Pepsi Expands Lower Calorie & No-Sugar Soda Options

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The new goal for Pepsi is to have at least two-thirds of it beverages contain 100 calories or less per 12-ounze serving by 2025, according to The Christian Science Monitor.

Soda consumption has dramatically decreased over the years as many consumers have concerns about obesity and cancer, linked to high sugar consumption.

In fact, Harvard T.H. Chan School of public health states that regular consumers of sugary beverages have a 26 percent higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

The trends are changing towards healthier lifestyles, including reducing sugar, and Pepsi wants to keep pace with the changing consumer trends, introducing more zero- and low calorie drinks for the next 10 years.

Many schools and hospitals have swapped out sugar and sugary drinks and even some cities have taxed or are looking to tax sugary beverages at a penny-per-ounce this year.

Pepsi also has energy and sports drinks beverages as well which contain high amount of sugar, that often go unnoticed compared to soda drinks, but still impact one’s health.

Pepsi still hopes to achieve the the closest flavor similarity with new technology and science advancements,  Mehmood Khan,  Pepsi’s chief scientific officer of research and development explained to The Monitor.