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Inventories (Notes)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2014
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventories
Inventories

A summary of inventories follows (in thousands):

        
 
June 28, 2014
 
December 28, 2013
Finished product
$
295,987

 
$
57,681

Work in process
85,718

 

Supplies and other
49,824

 
7,452

 
$
431,529

 
$
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 business 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.