Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V.

Coca-Cola FEMSA is an independent marketer, producer, and distributor of Coca-Cola products, deriving its revenue from beverages that include dairy-based items. The company’s supply chain is linked to systemic animal welfare issues through its involvement with Fairlife, a premium milk brand owned by The Coca-Cola Company. In 2023, an animal rights group documented renewed evidence of abuse at Fairlife supplier farms, marking at least the ninth such investigation uncovering mistreatment. This followed a 2020 class action settlement in which Fairlife and Coca-Cola paid $21 million to resolve allegations of false animal welfare marketing claims related to widespread dairy cow mistreatment. A subsequent class action lawsuit filed in February 2025 again challenges the veracity of the brands’ animal care claims.

While The Coca-Cola Company announced in late 2024 that it had ceased funding specific animal tests at a university research institute, Coca-Cola FEMSA’s core business remains tied to dairy production chains with a documented pattern of animal welfare failures. The company has not published a standalone animal welfare policy or supply chain audit reports that would demonstrate systemic oversight of the conditions for animals within its product ingredients.