International Dehydrated Foods was founded in 1982 and is owned by the Darr family. International Dehydrated Foods, also known as IDF, makes meat and poultry ingredients for the food-manufacturing and foodservice industries in the US and in 30 other countries worldwide. International Dehydrated Foods company's products include chicken-, turkey-, and meat-derived ingredients, including frozen and shelf-stable chicken broths; shelf-stable chicken fat; and liquid poultry fats. It also makes spray-dried dehydrated products such as powdered turkey, chicken, beef, and pork broths, powdered chicken and beef fats, and powdered cooked chicken, turkey, and beef. Its sister company, American Dehydrated Foods, manufactures animal-feed ingredients.