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
Dried Ingredients Are Spicing Up Pet Food
Pet owners typically treat their pets like members of the family, with unique personalities, quirks, and preferences. This shift has prompted pet food manufacturers to incorporate natural ingredients such as dried herbs and spices, which improve taste and aroma while also serving practical purposes related to preservation and functionality.
Dried Vegetables and Herbs in Nutraceutical Products
Nutraceuticals use dried vegetables and herbs to provide concentrated plant-based nutrition in convenient, shelf-stable formats like powders, bars, and beverages. These ingredients retain key nutrients, blend easily, and support consistent potency and functionality in functional foods and supplements.
Emergency & Outdoor Food Systems: The Role of Dried Fruits and Vegetables
Dehydrated fruits and vegetables provide lightweight, shelf-stable nutrition for emergency kits, backpacking meals, military rations, and convenience foods, preserving flavor and most nutrients while extending shelf life. They simplify production for manufacturers by ensuring consistency and reducing spoilage.