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Hormel Foods Corporation — United States

Food & Beverage in United States. Approximate location 43.67806, -92.96583.

Food & BeverageUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Hormel Foods Corporation is a food & beverage plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 801,419,247 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #80 among 391 food & beverage plants in United States. It emits about 65,124 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.01% of the CO₂e from the 1,910 facilities in United States that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

65,124t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#820CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38487627.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityHormel Foods Corporation Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates43.67806, -92.96583 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity801,419,247 USD Climate TRACE
EPA parent companyHORMEL FOODS CORP US EPA GHGRP
EPA NAICS311612 US EPA GHGRP
TRI facility recordHORMEL FOODS CORP-AUSTIN PLANT US EPA TRI
TRI parent companyHORMEL FOODS CORP US EPA TRI
TRI NAICS311612 US EPA TRI
TRI reported chemicalsAmmonia, Nitric acid, Sodium nitrite US EPA TRI
TRI on-site releases15,292 lb/yr US EPA TRI
Modelled CO₂e65,124 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#820 of 1910 · top 42.9% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#178 of 560 · top 31.8% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Fuel typeNot available not in dataset
Thermal capacity (MW)Not available not in dataset

Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.

Similar facilities by modelled emissions

Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.

Operating power plants within 50 km

PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.

In context: how this facility compares

At 801,419,247 USD, Hormel Foods Corporation is well above the median food & beverage plant in United States (452,469,926 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. As food & beverage plant, it requires high process heat (typically 80–200°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 65,124 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

1.2kmillion cubic feet of natural gas burned
14khomes' electricity use for a year
65kacres of US forest absorbing CO₂ for a year

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 65k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Hormel Foods Corporation carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €4.9M/yr.

65k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€4.9M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.

Parent company

Hormel Foods Corp US EPA GHGRP
Parent company per US EPA GHGRP; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.

Local climate

Hormel Foods Corporation sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 43.7°N in the northern hemisphere.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~19°Ctypical warm-season
Warm-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
34/100environmental-severity index
32.6°Cseasonal temperature swing
424 kmdistance to coast
LowCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1429 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.10× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 43.67806, -92.96583. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Hormel Foods Corporation?

Hormel Foods Corporation is a food & beverage plant in United States. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

How much CO₂ does Hormel Foods Corporation emit?

The page uses about 65,124 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #820 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is Hormel Foods Corporation located?

Hormel Foods Corporation is in United States at approximately 43.67806, -92.96583.

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