Who owns Pepsi (Guyana)?
Pepsi (Guyana) is made and sold by Demerara Distillers (Guyana, GASCI: DDL) under licence, an arrangement in place since 1994; Demerara Distillers does not own the name.[1] The Pepsi name is owned by PepsiCo.
Evidence: Demerara Distillers Limited Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- Demerara Distillers Limited reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇾 Guyana, Georgetown
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Cola
- Parent ticker
- GASCI: DDL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Pepsi (Guyana)
Demerara Distillers has bottled Pepsi in Guyana under licence from PepsiCo since 1994, and the company treats that franchise as the moment it stopped being a commodity rum business and became a branded one. It also bottles Seven-Up and the fruit-flavoured Slice range, in orange and red grape, under the same arrangement. None of those names belong to Demerara Distillers: its 2025 annual report calls the company the bottler for them, not their owner.
Ownership timeline of Pepsi (Guyana)
Where Pepsi (Guyana) sits in Demerara Distillers
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Demerara Distillers
Demerara Distillers controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Diamond (1991)
- Diamond Reserve
- El Dorado (1992)
- Ivanoff
- Lord Roberts
- Quenchers
- SOCA (1991)
- TOPCO
- Vasco
Other brands in cola, and who owns them
The 23 brands in cola on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Coca-Cola, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Coca-Cola | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Coca-Cola Almaty Bottlers | Coca-Cola İçecek | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| Diet Pepsi | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BIG Cola | AJE | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Hamoud Cola | Hamoud Boualem | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Kofola | Kofola | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Smart Cola | Obolon | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Jolly Cola | Olvi | 🇫🇮 Finland |
About the owner: Demerara Distillers
Demerara Distillers is a publicly listed company headquartered in Georgetown, Guyana, founded in 1952.
Demerara Distillers owns and operates the Diamond Distillery at Plantation Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara, the last distillery left in Guyana, and with it the wooden and metal stills carried over from estates that closed decades ago. It was incorporated on 17 November 1952 as Guyana Distilleries Limited and took its present name in 1983 on merging with Diamond Liquors Limited. It is the largest supplier of bulk rum and alcohol from the Caribbean to brand owners in Europe and North America, and from 1991 onwards deliberately turned itself from a commodity business into a branded one — first by using the carbon dioxide from distillation to enter soft drinks, then by launching El Dorado in 1992. It also runs distribution, shipping and technical services subsidiaries in Guyana and distribution companies in St Kitts, the United States and the Netherlands.
Demerara Distillers: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Pepsi (Guyana) and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Pepsi (Guyana) among them.
- 7UP — PepsiCo 🇺🇸
- 7UP (United States) — Keurig Dr Pepper 🇺🇸
- Alani Nu — Celsius Holdings 🇺🇸
- André — Gallo 🇺🇸
- Angry Orchard — Boston Beer 🇺🇸
- Apple & Eve — Lassonde 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Pepsi (Guyana)?
Demerara Distillers makes and sells Pepsi (Guyana) under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 1994.
Does Demerara Distillers own Pepsi (Guyana)?
No. Demerara Distillers holds a licence to make and sell Pepsi (Guyana), which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Pepsi (Guyana) come from?
Pepsi (Guyana) originated in the United States.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Demerara Distillers Limited Annual Report 2025 — Demerara Distillers Limited, Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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