Dalco Food
- Type
- Food & Ingredient Manufacturer
- Location
- Oosterhout, Netherlands
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, Food ingredients & products, Plant-based
- Domains
- Processed food products, Meat alternatives, Proteins, Ingredients
About Dalco Food
Hilton Foods Dalco is a Dutch B2B specialist in co-creating vegetarian and vegan products. Based in Oosterhout, it develops and produces meal components, finger food, and snacks in collaboration with customers, with a clear focus on quality, innovation, and practical product development for the plant-based market.
The company serves retail, foodservice, and other B2B customers, including private-label clients. Its positioning is built around flexibility, short communication lines, and a hands-on working style, allowing it to respond quickly to changing customer and consumer needs.
Dalco is part of Hilton Foods, which has described itself as an international partner across animal and plant proteins. Known news indicates that Hilton Foods acquired a 50% stake in Dalco in 2019 and full ownership in 2021; in 2026, Hilton agreed to sell Dalco to Livekindly Collective, reflecting Dalco’s established role in plant-based B2B and private-label manufacturing.
Core Values
- Collaboration: The company emphasizes long-term partnerships with customers, colleagues, and suppliers, and frames co-creation as central to how it works.
- Innovation: Dalco highlights an innovative approach and ongoing product development as a way to stay ahead in a changing market.
- Flexibility: It stresses agility and responsiveness to shifts in the market and in customer and consumer needs.
- Ambition: The company says it sets high standards and continuously looks for ways to improve.
- Responsibility: Responsibility is presented as a core principle in everything the company does.
Unique Aspects
- Co-creation model: Dalco does not just manufacture plant-based products; it develops them together with customers, making product development a core part of its value proposition.
- Strong B2B and private-label focus: Known news identifies Dalco as a supplier to retail, foodservice, and B2B customers, with particular strength in private-label manufacturing.
- Hilton Foods ownership history: Hilton Foods first took a 50% stake in 2019 and then acquired full ownership in 2021; in 2026 it agreed to sell Dalco to Livekindly Collective.
- Plant-based specialist within a multi-protein group: Dalco sits within Hilton Foods’ broader animal- and plant-protein platform, giving it access to a larger food-industry group while remaining focused on vegetarian and vegan products.