EPA TRI Facility · Food
Marzetti Frozen Pasta
Altoona, IA · Parent: T. Marzetti Co
- Total releases
- 18.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Marzetti Frozen Pasta: how the 18.4K lbs splits
18.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 18.4K lbs 100.0%
Marzetti Frozen Pasta's 18.4K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Marzetti Frozen Pasta is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Altoona, IA, in the food sector. It reported 18.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 8,431 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. Marzetti Frozen Pasta is pounds #218 and chemical-count #347 at 18.4K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kent Nutrition Group Inc; Safety-Kleen Systems Des Moines (des); Central Iowa Ready Mix; Adm Soybean Processing. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Hanover Foods Corp; Swift Beef Co; Michigan Milk Producers Assoc; Mars Petcare US Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Marzetti Frozen Pasta stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18.4K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hanover Foods Corp and Swift Beef Co.
Marzetti Frozen Pasta vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
18K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Marzetti Frozen Pasta: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Marzetti Frozen Pasta reports the 826th-largest volume (18.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Hanover Foods Corp and Swift Beef Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Marzetti Frozen Pasta's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Marzetti Frozen Pasta Form-R facts
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28.3× more than the comparison
88% 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 Marzetti Frozen Pasta releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 18.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 100% (18.4K lbs to 0 lbs).
Marzetti Frozen Pasta: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Marzetti Frozen Pasta year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 18.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 18.4K lbs | - |
Marzetti Frozen Pasta · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Marzetti Frozen Pasta
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Kent Nutrition Group Inc, 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. Hanover Foods Corp, Swift Beef Co, Michigan Milk Producers Assoc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Marzetti Frozen Pasta on cumulative reported pounds (18.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Finishes Unlimited Inc, Symrise Colonels Island Facility, Thatcher Co. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
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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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Kent Nutrition Group Inc. Marzetti Frozen Pasta stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Marzetti Frozen Pasta TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Marzetti Frozen Pasta totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Altoona, IA, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 311412 · Food. 0.5% of Polk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Finishes Unlimited Inc (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Marzetti Frozen Pasta stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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