date:Oct 30, 2012
volves tossing animal carcasses into huge steam jacketed vessels; the carcasses are then ground, and cooked at temperatures of between 220 degrees and 270 degrees for twenty minutes to an hour to release fat and moisture.
The tallow is removed and is the source of animal fat in most pet foods; the rest is percolated until fat is pressed out of the solids into dry-rendered tankage. The resulting product is ground further and then separated into fat, water and fine solids by stages of centrifug