About

We repurpose and recycle materials from the animal agriculture and food industries – transforming them into essential ingredients that do everything from feeding animals to fertilizing crops to fueling planes and nourishing people.

Solutions

As a world leader in circularity, we transform materials from the animal agriculture and food industries into valuable ingredients. Ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy. This is supported through three segments within our operations: Feed, Food and Fuel.

Essential ingredients for animal nutrition, fertilizers and renewable fuels.

Ingredients to enhance human health and wellbeing.

Powering the future with low-emission energy solutions.

Brands

Our brands span more than 260 facilities across the world, transforming more than 16 million metric tons of raw material into over 350 sustainable ingredients every year.

Sustainability

Sustainability is our business. As the world’s leading practitioner of circularity, we transform unused resources into valuable ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy. Our innovations help reduce landfill and minimize emissions on a global scale.

Investors

We are a leader in circularity — showcasing that sustainability and profitability can go hand-in-hand.

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Careers

At Darling Ingredients, passion meets purpose and every individual makes a difference. Explore the diverse range of career opportunities we offer around the world.

Jobs outside the U.S.

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X-Pure®

Purified pharmaceutical-grade gelatins for reliable, versatile research and in-body applications, ensuring biocompatibility, consistency, regulatory compliance and fast track to market.

X-Pure gelatins for medical innovation

X-Pure is a range of pharmaceutical-grade gelatins for biomedical applications, including research, in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices, and in-body medical devices. X-Pure is purified from endotoxins and is available in both modified and non-modified forms.

Learn more in our blog about endotoxins, the uninvited guests in the land of biomaterials

Key facts about X-Pure range of gelatins

Purity and safety

Low allergenic with low endotoxin levels (<10 EU/g).

Versatility

Flexible for irregularly shaped areas and cross-linkable with tissue for complex wounds. Suitable for both in-body and topical applications.

Performance

Supports natural wound healing by providing a moist environment for tissue regeneration. Features anti-adhesive and anti-coagulation properties, and good wettability.

Customizability

Customizable in physical properties (such as gel strength, rheology, viscosity, and more), cross-linking mechanisms (including light, chemical, enzymatic, heat…) and degradation rate.

Biodegradability

Naturally breaks down over time; degradation time can be tailored to specific needs.

Imaging compatibility

Compatible with various imaging modalities for precise localization during procedures.

Consistency

High batch-to-batch consistency ensures repeatability in research and in production.

Compliant and well-documented

Documented traceability up to the farm. Compliance with EU MDR 2017/745, ISO 22442-2:2020, ISO 22442-3:2007, and IPEC-PQG GMP 2017.

Medical grade gelatins

Discover X-Pure® portfolio

X-Pure® GelMA

The world’s first GMP-grade gelatin methacryloyl.

X-Pure® GelDAT

The world’s first purified gelatin desaminotyrosine.

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