EPA TRI Facility · Food
Nature's Fynd
Chicago, IL
- Total releases
- 137 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nature's Fynd: how the 137 lbs splits
137 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 137 lbs 100.0%
Nature's Fynd's 137 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Nature's Fynd is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago, IL, in the food sector. It reported 52 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 137 lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 16,240 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Nature's Fynd is pounds #734 and chemical-count #880 at 137 lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Acid Products Co Inc; Europtec USA LLC; Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re : Chicago Plant; Edsal Manufacturing Co Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Swift Prepared Foods - Columbia; Schreiber Foods Inc.; Murphy-Brown LLC Laurinburg Feed Mill; Lactalis US Yogurt Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Nature's Fynd stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 137 lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Swift Prepared Foods - Columbia and Schreiber Foods Inc..
Nature's Fynd vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
137 lbs 38th percentile higher than 38% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nature's Fynd in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Nature's Fynd reports the 1,268th-largest volume (137 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Swift Prepared Foods - Columbia and Schreiber Foods Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Nature's Fynd's total reported releases fell from 85 lb in 2022 to 52 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nature's Fynd's off-site transfers fell from 85 lb in 2022 to 52 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nature's Fynd Form-R facts
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See how Nature's Fynd stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
23.7× more than the comparison
86% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nature's Fynd releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 137 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 39% (85 lbs to 52 lbs).
Nature's Fynd: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Nature's Fynd year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 39% from 2022 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 85 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 52 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 137 lbs | - |
Nature's Fynd · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nature's Fynd
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Acid Products Co Inc, Europtec USA LLC, Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re : Chicago Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Swift Prepared Foods - Columbia, Schreiber Foods Inc., Murphy-Brown LLC Laurinburg Feed Mill.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Acid Products Co Inc. Nature's Fynd stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Nature's Fynd TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nature's Fynd totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 311999 · Food. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sunrock Industries LLC - Butner (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nature's Fynd stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov