Steam Sterilization & Infrared Treatment
Silva combines the right equipment with over a decade of knowledge to stand as a leader in natural treatment application.
What is the Silva good-for-you promise?
We promise to deliver ingredients that are good for your customers through a process that’s good for your business.
Pet Food Needs
Silva offers a full line of all-natural ingredients for your pet food application needs, including specialty brands.
Premium Dried Vegetable, Herb, and Select Fruit Ingredients
The decisions we make and the ingredients we deliver produce results that are good for you and your brand.
Apples
Our dried apples are available either with or without added sulfites for color retention, depending on your needs, and are used in a variety of applications including bakery items, snack bars, salad toppers, seasoning blends, and pet food products.
Butternut Squash
This ingredient category is available as all-natural, as well as non-GMO verified, and is used in a wide variety of applications including seasoning blends, sauces, soups and stews, pasta products, rice products, and chips and snacks.
Chives
Field-fresh chives undergo various cleaning, sorting, and food safety steps prior to cutting or milling, and are used in a variety of applications including seasoning blends, cheese and dairy products, bakery products, and ready meals.
About Silva International
We don’t just make products, we deliver on partnership. We know that the ingredients we provide ultimately represent you, not just us. Our core team has been together for decades because we truly care about our partners’ success. When you choose to partner with Silva, you get the benefit of our team’s collective expertise—cultivated through years of experience—focused on making you look good. That’s the good-for-you promise.
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Commitment to Quality
When it comes to food safety, short cuts lead to dead ends. Our industry-leading processes and our healthy obsession with quality control deliver premium ingredients every time. We meet and exceed every food safety requirement because we care about making products that are truly good for you—good for your customers and good for your business. That’s the good-for you promise.
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Industry-Leading Processes
Everyone is looking for a clean label at the end of the process. You don’t get a clean label unless you have a clean process from start-to-finish. We can admit it—we’re a little obsessed with the details at every step of ingredient processing. And that obsession leads to ingredients you can trust, ingredients you’ll put your brand name on. That’s the good-for-you promise.
Learn MoreOur Recent Blogs
Silva International Names New President as Longtime Leader Retires
Silva International announces a major leadership transition as longtime President Kent DeVries retires after more than 30 years of service. Jeff Weidenaar will step into the role of President, with Darren Van Essen appointed as Vice President of Sales. These changes mark an exciting new chapter as Silva continues to grow and strengthen its position in the industry.
Functional Pet Food: Where Nutrition Meets Purpose
The pet food industry continues to grow as owners are willing to spend more and do the necessary research to ensure their pets are eating healthy. For pet food manufacturers, this creates opportunities to develop products with ingredients that deliver specific health benefits while still tasting good to pets.
Green Beans: Simple, Nutritious, and Versatile
Americans eat millions of pounds of green beans each year in both fresh and processed forms, and they appear in everything from frozen dinners to restaurant specialties. But as delightful as they are to consume, they’re also a great source of a wide range of nutrients that are associated with numerous health benefits.