Poultry grease

Rendered fats have many nonfood and nonfeed uses. In the United States, most of the rendered fats are derived from beef animals (tallow), swine (lard), and poultry (poultry grease or poultry fat). Some minor amounts of fats are derived from other... 

Ref. 3. Carcass-weight basis, excludes offals, rabbit, and poultry meat. Includes edible pork fat, but excludes lard and edible greases (except United Less than 1000 metric tons. 

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. 

Blended feeding fats contain only tallow, grease, poultry fat, and soapstocks any other products should be included only with the knowledge and approval of the purchaser. 

Chicken fat, yellow grease, choice white grease, and beef tallow are readily available from meat, poultry, and other food-processing operations and are competitively priced relative to No. 2 fuel oil. They represent a potential source of energy at 1.2 therms per gallon. At times, the price of fish oil is so low that producers use the oil as an extender for the fuel oil that is being burned in the plants and some companies... 

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