Varun Beverages Limited is an Indian multinational company that manufactures, bottles and distributes beverages. It is the second largest bottling company of PepsiCo's beverages in the world outside the United States and the largest in AMESA sector. The company was incorporated in 1995 as a subsidiary of RJ Corp, and named after founder Ravi Jaipuria's son. Apart from carbonated soft drinks of PepsiCo such as Pepsi, 7 Up, Mountain Dew and Mirinda, the company distributes Tropicana and Tropicana Slice fruit juice brands, Gatorade sports-themed beverages, Sting energy drinks, Creambell milkshakes, Duke's club soda, Lipton ready-to-drink ice tea, and Aquafina brand of bottled water. As of 2019, Varun Beverages is PepsiCo bottler in 27 states and 7 union territories of India. The company also manufactures and distributes its products in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia and Botswana. In 2022, VBL entered into an agreement to manufacture Kurkure Puffcorn for PepsiCo India Holdings. Wikipedia