Pepsi/Lipton Tea Partnership: version 1

Saved 2026-09-12 15:54 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/00012000003127 — Brisk Diet Lemon Iced Tea 12 fl oz**, a wanted-list barcode (old title "lipton brisk iced tea diet lemon 72 fl oz"). **Identity settled first.** PepsiCo's own SmartLa. This is the current version.

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# Pepsi/Lipton Tea Partnership <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Pepsi/Lipton Tea Partnership
disambiguation: PepsiCo and Unilever ready-to-drink tea joint venture named as distributor on United States Brisk cans
country: US
founded: 1991
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target           | market | from | until | ended | status  | source     | note                                                                                                              |
| -------- | ---------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/pepsico  | global | 1991 |       |       | sourced | ^wikibrisk | Wikipedia describes the Pepsi Lipton Partnership as a joint venture founded in 1991 between PepsiCo and Unilever. |
| owned_by | company/unilever | global | 1991 |       |       | sourced | ^wikibrisk | The other parent of the same joint venture; still in place in August 2026 per the trade report cited in About.    |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                     | type   | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Pepsi Lipton Partnership | name   | en     |      |       |
| Pepsi Lipton             | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref        | url                                                                                             | title                                                                                           | accessed   | publisher                    | kind         | published  | record_id               | locator                                       | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| smartlabel | https://smartlabel.pepsico.info/012000003127-0001-en-US/index.html                              | PepsiCo SmartLabel: Diet Brisk, Lemon Flavor, Iced Tea, 12 FL OZ (355 mL) Can, UPC 012000003127 | 2026-09-12 | PepsiCo                      | manufacturer | 2022-05-24 | 012000003127-0001-en-US | Nutrition, Ingredients and Allergens sections |              |                        |          |
| wikibrisk  | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisk_(drink)                                                     | Wikipedia: Brisk (drink)                                                                        | 2026-09-12 | Wikipedia                    | publication  |            |                         |                                               | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
| foodnav    | https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026/08/20/lipton-ice-tea-to-remain-co-owned-by-unilever/ | FoodNavigator: Lipton Ice Tea to remain co-owned by Unilever                                    | 2026-09-12 | FoodNavigator (William Reed) | publication  | 2026-08-20 |                         |                                               |              |                        |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Pepsi/Lipton Tea Partnership is the name printed as the distributor on United States Brisk cans, at Purchase, New York 10577.[^smartlabel] It is the ready-to-drink tea joint venture that PepsiCo and Unilever founded in 1991 and that manages the Brisk brand.[^wikibrisk] Trade reporting in August 2026 described Pepsi Lipton as a company in its own right, with its own board of directors and five regional organisations, and confirmed that Unilever's agreement to merge its foods business with McCormick excludes the ready-to-drink tea venture, which stays in place and keeps Lipton Ice Tea co-owned.[^foodnav] No register entry for the partnership was located, so no register number or legal name is recorded here.
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