PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB) makes, markets, sells and distributes beverage concentrates, fountain syrups and finished goods under various beverage brands. Through strategic acquisitions, partnerships and new product development, PAB has expanded its beverage lineup over the past 20 years to offer top-selling choices for every occasion and lifestyle. As a result, Pepsi-Cola today is the flagsh
ip brand in a portfolio of liquid refreshment beverages that includes 14 billion-dollar brands and spans carbonated soft drinks, juices and juice drinks, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, sports drinks and bottled waters. Its brands include Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Sierra Mist, Aquafina, Tropicana Pure Premium, AMP Energy, Propel, Mug, SoBe, IZZE and Naked Juice. PAB also distributes and sells in the United States a leading portfolio of ready-to-drink teas and coffees through strategic joint ventures with Unilever and Starbucks, with brands that include Lipton Iced Tea, Pure Leaf and Brisk, Tazo Iced Tea, Starbucks Frappuccino, Starbucks Iced Coffee, Seattle's Best Iced Lattes and Starbucks Refreshers. In 2012, PepsiCo announced that Starbuck's ready-to-drink beverages and Lipton Brisk had grown to more than $1 billion in estimated annual retail sales, expanding PepsiCo's portfolio of billion-dollar brands.
