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Collection
Removal and organization of flows from agri-food players, with a focus on regularity and freshness.
Our business
Collect, process, valorize.
PRODIA transforms animal by-products from the agri-food industry into useful resources, through a structured industrial organization.
Process
A clear pathway for well-managed flows.
Each step meets a goal: preserving the quality of materials, ensuring traceability and directing resources towards the right outlets.
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Processing
Preparation and stabilization of materials according to needs: refrigeration, freezing, cooking or packaging.
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Valorization
Directed towards industrial markets that reuse these resources in new applications.
Collection
Materials collected nationwide, across all species.
As a privileged partner of slaughterhouses, cutting plants and fish filleting factories, PRODIA collects category 3 animal by-products every day, in compliance with EU regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
The materials collected vary by species: liver, lung, heart, kidney, blood, paunch, udders and spleens for cattle, pigs and sheep; filleting waste (head, bones, tail, skin) for fish; liver, heart and blood for game and rabbit; liver, heart, viscera, carcass, bones, head, neck, feet and skin for poultry.
- Refrigerated trucks keeping products at ≤ 7°C, in line with regulations.
- Collections several times a week to guarantee freshness.
- Over 100 geolocated trucks criss-cross France daily, delivering more than 2,000 tonnes of material to the 4 processing sites: Saint-Amour (39), Fleury-les-Aubrais (45), Cuiseaux (71) and Sainte-Florence (85).
Processing
Two processing methods, adapted to each outlet.
Processing stabilizes materials collected in a raw state, in line with each client's specifications, both in preparation and packaging.
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Refrigeration — fresh or frozen
Rapid cooling using tubular heat exchangers for fresh deliveries, kept between 2 and 4°C on a just-in-time basis. For frozen products, fast and deep freezing in plate freezers followed by storage at -18°C at the Fleury-les-Aubrais, Cuiseaux and Sainte-Florence sites, mainly intended for wet pet food.
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Cooking
A specialty of the Saint-Amour (39) site, cooking dehydrates the material to produce protein-rich meals — PAT (Processed Animal Protein) — intended for dry pet food, as well as fats used in various applications.
Storage
A national cold-storage capacity of more than 20,000 tonnes.
PRODIA operates 6 cold-storage warehouses spread across the country, representing a storage capacity of more than 20,000 tonnes. At Saint-Amour (39), the cooking plant alone can store up to 1,000 tonnes of protein and 1,000 tonnes of fat.
- A network of warehouses strategically positioned across the country.
- Enhanced responsiveness to client demand.
- Dedicated capacity for protein and fat at Saint-Amour.