Frito-Lay America. Its portfolio of brands includes Lay's, Cheetos, Fritos, and Doritos, as well as local brands such as Lucky, Stiksy, and Baconzitos snacks in Brazil and ManiMoto in Colombia. Frito-Lay snacks are distributed in Europe under the "PepsiCo Europe" operating division, previously PepsiCo International. Products include: Walkers Crisps, Doritos, Paw Ridge, Smiths, Cheetos, Duyvis, Snack-a-Jacks, Looza, Twistos, and Solinki. PepsiCo maintains manufacturing plants in Europe, the largest of which are two snack manufacturing and processing plants located in Leicester and Coventry in England. Frito-Lay products sold under the "PepsiCo Asia, Middle East & Africa" division represent the smallest (as of
PepsiCo on such efforts, "critics consider (PepsiCo) to be perhaps the most proactive and progressive of the food companies", according to former "New York Times" food industry writer Melanie Warner in 2010. PepsiCo Palm Oil Commitments published in May 2014 were welcomed by media as a positive step towards ensuring that the company's palm oil purchases will not contribute to deforestation and human rights abuses in the palm oil industry. NGOs warned that the commitments did not go far enough, and in light of the deforestation crisis in Southeast Asia, have called on the company to close the gaps in its