{"id":8344,"date":"2025-07-21T16:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=8344"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:57:39","slug":"pepsi-drops-its-own-healthy-prebiotic-soda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=8344","title":{"rendered":"Pepsi Drops Its Own \u2018Healthy\u2019 Prebiotic Soda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In May, PepsiCo announced the acquisition of prebiotic soda brand\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/shelf-life-068-exit-strategy-aesthetics-and-how-modern-brands-are-built-to-be-acquired\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poppi<\/a>\u00a0in a $1.95 billion deal. Given the significant price tag attached to the functional soda, PepsiCo is bullish on the breakthrough, better-for-you, and functional soda category.<\/p>\n<p>Now, PepsiCo is doubling down on the trend Poppi helped blossom by adding prebiotic versions of its cola. Pepsi Prebiotic will be available in Original Cola and Cherry Vanilla and contain 5 grams of prebiotic fiber. Additionally, Pepsi Prebiotic contains no artificial sweeteners, only 30 calories, and real cane sugar, which is sure to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/trump-says-coca-cola-agreed-use-real-cane-sugar-us-2025-07-16\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">please<\/a>\u00a0bear-cub-killer and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his boss, President Trump.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p><button id=\"expand-paywall-button\" class=\"expand-paywall-button\">Subscribe to Read More<\/button><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/pepsi-drops-its-own-healthy-prebiotic-soda\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May, PepsiCo announced the acquisition of prebiotic soda brand\u00a0Poppi\u00a0in a $1.95 billion deal. Given the significant price tag attached to the functional soda, PepsiCo is bullish on the breakthrough, better-for-you, and functional soda category. Now, PepsiCo is doubling down on the trend Poppi helped blossom by adding prebiotic versions of its cola. Pepsi Prebiotic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}