Lesaffre International
3 facilities · 2 states · 1.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Lesaffre International is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 1.5M lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 13 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Iowa (1.0M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Lesaffre International, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Lesaffre International: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+0.9%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+0.9%
344.2 thousand lb → 347.3 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Lesaffre International's total reported releases rose from 344.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 347.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lesaffre International's water releases fell from 17.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lesaffre International's off-site transfers rose from 155.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 175.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lesaffre International's air releases fell from 91.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 82.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Lesaffre International from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Red Star Yeast Co LLC; Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp.; Bio Springer N.a. Corp.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Acetaldehyde; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Selenium compounds; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Alabama. 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.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Red Star Yeast Co LLC; Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp.; Bio Springer N.a. Corp.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Acetaldehyde; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Selenium compounds; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Alabama. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Lesaffre International ranks #533 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Lesaffre International files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Lesaffre International's disclosed pounds are spread across 3 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Lesaffre International follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Lesaffre International sits among TRI parents
Lesaffre International sits on a disclosure ladder beside Archer Daniels Midland Co and Freeport-McMoran Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Archer Daniels Midland Co · rank #531 · 17.3M lbs
- Freeport-McMoran Inc · rank #532 · 16.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Lesaffre International
Ammonia; Acetaldehyde; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Selenium compounds; Zinc compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Red Star Yeast Co LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 778.6K lbs |
| Acetaldehyde | 402.5K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 267.8K lbs |
| Selenium compounds | 12.6K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 7.8K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 2 | 1.0M lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 457.3K lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Red Star Yeast Co LLC Cedar Rapids, IA | 994.7K lbs |
| Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. Headland, AL | 457.3K lbs |
| Bio Springer N.a. Corp. Cedar Rapids, IA | 17.5K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Lesaffre International on total disclosed release pounds (1.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Newmarket Corp, Collins Pine Co, General Shale Brick Inc.. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Abb Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy 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 Iowa, Alabama; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Lesaffre International's TRI parent record
From Lesaffre International, open Red Star Yeast Co LLC or compare against Archer Daniels Midland Co rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Lesaffre International (Red Star Yeast Co LLC in IA). Largest facility
- Compare against Freeport-McMoran Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Lesaffre International sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Archer Daniels Midland Co, Freeport-McMoran Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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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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