Animal fat oil

Agri contractor

In an abattoir the tallow from animals has oil, anyone know what happens to this ? it the oil squeezed out or is the lot dumped ?

bob charles

Agri contractor wrote: »

In an abattoir the tallow from animals has oil, anyone know what happens to this ? it the oil squeezed out or is the lot dumped ?

it sure aint dumped, but what happens it I'm not exactly sure. I know that the ABP Proteins side of the business in Ire and Uk deal with this.

Bodacious

bob charles wrote: »

Agri contractor wrote: »

In an abattoir the tallow from animals has oil, anyone know what happens to this ? it the oil squeezed out or is the lot dumped ?

it sure aint dumped, but what happens it I'm not exactly sure. I know that the ABP Proteins side of the business in Ire and Uk deal with this.

I visited Premier Protein in Ballinasloe before and the oil generated there from burning the carcases Itself is very useful with a very high calorific value it runs the boilers used to incinerate and excess is sold off (exported I think) and final ash stuff is exported to Germany in sealed containers and I forget what that's used for ;-(

Agri contractor

Thanks for the replies. Is the oil squeezed from the fat before it leaves the factory ?

coolshannagh28

Agri contractor wrote: »

Thanks for the replies. Is the oil squeezed from the fat before it leaves the factory ?

The fat is rendered down and the higher quality dripping cooks most of the chip shop chips in the country

Agri contractor

coolshannagh28 wrote: »

The fat is rendered down and the higher quality dripping cooks most of the chip shop chips in the country

Thanks cooshannagh. I presume the oil from these factories is in demand.

coolshannagh28

Its a fairly valuable product ,it sets solid at room temperature and is in strong demand from recyclers