Frylite

What Frylite does

Frylite is a privately held, family-owned supplier of cooking oil and waste management services to the Irish foodservice industry, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Strabane, Northern Ireland. The company operates four regional depots — Strabane (group HQ), Dublin, Galway, and Cork — together with a fleet of more than 90 specialised vehicles serving all 32 counties of Ireland. It sells roughly 40 million litres of fresh cooking oil per year to a base of 8,500+ customers that spans independent restaurants, multi-site hospitality groups, and food processors. Beyond oil supply, Frylite collects approximately 22 million litres of used cooking oil annually for recycling into biodiesel and 8,422 tonnes of food waste in 2023 for conversion into biogas, biofertilizer, and electricity, plus a professional fryer management service.

The company's product portfolio includes rapeseed, soybean, palm, olive oil, beef dripping, and prep oils, packaged in bulk and a proprietary "Bottle in Box" format. All oil batches are tested in Frylite's in-house laboratory before release to provide traceability and food-safety assurance. The technical platform is a physical logistics and compliance infrastructure rather than software: carbon-efficient vehicles with electronic bin lifts, BRCGS Grade AA and BRCGS START! accredited food-safety management, ISCC EU sustainability certification, and National Waste Collection and Waste Management Licences across each depot. There are no customer-facing digital applications, no disclosed APIs, and no AI/ML features in the source material.

Commercially, Frylite operates a quote-based B2B model with monthly billing cadence. Revenue is generated through recurring supply contracts for fresh oil and recurring collection services for UCO and food waste, supplemented by professional fees from fryer management. Go-to-market is sales-led, combining depot-based account management, a website quote-request workflow, and active participation in industry exhibitions. Ownership remains with the founding family: Eamon McCay is the founder and Managing Director, with second-generation family members in sales and business development. The company has no venture capital, private equity, or institutional investor involvement disclosed in the source material and is recognised through Deloitte Best Managed Companies status in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Name

Frylite

Legal name

Frylite Ltd.

Website

https://frylite.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Frylite is a family-owned Irish cooking oil supplier and waste management company serving 8,500+ foodservice businesses across all 32 counties of Ireland via four depots and 90+ vehicles, offering fresh oil supply, used cooking oil collection, food waste recycling, and fryer management services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cooking Oil Supply and Foodservice Waste Management

NAICS

Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing (31122), Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (311225)

SIC

Fats & Oils (2070)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Frying Oils & Foodservice Oil Blends Manufacturing (AFAKAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Grease Trap, Used Cooking Oil & FOG Services (Collection & Recycling) (EUAIAGAK)

Keywords

• Cooking oil supply
• Used cooking oil collection
• Food waste collection
• Fryer management services
• Biodiesel recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Strabane

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Fresh Cooking Oil Supply: Supply of high-quality cooking oils to foodservice businesses including rapeseed oil, soybean oil, palm oil, beef dripping, olive oil, and prep oils. Products delivered directly to customer premises.
2. Used Cooking Oil (UCO) Collection: Collection of used cooking oil from customers for recycling into biodiesel. The service handles all collection logistics, turning waste into renewable resources.
3. Food Waste Collection: Collection service for food waste from hospitality businesses, recycling into biogas, biofertilizer, and electricity. Diverting food waste from landfills.
4. Fryer Management Service: State-of-the-art oil filtering service operated by trained Frylite professionals for efficient fryer maintenance

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Frylite supplies fresh cooking oils (rapeseed, soybean, palm, beef dripping, olive oil, and prep oils) to foodservice and food-processing businesses across Ireland and Northern Ireland through scheduled direct delivery from four regional depots. In parallel, it collects used cooking oil for recycling into biodiesel, collects food waste for conversion to biogas, biofertilizer and renewable electricity, and provides professional fryer management and oil-filtering services through trained technicians.

Product overview

Frylite is a comprehensive cooking oil and waste management solutions provider for the foodservice industry across Ireland. The company operates a unified platform combining fresh cooking oil supply (rapeseed, soybean, palm, beef dripping, and olive oil in various formats including bulk and bottle-in-box) with integrated waste management services. Their core offering includes Used Cooking Oil (UCO) collection for recycling into biodiesel, Food Waste collection for conversion to biogas and biofertilizer, and professional Fryer Management services featuring state-of-the-art oil filtering. All products are batch tested in their in-house laboratory before release, serving over 8,500 customers with delivery and collection logistics across Ireland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cooking Oils Supply Scheduled supply of fresh cooking oils — including rapeseed, soybean, palm, beef dripping, olive oil, and preparation oils — delivered directly to foodservice and food-processing businesses. Products are batch tested in Frylite's in-house laboratory for full traceability and food safety compliance, with packaging options including bulk and bottle-in-box formats.
• Used Cooking Oil Collection (UCO) Scheduled collection of used cooking oil from customer sites using Frylite's carbon-efficient fleet with electronic bin lifts, with the collected oil recycled into biodiesel. Approximately 22 million litres of used cooking oil are collected annually.
• Food Waste Collection Collection service for food waste from hospitality businesses (plate scrapings through to packaged items), recycled into biogas, biofertilizer, and renewable electricity, helping customers meet food waste regulations and sustainability targets. 8,422 tonnes of food waste were collected in 2023.
• Fryer Management Service Professional oil-filtering service using state-of-the-art machinery operated by trained Frylite technicians to maintain fryer efficiency and extend oil life for commercial kitchens.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40 million litres of fresh cooking oil sold annually
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Business in the Community NI (BITCNI)coreOthers · 24 November 2023Frylite Solutions joined BITCNI, the responsible business network with over 240 organisations across Northern Ireland. This membership aligns with Frylite's commitment to responsible business practices and sustainability. The partnership focuses on BITCNI's three campaigning areas: People, Planet, and Place, and provides access to network resources, expertise sharing, and collaboration opportunities on community engagement, employee well-being, and environmental stewardship initiatives.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Olleco: UK-based collector and recycler of used cooking oil and food waste, operating a reverse-logistics model across the UK that closely mirrors Frylite's UCO and food waste collection business in Ireland.
• UCO Trade: UK-based used cooking oil collector and trader focused on foodservice and hospitality customers, comparable to Frylite's UCO collection stream.
• BI Oil Services: Irish used cooking oil collection and recycling company serving foodservice operators in Ireland, directly overlapping Frylite's UCO collection service across the same geography.
• Keenan Recycling: Ireland-based food waste collection and recycling company operating anaerobic digestion, comparable to Frylite's food waste collection division.
• MCT Oil & Grease: Irish supplier of cooking oils, fats, and grease trap services to foodservice businesses, comparable to Frylite's combined fresh-oil and FOG service offering.

Regional players

• Countrywide Farmers: UK-wide rural and foodservice supplier of oils, fats, and ancillary products with depot-based distribution, comparable in business model but serving the UK rather than Ireland.
• Ashgrove Wholesale: Northern Ireland-based wholesale foodservice distributor that supplies oils and related products to hospitality operators, overlapping with parts of Frylite's product range.

Emerging players

• Verde Oils: UK-based supplier of cooking oils focused on sustainable and traceable supply chains, comparable to Frylite's sustainability-positioned cooking oil portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Cargill: Global agricultural commodity processor and oilseed crusher producing refined vegetable oils; a broad incumbent in the upstream supply chain that Frylite ultimately sources from.
• ADM: Global food and oilseed processor with vegetable oil refining operations, sitting upstream of Frylite's distribution business as a broad incumbent supplier.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fryliteltd
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@frylitesolutions
• Facebookfacebook.com/Frylite
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/frylite-limited
• Instagraminstagram.com/frylitesolutions

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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