Smart Spot

Smart choices made easy

PepsiCo's Smart Spot symbol makes it easier for people to identify food and beverage choices that contribute to healthy lifestyles. The Smart Spot logo appears on more than 250 products across all of PepsiCo's brands including Tropicana®, Gatorade®, Baked! Lay's®, Quaker® and Diet Pepsi®.

Products with the Smart Spot designation meet nutrition criteria based on authoritative statements from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Academy of Sciences.

The Smart Spot criteria include limits for the amount of fat-including saturated and trans fats-cholesterol, sodium and added sugars, as well as call out products that contribute fiber, vitamins or other important nutrients. The criteria also identify products reduced in ingredients such as fat or sugar or products formulated to have specific health or wellness benefits.

The back of all Smart Spot products explains why the product has earned the Smart Spot designation.

What Makes Smart Spot So Smart?

When you choose a Smart Spot product, you're making a sound decision. That's because food and beverage products displaying the Smart Spot symbol meet nutrition criteria based on authoritative statements from the Food and Drug Administration and the National Academy of Sciences.

You'll find the Smart Spot on products that:
• Contain at least 10% of the Daily Value of a targeted nutrient (i.e., protein, fiber, calcium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C) and meet limits for fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium and added sugar, or are formulated to have specific health or wellness benefits, or are reduced in calories or nutrients such as fat, saturated fat,
sodium or sugar.

Find out more about what the Smart Spot stands for on foods and beverages:

• Smart Spot and Beverages
• Smart Spot and Foods
• Smart Spot and Snacks

Smart Spot and Beverages

Beverages with the Smart Spot symbol meet nutrition criteria that include limits on the amount of fat, including saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, sodium and added sugar. This symbol also calls out products that contribute fiber, vitamins and other important nutrients. The criteria also include products reduced in ingredients such as fat or sugar, or products formulated to have specific health or wellness benefits.

A Smart Spot beverage (per serving):

• Contains no more than 3 grams of fat, no more than 1 gram of saturated fat and zero trans fats
• Contains no more than 60 mg of cholesterol and 480 mg of sodium, contains 10% or more of Daily Value (DV) of one or more of the following: Vitamin A, C, iron, calcium, protein or fiber, and contains no more than 25% of calories from added sugar unless the product contains 10% DV of fiber,* or delivers a functional benefit via natural or fortified ingredients proven to be efficacious, or is reduced in calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar or sodium 25% compared to base product or other appropriate reference product

*Includes review by nutrition technology group

Smart Spot and Foods

Foods with the Smart Spot symbol meet nutrition criteria that include limits on the amount of fat, including saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, sodium and added sugar. This symbol also calls out products that contribute fiber, vitamins and other important nutrients.

The criteria also include products reduced in ingredients such as fat or sugar, or products formulated to have specific health or wellness benefits.

A Smart Spot food (per serving):

• Contains no more than 30% of calories from fat, no more than 1gram of saturated fat and zero trans fats
• Contains no more than 60 mg of cholesterol and 480 mg of sodium
• Contains 10% or more of Daily Value (DV) of one or more of the following: Vitamin A, C, iron, calcium, protein, or fiber, and contains no more than 25 percent of calories from added sugar unless the product contains 10 percent DV of fiber, or delivers a functional benefit via natural or fortified ingredients proven to be efficacious, or is reduced in calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar or sodium by at least 25% compared to base product or other appropriate reference product

*Includes review by nutrition technology group

Smart Spot and Snacks

Snacks with the Smart Spot symbol meet nutrition criteria that include limits on the amount of fat, including saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, sodium and added sugar. The criteria also include products reduced in ingredients such as fat or sugar, or products formulated to have specific health or wellness benefits.

A Smart Spot snack (per serving):

• Contains no more than 35% of calories from fat
• Contains 1 gram or less of saturated fat
• Contains zero trans fats
• Contains no more than 60 mg of cholesterol and 270 mg of sodium, and contains no more than 25% of calories from added sugar unless the product contains 10% DV of fiber, or delivers a functional benefit via natural or fortified ingredients proven to be efficacious, or is reduced in calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar or sodium by at least 25% compared to base product or other appropriate reference product

*Includes review by nutrition technology group