Darling Ingredients

Darling Ingredients is a leading global company focused on developing and producing sustainable natural ingredients derived from both edible and inedible bio-nutrients. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, the company operates over 200 facilities across five continents, employing approximately 10,000 individuals. Darling Ingredients transforms animal by-products into a diverse array of products, including gelatin, fats, proteins, and ingredients for pet food and fertilizers. Additionally, it recovers used cooking oil and bakery remnants to create feed and fuel ingredients. The company is structured into three primary business segments: feed ingredients, which generate the majority of its revenue, food ingredients, and fuel ingredients. Darling Ingredients also offers grease trap services for the food industry and supplies equipment for collecting and delivering these materials, catering to clients in various sectors including pharmaceuticals, food, and bioenergy.

Matthew Jansen

COO - North America

Randall Stuewe

CEO

Jan van der Velden

Executive Vice President of Ecoson, Rendac, Sonac

13 past transactions

Miropasz

Acquisition in 2022
Miropasz processes animal by-products(ABP) from poultry and utilized them to make fat and processed animal products (PAP).

Gelnex Gelatin

Acquisition in 2022
Gelnex Gelatin is a global manufacturer of gelatin and collagen peptides, headquartered in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Established in 1998, the company focuses on producing pork and beef gelatin, as well as collagen peptides, which are recognized for their high protein content and health benefits. Gelnex operates five facilities in South America and one in the United States. Committed to sustainable development, the company seeks to grow while maintaining the integrity of its surrounding environments.

Fasa Group

Acquisition in 2022
Fasa Group maintains commercial relations with the main producers of poultry, swine and fish feed, pet food industries, Biodiesel/Renewable Energy, and hygiene/cleaning segments in Brazil.

Valley Proteins

Acquisition in 2021
Valley Proteins is a leading provider of recycling services for animal by-products, playing a significant role in both global economies and environmental sustainability. The company specializes in collecting inedible animal by-products from various sources, including poultry and meat processors, restaurants, farms, and grocery stores. These by-products are then recycled into usable products, such as proteins and fats. The resulting materials are primarily sold to producers of livestock feed and pet foods, contributing to a more efficient use of resources within the agricultural and pet food industries.

Custom Blenders

Acquisition in 2014
Custom Blenders Inc. specializes in recycling services focused on bakery and food waste, catering to commercial bakeries, food manufacturers, and confectionery companies. The company efficiently removes inedible by-products from a variety of products, including breads, cereals, cookies, cake mixes, pastas, crackers, candies, and snack chips. After collection, this waste is dried and refined to create valuable feed ingredients for the poultry, swine, livestock, and pet food industries. Through its operations, Custom Blenders plays a significant role in reducing food waste and contributing to sustainable practices in the food production sector.

Rothsay

Acquisition in 2013
Rothsay Ltd., a rendering company, engages in collecting, processing, and recycling edible and inedible food and animal by-products in Canada. It provides aquaculture products, such as protein meals and feed fats, and fish; biodiesel; edible fats and oils; fats and oils; pet food ingredients; and protein meals. The company also offers animal by-product, on-farm, retail by-product, and waste cooking oil collection services; and grease trap services. It caters to the needs of customers in industries ranging from agriculture and feed through transportation to foodservice.

Vion Food Group

Acquisition in 2013
Vion is an international meat producer with production locations in the Netherlands and Germany and sales support offices in thirteen countries worldwide. Their three divisions: Pork, Beef and Food Service, provide fresh pork and beef, and by-products for retail, foodservice and the meat processing industry. They supply customers in their home markets of the Netherlands and Germany, as well as in other countries all over the world. Their headquarters are located in Boxtel, the Netherlands.

Terra Renewal Services

Acquisition in 2013
Terra Renewal Services specializes in managing, recycling, and disposing of water and wastewater residuals, including biosolids, primarily for municipalities. The company provides a range of services such as long-term residuals management, land application, lagoon and stormwater pond dredging, mobile dewatering, environmental remediation, and composting. Additionally, it handles residuals transportation and disposal, operates dewatering facilities, and offers greenwaste recycling and emergency services. Terra Renewal Services also focuses on converting organic waste materials into renewable energy and biochar, enhancing the sustainability of waste management practices. Serving various clients, including publicly-owned treatment works and wastewater facilities, the company is committed to effective environmental compliance and resource recovery. Founded in 1995 and based in Russellville, Arkansas, Terra Renewal operates as a subsidiary of American Residuals Group, LLC.

RVO BioPur

Acquisition in 2012
RVO BioPur, LLC, a processing recycled vegetable oil facility, engages in the collection and processing of waste cooking oil products for businesses in the foodservice industry, hotels, hospitals, and entertainment venues in the United States. It also produces biodiesel for farmers, residential vehicles, military, school districts, parks, and city bus systems; and co-generates green electrical energy and heat.

Griffin Industries

Acquisition in 2010
Griffin Industries LLC offers animal and bakery by-product recycling services including rendering, bakery feed, and cooking oil recycling. It recycles meat and poultry by-products, grocery scraps, restaurant grease, and bakery waste. The company also produces animal feeds, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, animal fats and oils, biodiesel, and methyl esters. In addition, it provides bakery feeds collection, restaurant collection, and animal by-product removal services. The company serves slaughterhouses, animal feed and pet food manufacturers, packing plants, bakeries, butcher shops, supermarkets, hotels, and restaurants.

Nebraska By-Products

Acquisition in 2010
Nebraska, is a leading provider of deadstock collection and rendering services in Nebraska, Kansas and parts of Colorado and South Dakota.

Boca Industries

Acquisition in 2009
Boca Industries, Inc. engages in recycling of vegetable cooking oils and restaurant grease in the United States. The company serves catering, cooking, and hospitality services companies, including schools, caterers, restaurants, country clubs, malls, hotels, retirement homes, and grocery stores.

National By-Products

Acquisition in 2005
National By-Products Inc. is a large-sized food manufacturer in Des Moines, Iowa.
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