Everything about Animal Fat totally explained
Animal fats are
rendered tissue
fats that can be obtained from a variety of
animals.
Human nutrition
Animal fats are often claimed to be unhealthy owing to their association with high
cholesterol levels in the blood. Animal fat contains some cholesterol and
saturated fat. Elevated blood cholesterol levels have been linked to
heart disease, there isn't necessarily a relationship between cholesterol intake and blood cholesterol level.
Some sources of animal fat include
blubber,
cod liver oil,
lard pork fat,
beef tallow,
schmaltz or
chicken fat.
Pet nutrition
In pet nutrition is the source of animal fat that has concerned food manufacturers.
AAFCO states that animal fat is "obtained from the tissues of mammals and/or poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of
fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an
antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative". In actuality the animal source isn't specified or required to give the origin of slaughtered animals. The rendered animals can be obtained from any source. There is no control over quality or contamination and any animal can be used including dead, diseased, disabled, or dying prior to slaughter.
Caloric Equivalent
Assuming the animal fat is purely lipid, then its energy content should be equivalent to 9 kilocalories or 37.656 kilojoules per gram. The energy content of animal fat is identical to other lipids.
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