PepsiCo Inc. is an American
multinational food, snack and
beverage corporation headquartered in
Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the
Pepsi-Cola Company and
Frito-Lay, Inc. PepsiCo has since expanded from its namesake product Pepsi to a broader range of food and beverage brands, the largest of which includes an acquisition of
Tropicana in 1998 and of
Quaker Oats in 2001, which added the
Gatorade brand to its portfolio.