Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at Koch Foods Of Gadsden have risen 87% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Koch Foods Of Gadsden
Total reported releases 1.3M lb fell modestly year over year (-9%). Total releases concentrations are up 86% since 2010.
501 PADEN RD, Gadsden, Alabama · 311615 · Food · operated by Koch Foods INC
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Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Koch Foods Of Gadsden have risen 86% since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are up 87% since 2010.
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (18 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 16,108. Why we surface this →
41.7%
Low-income
46.3%
People of color
4.7%
Under age 5
17.7%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.