Our Company is Answering the World's Need for Sustainable, Low Carbon Fuels

Anticipating a rising need for sustainable fuel solutions among the world’s growing population, Darling Ingredients, DAR PRO’s parent company has been a pioneer in the commercial production of petroleum fuel alternatives for over three decades. We initially began our efforts by producing biofuel in the 1990s and have transitioned toward producing renewable diesel.

How Fats and Used Cooking Oils are Low Carbon Renewable Resources

Our joint venture with Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) began in 2013.  Located outside of Norco Louisiana, DGD takes waste feedstocks, fats and used cooking oils and turns them into an ingredient crucial to the creation of renewable diesel. Today, it is the largest operation in North America and the world's only vertically integrated renewable diesel producer.    

Watch this video and hear Randall Stuewe, Darling Ingredients CEO, describe the sustainable benefits of DGD's renewable diesel fuel over other fuel alternatives. 

Our History with Biodiesel:

We have long been a pioneer in animal fat-based biodiesel production. Not only have we produced it across North America, but we have also donated the necessary used cooking oil for philanthropic endeavors. Biodiesel created from used cooking oil collected by DAR PRO powers diesel vehicles of the Chicago Park District.

Our Renewable Diesel Production:

Annually, DGD converts animal fats and cooking oils into ~700 million gallons of renewable diesel. In 2021, our fuel reduced the carbon emissions equivalent to taking 604,904 cars off the road.

Construction on our facility in Port Arthur, TX will expand production to 1.2 billion annually.

What is the difference between biodiesel and renewable diesel?

  • Renewable diesel, unlike biodiesel, is produced in a way that yields a biofuel chemically identical to petroleum diesel.
  • Unlike biodiesel, renewable diesel has no cold flow issues or transportation restraints.
  • Renewable diesel can be dropped into the existing pipeline for distribution to diesel retailers or sold as a low carbon alternative to petroleum diesel. 
  • Renewable diesel benefits from its higher cetane rating between 75 and 90, versus 48 to 55 for petroleum diesel.
  • Biodiesel's cetane varies depending on if it's sourced from cooking oils or animal fats, scoring between 46 to 60.
  • Because of all of these factors renewable diesel burns more cleaner and more completely than petroleum diesel and is a superior alternative to biodiesel.

Helping You Contribute to a More Sustainable Future

DAR PRO Solutions helps restaurant and food service customers reduce their carbon footprint by diverting cooking oil and meat waste from landfills and repurposes it into valuable new resources.  Nearly all of the used cooking oil and roughly half of the animal fats we collect are processed at our plants across the country and then sent to Diamond Green Diesel for use in renewable diesel production.

A DAR PRO partnership ensures your cooking oil makes an impact long after it leaves the fryer.

To get started with sustainable grease and meat by-product services call us at (855) 327-7761.