Inventories (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

A summary of inventories follows (in thousands):



	March 29, 2014		December 28, 2013
Finished product	$	285,019	$	57,681
WIP	76,727		—
Supplies and other	48,775		7,452
	$	410,521	$	65,133

Following the VION Acquisition, the Company began to carry larger amounts of inventories as compared to historical periods because the gelatin and casing usiness purchased in the VION Acquisition traditionally have required longer processing periods to produce the end product and greater available inventory than Darling's historical products require. The Company's work in process inventory represents inventory in the Food Ingredients segment that is in various stages of processing.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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