Great Lakes Feed and Energy
DeVout Animal Nutrition
Superior Pet Food Ingredients
DeVout is dedicated to transforming rendered animal by-products into refined, high-quality pet food ingredients.
Great Lakes Feed & Energy: Our Mission and Evolution
At Great Lakes Feed & Energy (GLFE), our mission is to bridge the gap between the rendering industry and premium pet food ingredients by combining decades of industry experience.
Through DeVout Nutrition, we use advanced processing, quality testing, and strong industry partnerships to provide clean, consistent, high-quality animal protein ingredients for the pet food industry. Our focus is simple: reliable ingredients, proven quality, and products our customers can count on.
Exceptional Quality, Backed by Decades of Testing.
AOCS Testing
Our commitment to quality begins before product acceptance, ensuring all materials meet strict specifications. Once sampled and tested, we process the ingredients through air classification and screening to remove any foreign or undesirable matter. We utilize accredited AOCS testing methods.
Safety and Compliance
To uphold safety and compliance, we conduct mock recalls to verify traceability, tracking each load back to its origin with proper documentation and logistical procedures.
Export Protocols
We have implemented export protocols for international trade, ensuring our ingredients meet or exceed our global and pet food standards.
Our Products
We offer a wide range of animal protein ingredients from trusted sources. We work closely with our customers to provide the right product for their needs, with the ability to reprocess and refine ingredients to meet custom specifications.
Our Team
Troy Wondrasch
Under Troy’s leadership, Great Lakes Feed and Energy has developed its premium line of pet food ingredients under the DeVout label, focused on quality, consistency, and performance.
Troy also serves as the current Protein Chairman and a board member of the American Fats and Oils Association (AFOA). In this role, he is actively involved in reviewing and implementing industry trade rules in collaboration with the North American Renderers Association (NARA).
In addition to his work in the feed and ingredient industry, Troy is the owner of Wittstock Ranch, a beef-producing operation in Western Wisconsin. His involvement in cattle production gives him a firsthand understanding of the animal by-product supply chain beginning at its source.
President
With more than 50 years of experience in the rendering and meatpacking industries, Jim Fisher brings extensive practical knowledge, technical expertise, and industry relationships to Great Lakes Feed and Energy.
Jim previously served as Director of Rendering for JBS Swift and has worked with leading organizations including Jennie-O Turkey Store, Smithfield Beef, and JBS Swift. His experience provides a deep understanding of the rendering and animal by-product supply chain.
At Great Lakes Feed and Energy, Jim focuses on developing our supply network and working directly with suppliers to improve quality, processing, and product value. His expertise spans the entire process—from the kill floor through rendering, refining, and reprocessing.
Jim also works closely with our suppliers and plant managers to identify opportunities for improvement, strengthen quality controls, and maximize the value of raw materials.
Director of Product Supply & Special Projects
Jim Fisher
Tim Sabaliauskas
Tim brings extensive experience in transportation, freight management, and the feed ingredient industry to Great Lakes Feed and Energy. As Logistics Manager, he works closely with customers and carriers to develop reliable, cost-effective transportation solutions. His strong understanding of freight markets, transportation lanes, and carrier relationships allows him to anticipate challenges, identify opportunities, and keep shipments moving efficiently.
Tim oversees specialized transportation needs, including drop-trailer programs, rail transfers, specialized carrier requirements, and customized logistics solutions. His focus is on building dependable relationships and ensuring every shipment is handled with the right carrier, equipment, lane, and cost.
Logistics Manager
Jordan Eggli
Jordan works closely with customers, carriers, and the Great Lakes Feed and Energy team to coordinate shipments from pickup through delivery. His knowledge of transportation lanes and carrier networks helps identify reload opportunities, connect compatible lanes, and maximize equipment utilization while controlling freight costs. Jordan plays an important role in providing 24-hour load management and immediate communication, helping customers stay informed and addressing potential issues before they become problems. Whether coordinating customer-owned products or Great Lakes Feed and Energy and DeVout ingredients, Jordan focuses on reliability, communication, and efficient execution.
Logistics CoordinatorDan Spence
With more than 25 years of experience in commodity trading, procurement, animal by-products, refining, quality, and operations, Dan Spence brings extensive industry knowledge and hands-on leadership to Great Lakes Feed and Energy.
Dan began his career in grain commodity trading with ADM and has built strong relationships throughout the animal by-products industry. Today, he leads Quality and Operations, overseeing production, quality systems, facilities, and operational standards.
Dan’s focus on quality extends from supplier selection and raw material sourcing through refining, reprocessing, blending, testing, and final delivery. His ability to connect procurement, production, quality, logistics, and customer requirements helps Great Lakes consistently deliver reliable, high-quality ingredients.
Dan’s focus is simple: control the details, elevate the product, and deliver quality that exceeds expectations.
Director of Quality & Operations