Edible beef fat

Edible beef fat is obtained from bovine adipose tissue covering the abdominal cavity and surrounding the kidney and heart and from other compact, undamaged fat tissues. The fat is light-yellow due to carotenoids derived from animal feed. It is of a friable, brittle consistency and melts between 45 and 50 °C. 

The fatty acid composition of beef fat (Table 14.3) is not influenced greatly by feed intake, but that of hog fat (lard) is. The composition of edible beef fat triacylglycerols is given in 3.3.1.4. The following commercial products are prepared from beef fat Prime Beef Fat ( premier jus ) is obtained by melting fresh and selected fat trimmings in water heated to 50-55 °C. The acid value resulting from lipolytic action (cf. 14.5.3.1) 

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Antioxidants added before rendering improve the fat stability. Sims and Hilfman (42) studied the stabilization of lard and edible beef fats during pressure steam rendering. Antioxidants tested included butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), propyl gallate and citric acid combinations, and a mixmre of BHA and BHT. Best results for a given stabihzer level were obtained with the individual phenolics BHA and BHT. Poorer results were obtained with the mixtures in propylene glycol. 

Data on the production of oilseeds and other crops are summarized in Table 14.0. The world production of vegetable fats has multiplied since the time before the Second World War (Table 14.1). There has been a significant rise in production since 1964 of soybean, palm and sunflower oils, as well as rapeseed oil. Soybean oil, butter and edible beef fat and lard are most commonly produced in FR Germany (Table 14.1). The per capita consumption of plant oils in Germany has increased in the past years (Table 14.2). 

Cocoa butter substitutes and equivalents differ greatly with respect to their method of manufacture, source of fats, and functionaHty they are produced by several physical and chemical processes (17,18). Cocoa butter substitutes are produced from lauric acid fats such as coconut, palm, and palm kernel oils by fractionation and hydrogenation from domestic fats such as soy, com, and cotton seed oils by selective hydrogenation or from palm kernel stearines by fractionation. Cocoa butter equivalents can be produced from palm kernel oil and other specialty fats such as shea and ilHpe by fractional crystallization from glycerol and selected fatty acids by direct chemical synthesis or from edible beef tallow by acetone crystallization. 

Processed meat products with a minimum of fat and cholesterol appear to be in high demand. As for edible beef tallow, reduced usage has increased... 

Stearic acid is a long chain SFA present, to varying degrees, in virtually all edible fats and oils. Table IV provides the fatty acid composition of fats and oils commonly consumed by humans. The most abundant food sources of stearic acid in the American diet are beef fat and cocoa butter (chocolate). Cocoa butter is valued by chocolate manufacturers because it remains solid at room temperature but dissolves quickly at body temperature, a unique characteristic of chocolate that is due largely to stearic acid. During the last few decades as cocoa butter prices and supplies have fluctuated, food companies began looking for alternative oils that could provide equivalent amounts of stearic acid in order to retain the desirable physical characteristics. Several... 

Rendered beef, pork, poultry, and other animal fats are not well reported internationally, and global statistics are unreliable. Total production of fats in the United States by the rendering industry for 2000 is estimated at 4.18 million metric tons.68 Outputs of all rendering facilities captive to integrated broiler operations might not be included. Of the amount reported, 76 percent is inedible tallows and greases, 18 percent is edible beef or mutton tallows, and 6 percent is edible pork lard. 

Refined edible beef tallow used as a deep-fat frying medium by fast-food restaurants can be subjected to conditions which are suitable for oxidation of cholesterol. Ryan et al. 

DSC can be used to determine mixed edible fat. This can be illustrated with the results obtained from a study of a mixture of lard and beef fat using DSC and the sealed sample pan technique. 

Along with the reduced consunq>tion of meat products, the production of rendered animal fats has also declined. Beef tallow consumption has increased greatly since 1950 due to its distinctive flavor and stability as a frying medium. In 1985, 460,000 metric tons of beef tallow were used in the U.S. for baking and frying, but this figure was reduced to 289,000 metric tons in 1990 and is probably less this year. The decreased production of beef tallow has made it unprofitable for renderers to continue Ae processing procedures required to produce edible tallow (i). 

Oishi et al. (1992) compared the results from classical iodometric PV determinations of edible oils and fats to those using a coulometric detector. Results from each technique expressed as meq active oxygen/kg sample, were consistent with one another. Typical results were sesame oil (4.1), corn oil (8.7), cottonseed oil (14.5), rapeseed oil (33.2), peanut oil (30.5), olive oil (17.0), palm oil (8.9), beef tallow (2.5), and lard (35.0). 

It is claimed by some laboratories that they can identify the absence of pork fat in, for example, beef tallow, by the determination of the simple fatty acid composition with a rough comparison of fatty acid compositions. Certainly the accepted ranges for lard and edible tallows (including premier jus) given in Codex Alimentarius are different (Table 5.2.), and pure fats can often be differentiated in this way, but the natural variability of the product ensures that this is not certain when lower levels of pork fat (<50%) are present. In the... 

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Grade Edible inedible beef tallow mutton tallow horse fats acidless edible, extra. 

The unpleasant odor adhering to sheep tallow is difficult to remove, hence it is not used as an edible fat. Sheep tallow is harder and more brittle or friable than beef tallow. The fatty acid composition of sheep tallow is presented in Table 14.3. 

Animal fats [- tallow (beef and mutton) and - lard] are used for edible purposes and are a cheap source of C]6 and C]g saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. 

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