United Global Foods US Holdings Inc
17 facilities · 9 states · 55.3M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, United Global Foods US Holdings Inc is the reported parent of 17 Form R facilities across 9 states, disclosing 55.3M lbs of toxic releases. 40 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is South Dakota (21.3M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across United Global Foods US Holdings Inc's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for United Global Foods US Holdings Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-12.9%
10 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-13.4%
10.5 million lb → 9.1 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 4 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- United Global Foods US Holdings Inc's total reported releases fell from 10.4 million lb in 2022 to 9.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- United Global Foods US Holdings Inc's water releases fell from 10.0 million lb in 2022 to 8.6 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- United Global Foods US Holdings Inc's off-site transfers fell from 205.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 182.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- United Global Foods US Holdings Inc's air releases rose from 246.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 259.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read United Global Foods US Holdings Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Crete; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp Smithfield, Va Facility. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Coeur Mining Inc; Otter Tail Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Sodium nitrite; Certain glycol ethers. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Dakota; North Carolina; Nebraska. 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: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Crete; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp Smithfield, Va Facility. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Coeur Mining Inc; Otter Tail Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Sodium nitrite; Certain glycol ethers. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Dakota; North Carolina; Nebraska. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
United Global Foods US Holdings Inc ranks #39 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. United Global Foods US Holdings Inc spans 9 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. United Global Foods US Holdings Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 17 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for United Global Foods US Holdings Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Coeur Mining Inc; Otter Tail Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where United Global Foods US Holdings Inc sits among TRI parents
United Global Foods US Holdings Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Coeur Mining Inc and Otter Tail Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Coeur Mining Inc · rank #40 · 8.0M lbs
- Otter Tail Corp · rank #41 · 2.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by United Global Foods US Holdings Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Sodium nitrite; Certain glycol ethers lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 53.3M lbs |
| Ammonia | 1.5M lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 449.6K lbs |
| Sodium nitrite | 67.5K lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 45.0K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 1 | 21.3M lbs |
| North Carolina | 4 | 19.2M lbs |
| Nebraska | 3 | 7.8M lbs |
| Virginia | 2 | 3.8M lbs |
| Missouri | 2 | 1.7M lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 1.0M lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 194.0K lbs |
| California | 1 | 177.7K lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 116.6K lbs |
Facilities (17)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD | 21.3M lbs |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel Tar Heel, NC | 18.8M lbs |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Crete Crete, NE | 7.8M lbs |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp Smithfield, Va Facility Smithfield, VA | 3.8M lbs |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Milan Mo Milan, MO | 1.7M lbs |
| The Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Grayson Grayson, KY | 1.0M lbs |
| Smithfield-Clinton Clinton, NC | 298.0K lbs |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Denison Denison, IA | 194.0K lbs |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. Los Angeles, CA | 177.7K lbs |
| Smithfield-Monmouth Monmouth, IL | 114.0K lbs |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln Lincoln, NE | 19.5K lbs |
| Smithfield Foods Charlotte, NC | 11.6K lbs |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp Kinston, NC | 6.8K lbs |
| Armour Eckrich LLC Saint Charles, IL | 2.6K lbs |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp Smithfield, VA | 1.8K lbs |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. Kansas City Missouri Kansas City, MO | 564 lbs |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Omaha Omaha, NE | 0 lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest United Global Foods US Holdings Inc on total disclosed release pounds (55.3M lbs) and reporting facility count (17). Release-volume peers include Basf Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp, Jbs USA Food Co. Facility-count peers include Amphenol Corp, Baker Hughes Holdings LLC, Hb Fuller Co. 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 South Dakota, North Carolina, Nebraska; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with United Global Foods US Holdings Inc's TRI parent record
From United Global Foods US Holdings Inc, open Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls or compare against Coeur Mining Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for United Global Foods US Holdings Inc (Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls in SD). Largest facility
- Compare against Coeur Mining Inc, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where United Global Foods US Holdings Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Coeur Mining Inc, Otter Tail Corp) 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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