What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | Environmental regulators (IED/IPPC permits), food safety authorities (establishment registrations), company registries | Per site / per legal entity | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices (SBS/structural business statistics), operators' HR systems, works councils/unions | Annual headcount and wages per NACE class and region; per employee internally | public |
| energy consumption | Manufacturers' energy management systems, utilities and grid operators, national energy statistics, EU ETS installation reporting for… | Per site half-hourly metering internally; annual site-level ETS verified data… | public |
| logistics & freight movement | Bulk hauliers and rail operators, port authorities, customs agencies (Eurostat Comext, UN Comtrade) for starch/glucose HS codes | Per shipment/consignment for carriers; monthly trade flows by HS code and… | public |
| financial filings | Listed parents (Ingredion, Tate & Lyle, ADM), national company registries for subsidiaries, credit data vendors (Orbis/Bureau van Dijk… | Quarterly/annual per legal entity; segment-level for starch/sweetener divisions | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Occupational safety regulators (OSHA, national labour inspectorates), Seveso/major-hazard reporting for dust explosion risk, insurers | Per incident per establishment; annual aggregates by NACE | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological services, crop-monitoring agencies (JRC MARS, USDA NASS), remote-sensing vendors | Daily gridded weather; per-season regional crop yield and starch content of… | public |
| waste & emissions | Regulators (EU Industrial Emissions Portal / E-PRTR, national EPAs), operators' IPPC permit returns, EU ETS registry | Annual per installation, per pollutant; wastewater load per discharge point | public |
| production output | Starch manufacturers (Cargill, Tate & Lyle, Ingredion, Roquette, Agrana, ADM), national statistical offices (PRODCOM), industry association… | Per plant per day/shift internally; monthly or annual national tonnage by… | public |
| pricing | Commodity price reporting agencies (S&P Global Platts, Argus, LMC International, Mintec, Expana), EU Commission cereals price dashboards… | Weekly/monthly price series per product grade and region; contract-level prices… | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | Satellite/geospatial vendors, contract farming schemes for potato/maize supply catchments, land parcel identification systems | Per field/parcel per season; per plant catchment | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Manufacturers' ERP/SAP systems; grain co-ops and intake silos; USDA/EU crop and stocks reporting for feedstock (maize, wheat, potato) | Daily silo stock per site internally; monthly aggregate feedstock stocks… | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | In-house QC labs, third-party labs (SGS, Eurofins), certification bodies (FSSC 22000, BRCGS, Kosher/Halal), food safety authorities (RASFF… | Per batch/lot certificate of analysis internally; per notification in RASFF | partnership |
| transactional/sales | Starch producers' commercial/ERP systems, ingredient distributors | Per contract/order line, per customer | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | Plant operators via DCS/SCADA (Siemens, Honeywell, ABB), automation vendors | Second-to-minute tag readings per process unit (steeping, milling, separation… | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Plant reliability teams (CMMS: SAP PM, Maximo), equipment OEMs (GEA, Alfa Laval, Flottweg, Andritz) service records | Per asset per work order | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.