PepsiCo Nutrition Greenhouse accelerator grants US$100,000 to children’s sugar-free drinks start-up

Soft drinks giant collaborates with Hapi Drinks as part of the Nutrition Greenhouse accelerator program which supports emerging brands

US sugar-free children’s drinks start-up, Hapi Drinks, has been awarded a US$100,000 grant through PepsiCo’s Nutrition Greenhouse accelerator program. Hapi Water was the brainchild of company co-founder, KB Parkes, a dentist in Nashville. He saw the increase in cavities and obesity and attributed to increased consumption of sugary products.

PepsiCo Nutrition Greenhouse 2018 Class of MentorsSoft drinks competitor, Coca-Cola has also been reducing sugar across its portfolio, successfully re-launching Coca-Cola Zero Sugar in 2017, Food Ingredients writes.