Applied to bags of its SunChips brand, a popular line of multigrain snacks, the plant-based, biodegradable material is a structure made of NatureWorks' (www.natureworksllc.com) polylactic acid (PLA) film, said to decompose over 14 weeks when placed in a hot, active compost bin or pile—at home or at an industrial composting site.
The PLA film is made with NatureWorks Ingeo™ biopolymer resin made from plant sugar.
Frito says it's the first in the convenience-food industry to introduce such packaging. Reports Thomas Oh, director of the SunChips brand, “Consumers very much want a healthier snack, and we realized a couple of years ago that those same consumers have an interest in what's healthy for the planet.”
