Comments on: Starting the Conversation

By: Daniel Pellegrom

Daniel Pellegrom — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:52:59 +0000

Thanks for the questions. Greg Yep recently wrote a post that addresses the sodium issue: http://foodfrontiers.pepsicoblogs.com/2010/08/i.... The HFCS is an issue I've passed on to the R&D team and will plan on addressing as well.

By: b.b.betty

b.b.betty — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:04:01 +0000

Coke and Pepsi peddle their wares all 'round the world, but never have I seen SO MANY PEOPLE, SO FAT as in the US of A.

Americans eat too much end of story. The food portions are ridiculous. If you think soda is the end of civilization, don't drink so much of it. lol.

By: b.b.betty

b.b.betty — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:48:33 +0000

Great questions. Would love to see the answers.

By: b.b.betty

b.b.betty — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:36:31 +0000

Sigh. You didn't answer the question. Way to miss the opportunity to engage.

By: Daniel Pellegrom

Daniel Pellegrom — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:09:12 +0000

Greg, thanks for your thoughtful comment. In response, we posted something yesterday that you and other readers might be interested in: http://foodfrontiers.pepsicoblogs.com/2010/07/t.... Thanks again for reading Food Frontiers.

By: Daniel Pellegrom

Daniel Pellegrom — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:08:44 +0000

Good question on site policies and technical issues. The link to the terms of use on the Frito Lay site is accurate, but we are working to streamline that a bit and place it directly on Food Frontiers. In terms of comments on the blog itself, you can send them to me and I will advise our digital team.

By: becca

becca — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:49:19 +0000

Precisely. I was intrigued by that post, but I didn't feel it really got to *his motivations as an individual* much at all. It indicates an incredible lack of self-awareness, or an incredible pressure for an impossibly ultra-sanitized view of Pepsi.

By: jon w

jon w — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:11:38 +0000

Why should anybody drink “products” made in a lab instead of more natural stuff like water, tea, milk? Why should I feed my kid the contents of a plastic package with a paragraph-long list of ingredients, when I can give them a piece of food? I am not against the modern world, not against corporations or profit. But the fundamental premise of Pepsi's business is to manufacture fake and unhealthy “food products” and get kids hooked on them, get adults to think they're not bad, get governments to subsidize or sponsor or put them in school cafeterias. Sure there are smart and interesting science applications in all this, but your goal is to make money, and the side effect of that is sick and dead people. Mostly people see Pepsi like the tobacco industry fifty years ago. I think the emotion behind the fuss at science blogs wasnt so much about the presence of a corporate blog, it was this particular corporation and what it represents.

By: Daniel Pellegrom

Daniel Pellegrom — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:27:44 +0000

Sorry about that. We were having some issues with the audio so we thought we'd pull down to address. We just added it back so you can post your comment. Thanks

By: NP

NP — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:56:34 +0000

The posts so far have just been full of rhetoric, not meaningful discussions. Don't get me wrong – I'm not one of those who thinks that Pepsi has no place at the table as far as public health and nutrition are concerned – I just hope that the content will move considerably beyond the marketing mumbo-jumbo and focus on interesting science and difficult questions about public health and nutrition.

Will we be hearing about whether PepsiCo intends on reducing sodium content of its products (and how it intends on going about this)? Would eliminating High Fructose Corn Syrup from your products be in the best interest of your consumers – if so, how does this square with your own interests? Do PepsiCo's “nutrition experts” believe that HFCS is no less harmful than cane sugar or beet sugar?