PepsiCo sets goals to reduce sodium and offer diverse ingredients in convenient foods portfolio

PURCHASE — PepsiCo, Inc., announced two new nutrition goals as part of PepsiCo Positive (pep+) – the company’s end-to-end transformation – which aim to reduce sodium and deliver sources of nutrition in the foods consumers are reaching for.

PepsiCo aims for at least 75 per cent of its global convenient foods portfolio volume to meet or be below category sodium targets by 2030.

Excess sodium intake is a leading risk factor for diet-associated disease and disability, prompting global public health authorities to call on the food industry to reduce sodium in their products.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends less than 2000mg of sodium per day for adults.

PepsiCo is setting a sodium reduction goal, with category targets that consider guidance from public health experts including the World Health Organization and are approximately 15-30 per cent lower than the company’s current target for key convenient food categories. Our new sodium goal aims for a 15 per cent sodium reduction in our U.S. Lay’s Classic Potato Chips, which would result in a sodium level of 140mg per 28g serving. According to the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the sodium intake in daily diets from savory snacks is currently around 3%.

The company aims to deliver 145 billion portions of diverse ingredients annually in its global convenient foods portfolio by 2030. Each portion will provide approximately 10 per cent of the suggested daily amount of a diverse ingredient1.

Increased consumption of diverse ingredients, such as legumes, whole grains, plant-based proteins, fruits and vegetables, and nuts and seeds, can help promote a more nutritionally diverse diet.

“We are in a constant cycle of innovation to reimagine the foods we make and how we make them so we can bring better choices to our consumers, without ever compromising on taste,” said René Lammers, Executive VP and Chief Science Officer for PepsiCo. “Consumers enjoy our products more than one billion times a day, which provides an opportunity – and the privilege – to have an impact. We set a high bar to improve the nutritional profile of our products, and these new goals reaffirm our ambitions.”