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Hierarchy of uses for ABP and ECP

Our products are used in a variety of applications as shown in the hierarchy in the figure alongside. This illustrates the products where most added value is achieved, where feasible.

Edible fats and oils

Our high-grade edible oils and fats are an established and essential part of a healthy human diet. They provide a source of energy, fatty acids and vitamins (A, D, E, K and oleic acid), and may support nutrient utilisation. They have a lower carbon footprint than vegetable-based alternatives such as palm oil from non-sustainable sources. View Case Study.

 Pharmaceutical products

Carefully segregated by-products from cattle, pig and fish are made into pharmaceutical products for medical treatments and dietary supplements for humans. These include pharmaceutical ingredients like Heparin (a blood thinner), Chondroitin Sulphate, Glucosamine, Hyaluronic Acid and Collagen Peptides (bone, skin and joint health supplements). View Case Study.

 Animal Feed

Processed Animal Protein (PAP) can form part of the feed rations of omnivorous and carnivorous animals – as long as there is no intra-species consumption. Category 3 fat is a feed ingredient because of its binding, preservative and nutritional properties.

Aquafeed

PAP is an ingredient of aquafeed – particularly for commercially grown carnivorous fish like salmon. PAP has better nutritional properties than vegetable proteins for fish and can also substitute for wild- caught fish in feed rations.

Pet Food

Raw ABPs, animal fats and PAPs are ideal pet feed ingredients for carnivorous pets such as cats and dogs, providing a natural diet with superb taste and flavour. These ingredients correspond perfectly with the nutritional needs of pet animals and supply essential proteins, fats and minerals.

Domestic products

Animal fats are used in the manufacture of oleochemicals which are an ingredient for household soaps, detergents and cosmetics. They substitute vegetable fats like palm and coco in these applications.

 Organic fertilisers and soil improvers

PAP is commonly used as an agricultural fertiliser, providing plants and crops with readily available nitrogen and phosphorus as well as micro-nutrients that are essential for growth and photosynthesis. As soil improvers the organic material helps restore the organic matter in the soils, improving soil fertility and water binding capacity.

 Biofuels

Animal fats are increasingly used in manufacturing biofuels (biodiesel and green aviation fuel) which are used to supplement primary fossil fuels to create affordable, cleaner energy. View Case Study.

 Combustion as fuel

Category 1 and 2 meat and bone meal (MBM), and tallow are excluded from return to the food chain but have applications as renewable fuels for high energy users, such as cement works and power stations, replacing fossil fuels.