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# Suntory Oceania <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Suntory Oceania
summary: Suntory-owned drinks company headquartered in Sydney and Auckland, maker of V energy drink and PepsiCo's franchise bottler in New Zealand; formerly Frucor and Frucor Suntory.
country: NZ
founded: 1962
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/suntory-holdings | | 2008-10 | | | sourced | ^wikiso | Groupe Danone sold Frucor to the Japanese company Suntory in October 2008 for more than 600 million euros; the source does not name the Suntory entity that holds the shares. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Frucor Suntory | name | en | 2017 | 2024 |
| Frucor Beverages | name | en | | 2017 |
| Frucor | search | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| scoop | https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU9910/S00069.htm | Press Statement - Pepsi Cola | 2026-09-25 | Pepsi Cola International (via Scoop) | manufacturer | 1999-10 | | | | | |
| fmcg | https://insidefmcg.com.au/2022/05/05/nz-pepsico-range-now-sold-in-100-per-cent-recycled-plastic-600ml-bottles/ | NZ PepsiCo range now sold in 100 per cent recycled plastic 600ml bottles | 2026-09-25 | Inside FMCG | publication | 2022-05-05 | | | | | |
| wikiso | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suntory_Oceania | Suntory Oceania | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
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## About <!--about-->
Suntory Oceania, formerly Frucor and Frucor Suntory, is a Japanese-owned drinks company headquartered in Sydney and Auckland, best known for the V energy drink launched in 1997, and a partner of PepsiCo and Sanitarium in the region.[^wikiso] Pepsi-Cola International made Frucor Beverages its exclusive franchise bottler in New Zealand in October 1999, taking over from Pepsi-Cola Bottlers New Zealand, a joint venture with Lion Nathan that had held the rights to Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Max, 7UP and Mountain Dew for seven years.[^scoop]
The New Zealand Apple and Pear Board founded Frucor in 1962 and launched Fresh Up; Pacific Equity Partners bought it in 1998, Groupe Danone in 2002, and Suntory in October 2008.[^wikiso] Frucor Beverages was renamed Frucor Suntory in June 2017, and after a 2024 partnership with Suntory Global Spirits in the region it took the name Suntory Oceania.[^wikiso] In 2022 Frucor Suntory, as PepsiCo's New Zealand partner, moved the 600 ml Pepsi, Pepsi Max, 7Up and Mountain Dew bottles to fully recycled plastic.[^fmcg]
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