Edible Rendering -- Rendered Products for Human Use
Herbert W. Ockerman, Lopa Basu · The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University) · 2010
This chapter focuses on animal by-products used directly by humans. Preliminary information on world and U.S. meat and by-product production is discussed. The main products focused upon are fats and oils and their properties, animal by-products that are harvested from the carcass and cooked by the consumer or incorporated into consumable food items. Also discussed is gelatin extraction, edible tissue separated from bone, and medical and pharmaceutical products for human treatment.