PepsiCo trials for well-oiled India chip machine on
PepsiCo India is experimenting with replacing palm oil and palmolein with a blend of sunflower oil and palmolein in Lay's, the country's largest potato chip brand. This comes amid backlash over the use of cheaper, unhealthy ingredients in packaged foods in India. In the US, PepsiCo uses "heart healthy" oil like sunflower, corn, and canola oil for Lay's. The India unit is also working to reduce salt in its snacks to less than 1.3 mg of sodium per calorie by 2025.