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Animal fat feedstocks for oleochemicals
Author(s) -
Maerker Gerhard
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf03028756
Subject(s) - tallow , grease , animal fat , raw material , food science , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry
Inedible tallow is a major raw material source in the manufacture of fatty acids and hence in the production of oleochemicals. The U.S. generates about 55% of the world's total tallow production of six million metric tons, but supplies about 80% of the tallow imported by other countries. U.S. inedible tallow and grease usually is a blend whose principal component is rendered beef fat. It consistently has been and still is the least expensive of the various fats and oils and is traded in various grades depending on physical characteristics.