EPA TRI Facility · Food
Danisco USA
Rochester, NY · Parent: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc
- Total releases
- 3.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Danisco USA: how the 3.8K lbs splits
3.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.8K lbs 100.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Danisco USA's 3.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Danisco USA is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rochester, NY, in the food sector. It reported 633 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2024, and 3.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 12,016 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New York's 581 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Danisco USA is pounds #286 and chemical-count #222 at 3.2K lbs. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill leads reported pounds (9.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #40). Norlite LLC leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (28.3K lbs, pounds #152). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: L3HARRIS Technologies Space & Airborne Systems; Gm Components Holdings LLC; Red-Rochester LLC - Eastman Business Park; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Building 313. Similar-scale Food peers outside New York: Qualitech Inc.; Ajinomoto Foods N.a. Inc; Givaudan Flavors Corp; Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc St Albans. Other International Flavors & Fragrances Inc sites in this extract: Pryor Solae; Gibson Solae; Danisco US Inc; Plaquemine Methocel. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitric acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Danisco USA stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.2K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Qualitech Inc. and Ajinomoto Foods N.a. Inc.
Danisco USA vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.2K lbs Top 46% higher than 54% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Danisco USA: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Danisco USA reports the 1,075th-largest volume (3.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 65.4% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Qualitech Inc. and Ajinomoto Foods N.a. Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Danisco USA's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 65.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Danisco USA Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Danisco USA releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 3% (615 lbs to 633 lbs).
Danisco USA: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Danisco USA year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3% from 2019 to 2024). 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 | 615 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 636 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 658 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 633 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 629 lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 633 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 2.5K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
Danisco USA · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Danisco USA
Closest other reporters in New York - including L3HARRIS Technologies Space & Airborne Systems, Gm Components Holdings LLC, Red-Rochester LLC - Eastman Business Park, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Qualitech Inc., Ajinomoto Foods N.a. Inc, Givaudan Flavors Corp.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Danisco USA on cumulative reported pounds (3.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include National Resilience Inc., Synthomer Inc., International Paint LLC. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other International Flavors & Fragrances Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Pryor Solae, Gibson Solae, Danisco US 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 Ammonia, Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include L3HARRIS Technologies Space & Airborne Systems. Danisco USA 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.
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This Danisco USA TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Danisco USA totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rochester, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311999 · Food. 0.0% of Monroe TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: National Resilience Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Danisco USA 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