Welcome to the Open Innovation Submission Portal

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people.

In effort to reduce cost and better manage wastewater emissions, PepsiCo conducted a pilot with Aquacycl to install an onsite treatment system for wastewater at a bottling facility in Fresno, California, successfully demonstrating both sustainability and operational benefits. In 2018, PepsiCo joined The NaturALL Bottle Alliance, a research consortium with consumer packaged goods industry leaders and a bio-based materials development company, Origin Materials, to accelerate the development of innovative packaging solutions made with sustainable and renewable resources, including post-consumer cardboard, thus creating additional end market demand for this material.

For more information on partnering with PepsiCo, visit our External Innovation website. 

Focus Areas for PepsiCo R&D

PepsiCo is primarily interested in receiving submissions in the following focus areas:

Below, specific needs in the above focus areas are listed. Do you have a solution for us?

Current Needs

Category	Need
PROCESS & EQUIPMENT	Thermal Process Innovation for Energy Efficiency and Reduced GHG Emissions
INGREDIENTS & FLAVORS	Natural Sweeteners and Technologies for Sugar Reduction in Beverages Ingredient Encapsulation Technologies for Beverages Methodologies to Validate Postbiotics Functional Benefits from Plant-Based Fermentations Novel Proteins for Beverages Natural Colors for Foods & Beverages
PACKAGING & MATERIALS	Recyclable Closure for Paper Beverage Bottles Materials and Technologies for Green House Gas Reduction in Packaging Biodegradable coatings and adhesives for next generation PHA films New Technologies for Light Weighting of Hot Fill PET Bottles Technologies for Improving Mechanical rPET Quality Cutting-Edge Packaging Materials / 最先端のパッケージ材料
SUSTAINABILITY & AGRICULTURE	Reducing GHG Emissions Soil Health Solutions
GENERAL SUBMISSIONS	For solutions that do not relate to the specific PepsiCo Needs above