EPA TRI Facility · Food
Kent Nutrition Group Inc
Altoona, IA · Parent: Kent Corp
- Total releases
- 649 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Kent Nutrition Group Inc: how the 649 lbs splits
649 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 623 lbs 96.0%
- Air Releases 26 lbs 4.0%
Kent Nutrition Group Inc's 649 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 96.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 4.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Kent Nutrition Group Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Altoona, IA, in the food sector. It reported 649 lbs of releases across 8 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 14,449 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Kent Nutrition Group Inc is pounds #332 and chemical-count #87 at 649 lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Marzetti Frozen Pasta; Safety-Kleen Systems Des Moines (des); Central Iowa Ready Mix; Lemar-Des Moines. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Grande Cheese Co Juda; Perdue Foods - Mount Vernon Processing Plant; Tyson Poultry Inc North Little Rock; Valley Proteins Inc - Veribest Facility. Other Kent Corp sites in this extract: Grain Processing Corp; Grain Processing Corp; Kent Nutrition Group Inc; Kent Nutrition Group Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Kent Nutrition Group Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (96.0% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 649 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Grande Cheese Co Juda and Perdue Foods - Mount Vernon Processing Plant.
Kent Nutrition Group Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
649 lbs 44th percentile higher than 44% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kent Nutrition Group Inc in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Kent Nutrition Group Inc reports the 1,199th-largest volume (649 lbs). Scale peers outside Iowa include Grande Cheese Co Juda and Perdue Foods - Mount Vernon Processing Plant.
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
- Kent Nutrition Group Inc's total reported releases fell from 129 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kent Nutrition Group Inc's off-site transfers fell from 123 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kent Nutrition Group Inc's chemicals reported fell from 7 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Kent Nutrition Group Inc Form-R facts
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See how Kent Nutrition Group Inc stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
96% less than the comparison
8.0× more 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 Kent Nutrition Group Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 649 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (510 lbs to 0 lbs).
Kent Nutrition Group Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Kent Nutrition Group Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 510 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 10 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 129 lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 337 lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 255 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 57 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
| Cobalt compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Diflubenzuron | 0 lbs | - |
| Selenium compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Kent Nutrition Group Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kent Nutrition Group Inc
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Marzetti Frozen Pasta, Safety-Kleen Systems Des Moines (des), Central Iowa Ready Mix, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Grande Cheese Co Juda, Perdue Foods - Mount Vernon Processing Plant, Tyson Poultry Inc North Little Rock.
Other Kent Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Grain Processing Corp, Grain Processing Corp, Kent Nutrition Group Inc.
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 Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Manganese compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Marzetti Frozen Pasta. Kent Nutrition Group Inc 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 Kent Nutrition Group Inc TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kent Nutrition Group Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Altoona, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311119 · Food. 0.0% of Polk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sterling Machinery Co. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kent Nutrition Group Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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