Koch Foods Inc
20 facilities · 5 states · 12.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Koch Foods Inc is the reported parent of 20 Form R facilities across 5 states, disclosing 12.5M lbs of toxic releases. 46 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Alabama (8.7M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Koch Foods Inc's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Koch Foods Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+7.9%
19 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+7.9%
2.6 million lb → 2.8 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Koch Foods Inc's total reported releases rose from 2.6 million lb in 2022 to 2.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Foods Inc's air releases fell from 14.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Foods Inc's water releases rose from 2.6 million lb in 2022 to 2.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Foods Inc's off-site transfers fell from 20.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Koch Foods Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Koch Foods of Gadsden; Koch Foods of Pine Mountain Valley; Jcg Foods of Alabama LLC; Koch Foods of Fairfield. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.; Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co; Nucor Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Sodium nitrite; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Peracetic acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Georgia; Ohio. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Koch Foods of Gadsden; Koch Foods of Pine Mountain Valley; Jcg Foods of Alabama LLC; Koch Foods of Fairfield. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.; Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co; Nucor Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Sodium nitrite; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Peracetic acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Georgia; Ohio. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Koch Foods Inc ranks #134 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Koch Foods Inc files across 5 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Koch Foods Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 20 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Koch Foods Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.; Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Koch Foods Inc sits among TRI parents
Koch Foods Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Waste Management Inc and Koch Inc. and Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co and Nucor Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Waste Management Inc · rank #132 · 95.6M lbs
- Koch Inc. · rank #133 · 45.8M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co · rank #135 · 11.8M lbs
- Nucor Corp · rank #136 · 11.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Koch Foods Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Sodium nitrite; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Peracetic acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Koch Foods of Gadsden. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 11.4M lbs |
| Sodium nitrite | 978.2K lbs |
| Ammonia | 90.9K lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 44.7K lbs |
| Peracetic acid | 119 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 7 | 8.7M lbs |
| Georgia | 4 | 3.8M lbs |
| Ohio | 2 | 38.7K lbs |
| Tennessee | 4 | 119 lbs |
| Mississippi | 3 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (20)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Koch Foods Inc on total disclosed release pounds (12.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (20). Release-volume peers include Materion Corp, Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC, Ford Motor Co. Facility-count peers include Dominion Energy Inc, Evonik Corp, Mdu Resources Group Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Alabama, Georgia, Ohio; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Koch Foods Inc's TRI parent record
From Koch Foods Inc, open Koch Foods of Gadsden or compare against Waste Management Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Koch Foods Inc (Koch Foods of Gadsden in AL). Largest facility
- Compare against Koch Inc., the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Koch Foods Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Waste Management Inc, Koch Inc.) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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