EPA TRI Facility · Food
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co
Fort Worth, TX · Parent: The Kroger Co
- Total releases
- 52.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co: how the 52.8K lbs splits
52.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 52.8K lbs 100.0%
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co's 52.8K 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).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Worth, TX, in the food sector. It reported 52.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 6,008 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co is pounds #582 and chemical-count #1192 at 52.8K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Danone US LLC; Crest Foam Corp; Mm-Lawnwood Ready Mix; Fort Worth Plant. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Dairy Farmers of America Inc; Maryland & Virginia Laurel LLC; Pilgrim's Pride Douglas Processing Plant; Peco Foods Inc - Brooksville Processing. Other The Kroger Co sites in this extract: Heritage Farms Dairy; Kroger Mountain View Foods; Tamarack Farms Dairy; Ralphs Grocery Co Compton. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Compare Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Danone US LLC Fort Worth · 28.9K lbs
- Crest Foam Corp Fort Worth · 12 lbs
- Mm-Lawnwood Ready Mix Fort Worth · 1 lbs
- Fort Worth Plant Fort Worth · 0 lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Dairy Farmers of America Inc (CA) · Maryland & Virginia Laurel LLC (MD) · Pilgrim's Pride Douglas Processing Plant (GA)
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 52.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dairy Farmers of America Inc and Maryland & Virginia Laurel LLC.
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
53K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co reports the 617th-largest volume (52.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Dairy Farmers of America Inc and Maryland & Virginia Laurel LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 52.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (23.7K lbs to 0 lbs).
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 29.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 52.8K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Danone US LLC, Crest Foam Corp, Mm-Lawnwood Ready Mix, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Dairy Farmers of America Inc, Maryland & Virginia Laurel LLC, Pilgrim's Pride Douglas Processing Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co on cumulative reported pounds (52.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Dupont Towanda Plant, Elmet Technologies, Uniroyal Global Engineered Products LLC. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Dupont Towanda Plant Towanda, PA · Chemicals 52.8K lbs reported
- Elmet Technologies Coldwater, MI · Fabricated Metals 52.8K lbs reported
- Uniroyal Global Engineered Products LLC Stoughton, WI · Textiles 52.8K lbs reported
- Enable Products/cox City Processing Rush Springs, OK · Natural Gas Processing 52.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other The Kroger Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Heritage Farms Dairy, Kroger Mountain View Foods, Tamarack Farms Dairy.
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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Danone US LLC. Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co stamps LIGHT 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 Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co TRI extract (LIGHT · 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.
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Worth, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 1.2% of Tarrant TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dupont Towanda Plant (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co stamps LIGHT 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