EPA TRI Facility · Food
Frito-Lay
Irving, TX · Parent: Pepsico Inc
- Total releases
- 2.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Frito-Lay: how the 2.3K lbs splits
2.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.3K lbs 100.0%
Frito-Lay's 2.3K 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Frito-Lay is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Irving, TX, in the food sector. It reported 2.3K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 12,566 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Frito-Lay is pounds #1197 and chemical-count #1041 at 2.3K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Bestolife Corp; Safety-Kleen Systems Irving (irv); Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC Irving; US Gypsum Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Nestle Purina Petcare Co Davenport Factory; Chemstar Products Co; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Tg Lee Dairy; Ok Foods - Muldrow. 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Peracetic acid.
Frito-Lay stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nestle Purina Petcare Co Davenport Factory and Chemstar Products Co.
Frito-Lay vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.3K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Frito-Lay: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Frito-Lay reports the 1,112th-largest volume (2.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Nestle Purina Petcare Co Davenport Factory and Chemstar Products Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Frito-Lay's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Frito-Lay Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Frito-Lay releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Frito-Lay: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Frito-Lay year-over-year reported totals. 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 2.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2.3K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Frito-Lay · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Frito-Lay
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Bestolife Corp, Safety-Kleen Systems Irving (irv), Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC Irving, ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Nestle Purina Petcare Co Davenport Factory, Chemstar Products Co, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Tg Lee Dairy.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Frito-Lay on cumulative reported pounds (2.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Tech Cast LLC, John Deere Kernersville LLC, Nestle Purina Petcare Co Davenport Factory. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Bestolife Corp. Frito-Lay 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.
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This Frito-Lay TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Frito-Lay totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Irving, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311919 · Food. 0.0% of Dallas TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tech Cast LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Frito-Lay stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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