Cheetos

Food & Beverage
Overall: D · 34.9/100

As of May 2026, TruNorth grades Cheetos an overall D (34.9/100) across nine values categories. Via parent company Pepsi: 236 federal penalties totaling $77.9M since 2000 (Violation Tracker). (source: parent-inheritance). Via parent company Pepsi: environmental violation: $3.6M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker). (source: parent-inheritance).

Last updated May 2026 · TruNorth (trunorthapp.com)

Political donations

FEC: $299K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 12 executive donors.

Source: exec-political-donations

Environment

Via parent company Pepsi: environmental violation: $3.6M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).

Source: parent-inheritance

Labor

Via parent company Pepsi: 236 federal penalties totaling $77.9M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

Source: parent-inheritance

DEI

No public record found.

Charity

$90M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.10% of revenue) via PepsiCo Foundation.

Source: corporate giving disclosures

Animal testing

No public record found.

Firearms

No public record found.

Privacy

Via parent company Pepsi: Terms-of-service privacy grade D (poor) via ToS;DR (tosdr.org), CC BY-SA 3.0 — transformed to TruNorth's scale.

Source: parent-inheritance

Executive pay

No public record found.

Data sources

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