PepsiCo unveils global nutrition goals

PepsiCo has announced new global goals in the areas of nutrition, the environment, and workplace practices at its investor conference in New York at the Legends Suite Club in Yankee Stadium.

The goals are designed to advance PepsiCo's commitment to deliver sustainable growth and they apply to the company's food and beverage businesses around the world, including Frito-Lay, Quaker, Pepsi-Cola, Tropicana and Gatorade. PepsiCo calls this commitment Performance with Purpose.

To encourage people to live healthier lives and to address growing consumer desire for healthier, great-tasting products PepsiCo is committing to achieve industry-leading nutrition goals, including:

* Increasing the whole grains, fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds and low-fat dairy in its product portfolio

* Reducing the average saturated fat per serving in key global food brands in key markets by 15 percent by 2020

PepsiCo is among 10 leading food and beverage companies to sign the "Global Commitment to Action on the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health," a commitment addressed to the World Health Organization in 2008. The company's new global goals are action steps that directly address the key WHO commitments.