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Lay's Debuts BLT-Flavored Chips

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Classic Blt Chips, Blt, Video, Lay's, BLT Sandwich, Blt Chips, Frito-Lay Blt, Lay's Blt Chips, Frito-Lay, Food News

Just in time for National BLT Sandwich Month (April), Lay's has nationally released a new potato chip flavor: Classic BLT. HuffPost Food gladly sa...

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Lawsuit Alleges Frito-Lay's GMO Snacks Aren't "Natural"

Michele Simon | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Food Policy, Gmos, Organic Food, Natural, Monsanto, Lawsuits, Food Politics, Frito-Lay, Food News

One year ago, Frito-Lay promised that "approximately 50 percent of its product portfolio will be made with all natural ingredients, including three of its biggest brands," Lays, Tositos, and SunChips. What does that mean?

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Lawsuit Claims Frito-Lay Can't Be 'All-Natural' While Containing GMOs

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Video, Gmos, Conagra Gmos, Genetically Modified Food, Milberg Llp, Frito-Lay, Genetically Modified Organisms, Frito Lay Gmos, Food News

In August, ConAgra was hit with a lawsuit filed by Milberg LLP, arguing that its line of Wesson oils can't be "all-natural" since the oil contains GMO...

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A Week In The Life Of Frito-Lay's Executive Chef

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Pepsico Chef, Chef Stephen Kalil, Stephen Kalil, Food Informants, Frito-Lay, Frito-Lay Chef, Pepsico, Food News

Food Informants is a week-in-the-life series profiling fascinating people in the food world. We hope it will give you a first-hand look at the many di...

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PHOTOS: Frito-Lay, Other Companies Going Green

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Christian | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: 2011 Global 100 List, Video, Frito Lay Green, Greenwashing, Phillips Lights Environment, Green-Living, 2011 Leader of Change Award, Green Companies, Sustainable Companies, Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, Philips Lighting, Frito-Lay, Green News

Big companies are discovering that going green does not just mean saving trees, but dollar bills, too. By becoming more sustainable, they are increasi...

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Doritos Inventor Dies

AP | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Doritos Creator, Tortilla Chips, Video, Chips, Arch West Dies, Doritos Creator Dies, Frito Lay, Arch West Dead, Doritos, Arch West, Dallas, Food News

DALLAS (AP) — Arch West, a retired Frito-Lay marketing executive credited with creating Doritos as the first national tortilla chip brand, has died ...

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SunChips Bags Are Too Noisy: Yet Another Reason We Suck

Jessica Olien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sunchips, Noisy Sunchips, Libraries, Packaging, Eco-Friendly, Biodegradable, Sun Chips, Frito-Lay, Green News

With all of the country's problems, not to mention the world's legitimate packaging problems, this is the one issue that consumers decide take into their own hands?

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The Death of the Biodegradable Bag

Patrick Vergara | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Sun Chips, Invisible Hand, Environmentalism, Green Packaging, Biodegradable, Frito-Lay, Noise, Green News

I was stunned to hear that Frito-Lay was discontinuing use of biodegradable Sun Chips bags due to consumer complaints related to the new material's particularly noisy crinkling.

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What Do iPhones, Coca-Cola and SunChips Have in Common?

Gwen Ruta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sunchips Bag, Composting Food, Compost, Fritolay, Sunchips, Compostable Bags, Food Waste, Frito-Lay, Green News

The ruckus over Frito-Lay's recent decision to pull some of the compostable bags it uses for SunChips snacks is missing the point.

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Why Frito-Lay's Designer Salt for Healthier Chips Is Not the Answer

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salt, Junk Food, Sodium, Wsj, Carrots, Apples, Bananas, Frito-Lay, Designer Salt, Pepsico, Food News

You have to hand it to PepsiCo for this effort to make their snacks healthier for us. But remember -- junk food is called that for a reason. Less un-healthy junk food is still junk food.

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Forget Tiger's Problems and Find the Heroes Now...

Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Persian Gulf, Nancy Lieberman, March of Dimes, Uso, College Football, Serena Williams, Chad Ochocinco, Sports Illustrated, Golf, US Open, New York Giants, US Troops Iraq, Tiger Woods, Venus Williams, Derek Jeter, Frito-Lay, Tostitos, Sports News

As we enter the holiday season and follow the seemingly endless path to destruction Tiger Woods may be on, take pause and look a little harder for some of the good out there being done by our gifted athletes.

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Has Lays Gone Too Far in Claiming Their Chips Are "Local"?

Tara Lohan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eating Locally, Farming, Lays, Local Food, Local Food Movement, Frito-Lay, Locavore, Green News

For most locavores, buying local usually means shopping at your independent Main Street retailer or farmers market, not buying processed foods from a multibillion-dollar enterprise as Lays would have them do.

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Snack Wrappers Get Upcycled Into Bags

Earth911.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terracycle, Waste, Frito-Lay, Green Living, Upcycling, Reusing Waste, Green News

With Frito-Lay, TerraCycle will start a new recycling brigade set to collect used chip bags. These bags will become a host of products, from notebooks...

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Settlement Will Reduce Carcinogens In Potato Chips

AP | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Potato Chips, Carcinogens, Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods, Heinz, Food Politics, Politics of Food, Business News

LOS ANGELES — Snack lovers, rejoice: Munching on potato chips just got a little healthier. Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a...

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Frito Lay's New Goal: Eco-Friendly Potato Chips

New York Times | Andrew Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eco-Friendly Chips, Junk Food, Ruffles, Frito-Lay, Lays, Potato Chips, Business News

At Frito-Lay's factory here, more than 500,000 pounds of potatoes arrive every day from New Mexico to be washed, sliced, fried, seasoned and portioned...

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Snack Companies Search For "Healthy" Junk Food To Protect The Bottom Line

Newsweek | Jennifer Ordoñez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Junk Food, Health, Frito-Lay, Obesity, Health Food, Food, Snacking, Business News

Except for the occasional oversize bag of naked Cheetos lying around (they're not yet covered in fluorescent orange cheese flavoring), the maze of win...

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