Frito-Lay values the importance of clearly and transparently communicating with consumers about its products, which is why the company frequently introduces new on-package information to ensure that consumers are well-informed about product attributes important to them.
- Frito-Lay began full nutritional labeling in 1989, before the 1992 FDA requirements.
- The company listed trans fat content on the nutritional panel of its core brands more than two years in ahead of the 2006 FDA mandate.
- While most Frito-Lay snack chips are available in single-portion packaging, the company’s small-to-medium-sized packages include dual labeling that provides consumers with nutritional information for a single serving and the entire package.
- In 2006, Frito-Lay began providing valuable information about the intake of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats and the content of these fats on the nutrition facts panels of its Lay’s® potato chips, which helps consumers to identify "good" unsaturated fats.
- Starting in May 2011, Frito-Lay is undertaking a multi-year initiative to validate products as gluten free and to label qualifying products on packaging to help make food shopping easier for our consumers with Celiac Disease and other gluten intolerances.