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Kettle vs Ruffles

On overall TruNorth grade, Kettle scores higher (Kettle: C, Ruffles: D). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.

C
Kettle
51.8/100
D
Ruffles
42.1/100

Political donations

Kettle

FEC: $138K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 7 executive donors.

Ruffles

FEC: $116K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 6 executive donors.

Environment

Kettle

No public record found.

Ruffles

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

Labor

Kettle

Via parent company Campbell Soup: 65 federal penalties totaling $20.1M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

Ruffles

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

DEI

Kettle

No public record found.

Ruffles

No public record found.

Charity

Kettle

$8M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.08% of revenue) via Campbell Soup Foundation.

Ruffles

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

Animal testing

Kettle

No public record found.

Ruffles

No public record found.

Firearms

Kettle

No public record found.

Ruffles

No public record found.

Privacy

Kettle

No public record found.

Ruffles

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.

Executive pay

Kettle

Via parent company Campbell Soup: CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 128:1 (median employee pay $61,506) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2025).

Ruffles

No public record found.

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