PepsiCo Global R&D: Catalyst for Growth

Each day more than a billion consumers in 200 countries eat or drink a PepsiCo product—from beverages, juices and yogurt to snacks and grains & cereals. Figuring out what those culturally diverse consumers want today and in the future and how to deliver it to them sustainably is the job of Mehmood Khan, PepsiCo’s executive vice president and chief scientific officer.

Dr. Khan, an endocrinologist and physician who joined PepsiCo in 2007, believes the food environment began to shif…