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SunChips to use compostable PLA bags

Frito-Lay starts with a PLA outer layer now and a promise for compostable bags in 2010.

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SunChips, Plano, TX-based Frito-Lay’s popular line of multigrain snacks, announced that in 2010 it will introduce the first fully compostable snack chip bag made from plant-based materials.  The change is designed to significantly improve the environmental impact of its packaging.

This month, the SunChips brand is taking the first step towards this transformational packaging. The outer layer of packaging on 10 1/2 oz size SunChips snacks bags will be made with a compostable, plant-based renewable material, polylactic acid (PLA).   By Earth Day 2010, PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division plans to rollout a package for its SunChips snacks where all layers are made from PLA material so the package is 100% compostable.

“We know environmentally-friendly packaging is a priority for our SunChips consumer,” said Gannon Jones, vice president, marketing, Frito-Lay North America. “Today’s launch of packaging made with 1/3 renewable materials is an important first step towards having a fully compostable chip bag in market by Earth Day 2010.”

Current snack food packaging has three layers: a printed outer layer with packaging visuals/graphics, an inner layer, which serves as a barrier to maintain the quality and integrity of the product, and a middle layer that joins the other two layers. When the packaging is 100% compostable, it will fully decompose in about 14 weeks when placed in a hot, active compost pile or bin.  NatureWorks LLC (www.natureworksllc.com ) is providing the PLA, which is trademarked under the Ingeo name.

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