IRVING,
Texas, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling
Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR), the world's leading company turning
food waste into sustainable products and producer of renewable
energy, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) has granted U.S. Patent No. 11,490,634 to its health brand
Rousselot, securing Rousselot's intellectual property for SiMoGel™,
a gelatin technology that eliminates the need for starch-based
gummy production.
SiMoGel allows for the production of nutraceutical gummies using
silicon or metal molds, which are easily cleanable and eliminate
dust during production, unlike traditional starch trays. SiMoGel
also significantly reduces setting time to less than 30 minutes,
compared to 24 hours for conventional starch-based
production.
In November 2021, the company also
received a patent from the European Patent Office (EPO) for SiMoGel
for all major European countries.
"Because of taste, convenience and effectiveness, functional
gummies are one of the fastest growing nutraceutical segments
across Europe, North America and Asia," said Pierre-Albert Thomas, Director of Rousselot
Functional Ingredients. "Darling Ingredients' Rousselot team has
been on the cutting edge of developing world-class, gelatin-based
solutions. Receiving patents from both the U.S. Patent and
Trademark office and the European Patent Office is a testament to
our commitment to new and improved customer gelatin-based
formulations."
According to Future Market Insights, the nutraceutical gummy
market grew at a compound annual growth rate of 12.5% from 2016 to
2020 and is forecasted to grow 15% compounded annually from
2021-2023.
For more information about SiMoGel, visit rousselot.com.
About Darling
Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) is
the largest publicly traded company turning edible by-products and
food waste into sustainable products and a leading producer of
renewable energy. Recognized as a sustainability leader, the
company operates more than 270 facilities in 17 countries and
repurposes approximately 15% of the world's meat industry waste
streams into value-added products, such as green energy, renewable
diesel, collagen, fertilizer, animal proteins and meals and pet
food ingredients. To learn more, visit darlingii.com. Follow us on
LinkedIn.
About Rousselot
Rousselot is Darling Ingredients'
health brand and the global leader of collagen-based solutions for
the food, health and nutrition, biomedical and pharmaceutical
sectors. Working in partnership with its global customer base,
Rousselot delivers advanced ingredient solutions that enable
innovation, excite today's consumers and contribute to public
health. Through state-of-the-art operations, extensive technical
expertise and sustained scientific research, Rousselot helps
customers achieve their goals and create world-class products so
that together, they can reach further.
Darling Ingredients
Contacts
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Investors:
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Suann
Guthrie
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VP, Investor Relations,
Sustainability & Communications
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(469) 214-8202;
suann.guthrie@darlingii.com
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Media:
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Jillian
Fleming
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Director, Global
Communications
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(972) 541-7115;
jillian.fleming@darlingii.com
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