date:Jul 01, 2013
o continue Cokes commitment to variety, the announcement aligns with the current climate for CSDs. As reported earlier this week, U.S. consumption of CSDs has declined by 12.5 percent from 2002 to 2012, according to Beverage Digest.
PepsiCo also uses stevia, but mostly in non-carbonated, fruit-flavored drinks. In September 2012, PepsiCo launched Pepsi Next, a reduced calorie, stevia-sweetened version of its flagship, in Australia, according to an article in Reuters. However, at a conference in