Roquette Freres
1 facility · 1 state · 3.6M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Roquette Freres is the reported parent of 1 Form R facility across 1 state, disclosing 3.6M lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 10 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Iowa (3.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Roquette Freres, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Roquette Freres: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+136.6%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+136.6%
292.2 thousand lb → 691.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Roquette Freres's total reported releases rose from 292.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 691.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Roquette Freres's off-site transfers rose from 164.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 508.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Roquette Freres's water releases rose from 82.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 137.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Roquette Freres's chemicals reported rose from 6 in 2022 to 8 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Roquette Freres from filing to facility
Roquette Freres maps to a single Form R site (Roquette America Inc) in Iowa. Open that filing for the chemical mix; 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: Roquette America Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Vanadium compounds; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nickel; Manganese compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Roquette Freres ranks #324 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Roquette Freres's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Iowa), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. This parent maps to a single reporting facility (Roquette America Inc), so the company total and that site's Form R are the same disclosure.
Parent aggregation for Roquette Freres 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 Roquette Freres sits among TRI parents
Roquette Freres 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 #322 · 17.3M lbs
- Freeport-McMoran Inc · rank #323 · 16.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Roquette Freres
Vanadium compounds; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nickel; Manganese compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Roquette America Inc. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Vanadium compounds | 2.3M lbs |
| Ammonia | 449.8K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 399.0K lbs |
| Nickel | 228.0K lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 187.8K lbs |
Facilities (1)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Roquette America Inc Keokuk, IA | 3.6M lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Roquette Freres on total disclosed release pounds (3.6M lbs) and reporting facility count (1). Release-volume peers include Arcosa Inc, Aurorium Ppc Holdings LLC, Monument Chemical LLC. 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.
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Iowa; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Roquette Freres's TRI parent record
From Roquette Freres, open Roquette America Inc or compare against Archer Daniels Midland Co rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Roquette Freres (Roquette America Inc 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 Roquette Freres 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
Roquette Freres's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
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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