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Inventories
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
INVENTORIES
INVENTORIES

A summary of inventories follows (in thousands):

        
 
January 3, 2015
 
December 28, 2013
Finished product
$
255,130

 
$
57,681

Work in process
98,936

 

Supplies and other
47,547

 
7,452

 
$
401,613

 
$
65,133



Following the VION Acquisition, the Company began to carry larger amounts of inventories as compared to historical periods due to the VION Acquisition. Additionally, certain products acquired in the VION Acquisition, primarily in the gelatin and casing businesses traditionally have required longer processing periods to produce the end product and thus have 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.