Our history

Rousselot was founded in France in 1891 by Edouard Rousselot. From our beginnings as a family-owned business, our commitment to high-quality, safe products, enabled us to develop an understanding of gelatin and related ingredients – both operationally and technologically – that is unparalleled throughout the world. Today, our company offers the widest range of gelatins and collagens available.

In 2002, Rousselot became a part of VION Ingredients, a worldwide leader in the development and production of specialty ingredients of animal origins. Six years later, we strengthened our global position by acquiring Peptan, now the world’s leading collagen peptide brand. In 2014, Rousselot became a part of Darling Ingredients.

In 2018, we expanded our portfolio and entered the market for (bio)medical applications with a new range of high-purity gelatins and collagens called X-Pure®. The X-Pure brand builds on our continuous investments in science, research and development. Its low-endotoxin gelatins and collagens are the perfect solution for applications requiring intensely purified biomaterials, such as hemostatic products, parenteral formulations (including vaccines) and regenerative medicine.

A global leader and innovator

With a legacy of over a century, Darling Ingredients has emerged as a global leader and innovator in the field of sustainable organic ingredients, providing quality products and services to processing industries around the world. Its critical and environmentally safe solutions for the removal and sustainable use of agricultural, industrial and food by-products help protect the food and feed chains, keep people and animals safe, and benefit people, businesses and the environment.