Rice Hull Specialty Products

What Rice Hull Specialty Products does

Rice Hull Specialty Products LLC is a privately held industrial processor founded in 1970 and headquartered in Stuttgart, Arkansas — the self-described "rice and duck capital of the world." The company specializes in grinding and sizing U.S.-grown rice hulls into four core product grades — Feed Grade, 20/80, 30/80, and Minus 80 — plus unground rice hulls and an organic-certified 20/80 variant. Premium grades undergo daily sieve testing against guaranteed specifications to ensure particle-size consistency.

The business sells directly to industrial customers across at least four end markets: animal feed (fiber source, premix, pellet binder), composite materials and plastics (fiber reinforcement in injection molding and extrusion), industrial applications (oil field drilling, coal mining, steel production, polishing, insulation, glue extending), and agriculture (soil amendments, poultry bedding). Distribution is direct from the Stuttgart manufacturing facility via tote bags, bulk truck (hopper, pneumatic, live bottom, and end dump trailers), and rail car, with rail service provided by Union Pacific Railroad. Bulk truck loading is available 24/7.

Commercial economics are quote-based: pricing is not publicly disclosed and depends on grind specification, volume, and shipping format. The company employs 11–50 people, has no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no M&A activity, and no management-team roster in the source data. It claims the title of "one of the largest rice hull suppliers in the world" and ships to customers across North America and internationally, though international sales appear opportunistic rather than driven by a dedicated sales infrastructure.

Name

Rice Hull Specialty Products

Legal name

Rice Hull Specialty Products LLC

Website

https://ricehull.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rice Hull Specialty Products LLC, founded in 1970 in Stuttgart, Arkansas, processes and sells ground and unground U.S.-grown rice hulls in multiple grind specifications to industrial buyers in animal feed, composite materials, oil field, mining, and agricultural applications across North America and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Agricultural By-Products Manufacturing

NAICS

Rice Milling (311212)

SIC

Grain Mill Products (2040)

akta.pro primary industry

Rice & Grain Processing (milling, polishing, parboiling, blending) (AFAKABAE)

Keywords

• Rice hull products
• Animal feed ingredients
• Industrial fiber additives
• Pellet binding agents
• Rice hull processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Rice Hull Product Sales: Sale of ground and unground rice hulls in various grinds (Feed Grade, 20/80, 30/80, minus 80) and packaging formats (tote bags, bulk truck, rail car). One-time transactional sales based on customer order volume.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Rice Hull Specialty Products processes and sells ground and unground rice hulls in various mesh sizes (Feed Grade, 20/80, 30/80, minus 80) for industrial applications. The company supplies U.S.-grown rice hulls to manufacturers across animal feed, composite materials, oil field drilling, coal mining, and steel producing industries. Premium grades undergo daily sieve testing to meet guaranteed specifications.

Product overview

Rice Hull Specialty Products is a single-product company specializing in ground and unground rice hulls for industrial applications. The company offers several grind sizes (Feed Grade, 20/80, 30/80, and Minus 80) as its core product line, with organic options available for the 20/80 grade. Products are distinguished by grind size and quality tier (standard vs. organic), with all premium grades undergoing daily sieve testing for consistency. The company serves diverse industries including animal feed, composite materials, oil field drilling, coal mining, and steel producing, with shipping available via bulk truck, tote, or rail car.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Feed Grade Ground Rice Hulls
• 20/80 Ground Rice Hulls
• 30/80 Ground Rice Hulls
• Minus 80 Ground Rice Hulls
• Unground Rice Hulls
• Organic 20/80 Ground Rice Hulls

Quantifiable outcome

• Premium products sieve tested daily for consistency to meet guaranteed specifications

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Union Pacific RailroadcoreOthersRailroad service provider enabling bulk rice hull shipments via rail car to customers. Union Pacific provides rail infrastructure and service supporting the company's logistics capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Viterra: Global grain and agricultural commodity merchandiser with rice and oilseed processing activities and byproduct handling capabilities. Operates upstream and adjacent to RHSP's rice hull value chain.
• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): Global agribusiness with rice milling, grain processing, and agricultural byproduct commercialization across feed and industrial markets. Adjacent in the rice value chain and serves overlapping feed and industrial customers.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness with significant rice milling and agricultural byproduct operations, including rice hull and fiber supply to feed and industrial customers. Operates in the same upstream rice supply chain but at vastly larger scale and broader scope.
• Bunge Limited: Major global agribusiness involved in grain origination, processing, and byproduct marketing including rice and oilseed co-products. Broad incumbent operating in adjacent agricultural byproduct and feed ingredient markets.

Others

• Anheuser-Busch InBev: Major brewer historically a significant consumer of rice hulls as a filtration and brewing aid, sourcing from rice-producing regions including Arkansas. Indirect demand-side connection, illustrating the breadth of downstream rice hull use cases RHSP addresses.

Direct peers

• SunOpta: Specialty ingredient processor focused on plant-based and agricultural byproducts for food, feed, and industrial customers. Comparable business model of processing agricultural residuals into specification-grade industrial ingredients, including fiber-based products.
• RiceBran Technologies: U.S.-based company specializing in processing rice bran and other rice byproducts into value-added ingredients for food, feed, and nutraceutical applications. Directly comparable as a rice byproduct processor targeting feed and industrial markets.
• Riceland Foods: Farmer-owned cooperative headquartered in Stuttgart, Arkansas—the same city as RHSP—engaged in rice milling, marketing, and byproduct handling. Most geographically and operationally comparable peer, with rice hulls as a direct byproduct of its core milling activity.
• Producers Rice Mill: Rice milling operation based in Stuttgart, Arkansas producing milled rice and rice co-products including hulls. Same end-market and geography as RHSP, with rice hulls as a byproduct of its primary milling business.

Emerging players

• Eco-Shell: Smaller processor and supplier of rice hull-based products for abrasive, blasting, filtration, and industrial applications. Niche competitor with overlapping industrial end-markets to RHSP, especially in non-feed applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rice-hull-specialty-products

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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