Darling Ingredients Inc.
Converting organic waste into sustainable ingredients and renewable energy.
Darling Ingredients is a global developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients, rendering animal by-products into proteins, fats, and specialty ingredients used in food, feed, and fuel applications. The company operates more than 260 facilities across North America, Europe, and South America, producing gelatin, collagen peptides, heparin, biodiesel, and animal feed proteins. Its Diamond Green Diesel joint venture is one of the largest renewable diesel producers in North America.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Irving, TX, United States
- Founded
- 1882
- Website
- darlingii.com
- Categories
- Specialty & Gourmet Food, Chemicals & Plastics, Agriculture & Raw Materials, Animal Feed & Fodder
- Markets
- United States, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Brazil
Verified facts
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-07 Domain registry record
- market-access-eu (green), checked 2026-08-22 TRACES NT, European Commission register of approved establishments (DG SANTE)
- lei-active (green), checked 2026-08-23 GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
Claimed certifications
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
- ISO 14001, Environmental Management IAF CertSearch
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA
- Chemical substances imported into the EU above 1 tonne/year must be REACH-registered. ECHA (REACH)