Pepsi: version 1

Saved 2026-09-12 15:37 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/00012000001215 — Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi 20 fl oz**, taken from the wanted queue (old 2006-2013 title "caffeine free diet pepsi"). **Identity.** USDA FoodData Central Branded Foods (. This is the current version.

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# Pepsi <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Pepsi
disambiguation: Cola brand of PepsiCo
website: https://www.pepsi.com
founded: 1898
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target          | market | from | until | ended | status  | source       | note                                                                                                                           |
| -------- | --------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| owned_by | company/pepsico | global |      |       |       | sourced | ^wikipepsico | Wikipedia describes Pepsi as PepsiCo's namesake product; the Pepsi-Cola Company merged with Frito-Lay to form PepsiCo in 1965. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name       | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Pepsi-Cola | name | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                   | title   | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| wikipepsico | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PepsiCo | PepsiCo | 2026-09-12 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |         | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Pepsi is the cola brand of PepsiCo, named by pharmacist Caleb Bradham, who coined "Pepsi-Cola" in 1898 in New Bern, North Carolina and founded the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1902.[^wikipepsico] The company merged with Frito-Lay, Inc. in 1965 to form PepsiCo, Inc., which owns the brand today; sugar-free and caffeine-free variants such as Diet Pepsi sit under the same masterbrand.[^wikipepsico]
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