Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Frito Lay INC. have risen 70% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Frito Lay INC.
Total reported releases 107k lb rose modestly year over year (+13%). Total releases concentrations are up 70% since 2010.
28801 HIGHWAY 58, Bakersfield, California · 311919 · Food · operated by Pepsico INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at Frito Lay INC. have risen 70% since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are up 70% since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Kern County County, CA (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 906,883. Why we surface this →
19.3%
Low-income
68.5%
People of color
7.9%
Under age 5
11.3%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.