EPA TRI Facility · Food
Frito Lay Inc
Orlando, FL · Parent: Pepsico Inc
- Total releases
- 10.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Frito Lay Inc: how the 10.5K lbs splits
10.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 10.5K lbs 100.0%
Frito Lay Inc's 10.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Frito Lay Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Orlando, FL, in the food sector. It reported 10.5K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 9,735 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Florida's 659 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Frito Lay Inc is pounds #229 and chemical-count #245 at 10.5K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC leads reported pounds (116.3M lbs) at 27 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant leads chemical count at 31 chemicals (2.4M lbs, pounds #15). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Maschmeyer-Silverstar Rm; Carder Road Ready Mix; Best Block - Carder Road Block Plant; Banker Steel - Orlando. Similar-scale Food peers outside Florida: Fpl Food LLC; Kansas City Sausage Co D/b/a Pine Ridge Farms; Kemps LLC - Rochester; Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Debone/cook Facilit. Other Pepsico Inc sites in this extract: Frito-Lay,inc.; Frito Lay Inc.; Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant; Frito-Lay Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Peracetic acid.
Frito Lay Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.5K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Fpl Food LLC and Kansas City Sausage Co D/b/a Pine Ridge Farms.
Frito Lay Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
10K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Frito Lay Inc: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Frito Lay Inc reports the 939th-largest volume (10.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Florida include Fpl Food LLC and Kansas City Sausage Co D/b/a Pine Ridge Farms.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Frito Lay Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Frito Lay Inc Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Frito Lay Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 100% (10.5K lbs to 0 lbs).
Frito Lay Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Frito Lay Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2022). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 10.5K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Frito Lay Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Frito Lay Inc
Closest other reporters in Florida - including Maschmeyer-Silverstar Rm, Carder Road Ready Mix, Best Block - Carder Road Block Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 658 other reporting facilities in Florida.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Florida - e.g. Fpl Food LLC, Kansas City Sausage Co D/b/a Pine Ridge Farms, Kemps LLC - Rochester.
Compare beyond Florida
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Frito Lay Inc on cumulative reported pounds (10.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Fpl Food LLC, Agilent Technologies Inc. - Newport Site, Greeley Fractionation Plant - Dcp. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Fpl Food LLC Augusta, GA · Food 10.5K lbs reported
- Agilent Technologies Inc. - Newport Site Newport, DE · Chemicals 10.5K lbs reported
- Greeley Fractionation Plant - Dcp Evans, CO · Natural Gas Processing 10.5K lbs reported
- Building Materials Manufacturing LLC Shafter, CA · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 10.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Pepsico Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Frito-Lay,inc., Frito Lay Inc., Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitric acid, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Maschmeyer-Silverstar Rm. Frito Lay Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Frito Lay Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Frito Lay Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Orlando, FL, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 311919 · Food. 0.1% of Orange TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: New Dairy Florida LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Frito Lay Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov