Darling Ingredients processes 15% of global animal byproducts

Darling Ingredients, a Texas-based company, has become a global leader in the rendering industry, processing approximately 15% of the world's animal byproducts. With annual revenues exceeding $6.3 billion, the company operates over 260 plants across 17 countries, including significant operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, and Australia.

Founded in 1882 through a partnership with the Chicago-based meatpacker Swift, the company specializes in converting materials such as bones, blood, fat, and leather into industrial products like soap, fertilizers, and industrial fats. Despite a major financial crisis in the 1980s that led to a three-year judicial restructuring, the firm has successfully evolved into a central figure in the global agribusiness supply chain.