Darling Ingredients Inc. DAR

Company Overview

Darling Ingredients Inc. is a U.S.-based global producer of sustainable ingredients and renewable energy products that operates across the food, feed, fuel, and specialty ingredients industries. The company collects and repurposes animal by-products, used cooking oil, bakery residuals, and other organic waste streams into value-added products including feed ingredients, bioenergy, collagen, pet food ingredients, fertilizers, and renewable diesel feedstocks. Darling’s operations support circular economy and waste-to-value business models, with revenue primarily generated through ingredient production, rendering services, feed solutions, and renewable fuel-related activities.

The company operates through several major business platforms, including Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients, and Fuel Ingredients, alongside its renewable diesel joint venture activities. Darling traces its roots to the late 19th century and evolved through acquisitions and expansion from a regional rendering business into a multinational sustainability-focused ingredients company. Its strategic positioning is tied to its large-scale rendering network, vertically integrated collection infrastructure, and access to low-carbon feedstocks used in renewable fuels production.