Lay's

Food & Beverage
Overall: D · 34.7/100

As of May 2026, TruNorth grades Lay's an overall D (34.7/100) across nine values categories. 59 federal penalties totaling $7.5B since 2000 (Violation Tracker). (source: OSHA). 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

Via parent company Pepsi: FEC: $8K PAC donations; 50% to Republican, 50% to Democratic committees.

Source: parent-inheritance

Environment

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

Source: parent-inheritance

Labor

59 federal penalties totaling $7.5B since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

Source: OSHA · NLRB

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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