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Meat and seafood manufacturer Hilton Foods has agreed to sell its Dutch-based vegan and vegetarian business, Dalco Food, to LiveKindly Collective for £5.4 million.

The deal follows LiveKindly’s recent acquisition of German plant-based food brand Greenforce, with the company continuing to expand its portfolio in the plant-based space. Other brands under the LiveKindly Collective include Fry’s Family Foods, Like, and Oumph.

LiveKindly’s mission is to help drive the shift forward a more sustainable food system and ‘make plant-based living the new norm’. It has an international footprint, headquartered in the US with additional manufacturing facilities in the Netherlands, Sweden and South Africa.

Hilton Foods – headquartered in Huntingdon, UK – said the transaction is consistent with its strategy to focus investment on and drive growth from its core meat and fresh prepared food businesses, while also aiming to improve performance and maximise value from its seafood, vegan and vegetarian businesses.

The company took ownership of Dalco in 2021. Dalco is expected to be treated as an asset held for sale in the company’s 2026 interim results, set to be announced on 3 September 2026.

Hilton Foods reported that Dalco made an adjusted operating loss of approximately £2 million in the first half of 2026, expected to be reported as a loss from discontinued operations.