Co-product recovery is the process of recovering usable ingredients and materials generated during food manufacturing and redirecting them into appropriate feed or pet food applications rather than sending them to disposal. For manufacturers, it lowers disposal costs, improves sustainability outcomes, and keeps material in productive use — all while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Diversified Ingredients acts as the connection point between food manufacturers and qualified feed and pet food partners. Our role isn’t manufacturing or recycling; it’s managing the compliant movement, documentation, and market placement of co-products so you can focus on production while minimizing risk and inefficiency.
OUR FACILITIES
Our facilities are designed to support efficient storage, staging, and product movement across a variety of operational needs.
Efficient processing and distribution hub
Primary hub for protein processing and logistics
Strategic river-access facility
Central distribution and logistics facility
We start by evaluating each co-product stream — what it is, how it must be handled, and which markets can use it. Our sales, quality assurance, and logistics teams work together to identify suitable end-use channels and confirm the documentation and any restrictions that apply to the material.
Our logistics partner, Ingredient Logistics Services (ILS), arranges pickup to move products quickly and discreetly, without disrupting your manufacturing process. We can remove, repackage, or redirect materials as needed, and we understand the confidentiality that off-spec or excess material often requires.
We manage a wide range of co-product types and formats, including:
Because we can remove, repackage, or redirect each of these, manufacturers get a single partner for the full range of recoverable streams rather than juggling separate outlets for each material type.
Recovered co-products are placed primarily into animal feed and pet food markets, where many food-manufacturing by-products carry real nutritional and economic value. Because we understand ingredient specifications and market requirements across these sectors, we can match each stream to a qualified end user.
That market knowledge is what separates ingredient-based co-product recovery from general waste handling. Materials are placed with partners who can actually use them, documented properly, and kept within compliant channels.
Redirecting by-products away from disposal and into feed and pet food applications reduces waste and supports the sustainability metrics manufacturers increasingly have to report. Co-product recovery turns a cost center into a measurable environmental and financial win.
For many manufacturers, a documented recovery program also strengthens corporate responsibility goals and customer-facing sustainability claims — backed by traceable records of where recovered material actually went.
Co-product recovery services support food ingredient manufacturers, pet food manufacturers, and feed ingredient suppliers. Food manufacturers reduce disposal costs and recover value from by-products; feed and pet food partners gain access to qualified, documented ingredient streams.
With more than 40 years in food, feed, and pet food markets, Diversified Ingredients handles recovered materials responsibly and places them into appropriate end-use channels with full traceability. Pair recovery with transloading and warehousing to move and stage material efficiently, backed by quality and compliance support.
LABEL
Our distribution network supports efficient delivery across North America through truck, rail, and export channels. We coordinate sourcing, storage, and logistics to align with your production timelines and volume requirements.
We offer tailored business solutions, including branding, web design, copywriting, and digital marketing strategies.
OUR PROCESS
Ingredients are processed and customized to meet your exact specifications.
Our team develops a warehousing approach designed around your operational goals.
We manage receiving, storage, staging, and outbound coordination.
Ongoing coordination helps ensure smooth and efficient operations.
OUR FACILITIES
At Diversified Ingredients, we go BEYOND sourcing – from transloading and warehousing to quality assurance and co-product recovery. Our experienced team works to understand, anticipate, and meet every need.
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Our team is ready to support your warehousing and distribution needs with practical, flexible solutions.
870 Woods Mill Rd
Ballwin, MO 63011
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