Posted May 9, 2007 by Ray Harkins
Exciting News: After a year of discussions with PETA, multi-billion dollar food industry giant PepsiCo has agreed to end all funding for animal tests.
PETA’s campaign to convince food and beverage companies to drop animal tests has been gaining momentum, with Welch’s, Ocean Spray, and POM Wonderful agreeing to drop all funding for animal experiments in favor of non-animal test methods. And now food industry giant PepsiCo—you know, the absolutely gigantic multi-billion dollar parent company of brands like Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Quaker Oats and Gatorade—has joined the ever growing list of companies that are creating innovative products without the use of animals in laboratory tests.
One test that PepsiCo’s subsidiary, Tropicana, funded involved injecting 60 young rats with a chemical that causes colon cancer, leaving the majority of these animals to suffer with the disease for seven months only to be killed at the end of the experiment. Completely ridiculous.
Luckily, PepsiCo has now stated the following:
“PepsiCo does not do any animal testing and does not directly fund testing using animals. … Where testing on animals is not required, PepsiCo strongly endorses efficient and effective research that does not include the use of animals. We will encourage our partners to use alternatives to animal testing and share this statement with organizations we believe to be involved in projects potentially involving animal research done on behalf of PepsiCo or with PepsiCo or PepsiCo Foundation funding.”
So what does all of this mean? More and more companies are realizing that no one wants to buy products that were tested on animals—especially for something like food and drinks! I mean, hello—I don’t need or want an animal to be experimented on to make health claims about my drinks, ya know?
This makes me want to do the “Happy Happy Joy Joy” dance from Ren and Stimpy—remember that? Good stuff.
♥ Marta
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2078 days ago
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OMG !!!! ANAMIL TESTING SHOULD BE A CRIME
2178 days ago
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yay :]
2178 days ago
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Dude, That is soooo AWESOME! I also heard Coke stopped, too! How sweet is it to have huge companies on our side?!
2180 days ago
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YEAH! This is awesome.
I didn’t even know it was tested on animals for a long time.. I just reaized that a while ago. Then I stopped drinking it! Im so glad I can drink it again! 
2181 days ago
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whoo hoo!!!!=)
2181 days ago
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YAY!! This is exciting =]
2182 days ago
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yay!
2183 days ago
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fuckin sweet this is GREAT
2187 days ago
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YES!!! No more testing on poor animals!!!
2187 days ago
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AWESOME…now if other big industries will follow pepsico’s lead
2187 days ago
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That is wonderful news I’m so excited!!!!!!!!
2187 days ago
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thats so awesome.
i never even knew they did test on animals
but im glad to hear they’ve stopped.
its good to have such supportt
=]
2187 days ago
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thats so awesome.
i never even knew they did test on animals
but im glad to hear they’ve stopped.
its good to have such supportt
=]
2189 days ago
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Thats GREAT!
2192 days ago
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THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!,,,INDUSTRIES ARE FINALLY REALIZING THE CRUELTY INVOLVED IN ANIMAL TESTING
2192 days ago
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Yay! This is such good news. Coca-Cola needs to stop it’s tests as well. No one would think that it was tested, you know?
2193 days ago
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that is great
2194 days ago
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i think ppl need to relize just becuse we can talk and make choices 4 are selfs doesn’t mean we should do the same 4 animals
2195 days ago
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Another win for veganism!
2195 days ago
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Another win for veganism!
2195 days ago
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yesy eys yes now i cna finnaly dirnk pepsi after year of waiting omg yessssss
2196 days ago
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PLZZZZ STOP ANIMAL CRUALTY ITS HURTFUL AND MEAN :{
2196 days ago
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its so cool,well done guys.;)
2199 days ago
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YES!!!!!!!!!! i have been refusing to drink pepsi’s untill they stoped animal testing! so now i can drink pepsi’s again but only 1 a day! =]
now i can let the family buy pepsis!
2199 days ago
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Why is there animal testing.why is it alowed.Thats what I dont understand.How could people sitt there and watch helpless little animal’s be tested? Its not right its very wrong I think that we should help stop (ANIMAL TESTING)
help save many animals. Cause would you like to go through what many animals are goinh through I hope not! Or make your loved animal go through that ?
2199 days ago
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Yippie Skippie!!!!
Animals 3
Meateaters 0
2199 days ago
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I am happy
2200 days ago
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im soooo glad that they have decided to stop animal testing for such a big industry!!! yay! good job peta! im soooooo proud of you guys! i love yall!
-morgan
2200 days ago
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That is great! I am soo glad! I think all soada companies should. I am glad someone thought about the kindness animles should receive.
2200 days ago
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YAY!
Finally, Pepsi has changed their ways!
Great job PETA and Pepsi YAY!
Finally, Pepsi has changed their ways!
Great job PETA and Pepsi <3
2201 days ago
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WOOHOO!!! FINALLY!
Does anyone know if Coca-cola stopped testing?
2201 days ago
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vegeterian isso good and healthy
2201 days ago
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now all we have to do is convince Yum Brand foods who does business with Pepsico to make KFC give up their horrible treatment of animals.
2201 days ago
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Wow, that’s great! and pepsico is one of the biggest companies around… !!!
2202 days ago
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2202 days ago
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♥
2202 days ago
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thanks : )
2203 days ago
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That`s amazing. It`s great that we have big companies like that rooting for us.
2203 days ago
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that is SO GREAT! but the bad thing is that i didnt know that they tested on animals…
2203 days ago
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JUMPS UP AND DOWN!!!!!! SO HAPPY!
2203 days ago
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This is great so many companies are seeing the light!
way to go
2203 days ago
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thank God they stop cuz it didnt make sense at all!
2203 days ago
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That is fantastic. I am so excited
2204 days ago
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That’s awesome! Is coke next?
2204 days ago
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YES !! this is such great news ! =]
2204 days ago
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alright! damn thats a big company