PepsiCo India provides nutritional information on pack, including energy, serving size and contribution to recommended dietary allowances for key nutrients.
Together, these actions reflect PepsiCo India’s consumer-led approach to portfolio transformation, evolving established products and creating new choices for the changing tastes, life styles and occasions of Indian consumers.