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Does Quaker Oats support Israel?
Yes — Quaker Oats has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Food & beverage brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
Quaker Oats is a PepsiCo brand — PepsiCo bought The Quaker Oats Company in 2001, mainly for Gatorade — and no donation, statement or campaign concerning Israel has been documented for the Quaker brand itself. Its Israel presence is commercial and indirect: Quaker goods are made abroad by The Quaker Oats Company and imported and marketed in Israel by Strauss Frito Lay Ltd., the 50/50 PepsiCo–Strauss joint venture, which also operates the Israeli Quaker site; the joint venture's own actions, such as restarting its Sderot snack plant after 7 October 2023, are recorded on the brands it manufactures there. Parent-level items sit on the PepsiCo page: the PepsiCo Foundation's $1 million October 2023 pledge to humanitarian organizations serving both Israel and Gaza with 2-to-1 employee matching, and the $3.2 billion acquisition of Israel's SodaStream in 2018. The Quaker Oats Company was founded in Ravenna, Ohio, in 1877. The BDS movement's official target list names PepsiCo-owned SodaStream, not Quaker.
Israel Hayom — Quaker recall (importer: Strauss Frito Lay Ltd.) Wikipedia — Quaker Oats Company JLens (PepsiCo Foundation pledge) Haaretz (PepsiCo buys SodaStream) BDS movement — what to boycott
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations in Israel | 2024-10-01 | — | Strauss Frito Lay Ltd. — Israeli importer and distributor of Quaker products Quaker products reach Israel as imports, not as local PepsiCo manufacturing. An Israel Hayom report on a 1 October 2024 recall of Quaker gluten-free quick oats states the product details in full: manufacturer "Quaker Oats Company," importer "Strauss Frito Lay Ltd." — the 50/50 joint venture between PepsiCo's Frito-Lay and Israel's Strauss Group, which also runs the Israeli Quaker brand site and lists Quaker in its product range. The Israeli actor is therefore the joint-venture importer; PepsiCo manufactures abroad and the Quaker brand itself takes no action in Israel. | |
| Partnership | 1999 | — | Strauss Frito Lay Ltd. (50/50 joint venture with Israel's Strauss Group) The company that imports and markets Quaker in Israel exists because PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division bought 50% of Elite's (now the Strauss Group's) Israeli salty-snack business in 1999, creating the 50/50 joint venture Strauss Frito Lay Ltd. PepsiCo listed "Strauss Frito Lay Ltd. — Israel" in the subsidiaries exhibit filed with its 10-K. PepsiCo itself acquired The Quaker Oats Company in 2001, which is how Quaker came into the same corporate group — but the Israeli distributor remains the joint venture, not a Quaker or PepsiCo subsidiary. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Quaker Oats donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Quaker Oats has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, Partnership). See the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 9 distinct sources are cited for Quaker Oats. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-30
- Israel Hayom — Quaker recall (importer: Strauss Frito Lay Ltd.) israelhayom.co.il
- Strauss Frito Lay — Quaker product page (Israel) straussfritolay.strauss-group.co.il
- Quaker Israel brand site quaker.co.il
- SEC — PepsiCo 10-K Exhibit 21 (FY2011 subsidiaries list) sec.gov
- Wikipedia — Quaker Oats Company en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia — Strauss Group (Frito-Lay licence) en.wikipedia.org
- JLens (PepsiCo Foundation pledge) jlensnetwork.org
- Haaretz (PepsiCo buys SodaStream) haaretz.com
- BDS movement — what to boycott bdsmovement.net