Blood meal {AU}| dry rendering | AusLCI, U
Unit process Australia v00.00.000
This dataset represents the production of tallow, meat meal and blood meal from 1 kilogram of animal waste processing at rendering plant. Information relative to the operation of the plant is based on a survey of 30 sites in Australia It was developed as part of the LCAgMetrics project, a partnership between Agrifutures Australia and Lifecycles, funded by the Australian Government's Sustainability Reporting Uplift Grant as part of the National Agriculture Traceability Grants Program. Documentation for this dataset can be found in the 'LCAgMetrics Methodology for developing Life Cycle Inventory' report, available at https://agrifutures.com.au/ Reference flow: Annual volume of rendered animal processing waste (beef, sheep, pork, chicken) Production volume: tallow: 855696 tonnes/yr, meat meal: 888272 tonnes/yr, blood meal: 76193 tonnes/yr. Activities included: All activities taking place at the rendering plant. This activity starts at the unloading of processing waste at the plant, and ends with the co-production of tallow, meat meal and blood meal. Energy values: Undefined Nutritional values: Undefined Geography: Australia Technology level: Current Time period: 2020-2025 Record: Paul-Antoine Bontinck; Tel: +61(0)3 9417 1190; email: office@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU Generator: Paul-Antoine Bontinck; Tel: +61(0)3 9417 1190; email: office@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU
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- Blood meal {AU}| dry rendering | AusLCI, U
- Sampling procedure
- Data collected from secondary sources, including industry reports and statistics
- Creation date
- 10 Jun 2025
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Environmental Performance Review/2025/AMPC
Lamb co-products compendium/2025/MLA
Beef co-product compendium/2009/MLA
Feedipedia/2012/INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ, FAO
Livestock meat processing co-production/2014/Wiedemann
Rendered product prices/2024/MLA
Feed tables/2017/INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ
Product outputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood meal {AU}| dry rendering | AusLCI, U | 76197383.13210835 | kg | Carbon content, fossil: 0.0 kg C/kg dry mass. Carbon content, non-fossil: 0.545 kg C/kg dry mass. Dry mass: 0.94 kg/kg wet mass. Wet mass: 1 kg/kg wet mass. |
Technical inputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal protein meal , biogenic C not balanced {AU}| dry rendering | AusLCI, U | 76197383.13210835 | kg | — |
| Carbon correction factor {AU}| | AusLCI, U | -4190146.0612063706 | kg | Allocation correction for retail cuts - which is the only product for which biogenic carbon has been rebalanced in this inventory. For the other coproducts a subsequent balancing process is used. |
Parameters
| Name | Value | Formula | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| beef_meat_annual | 1868988.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| beef_chilling_loss | 0.03 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg moisture loss/kg HSCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| lamb_retail_yield | 0.88 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| All_Pro_bloodMeal | 12.699466663159384 | bloodMeal_total*protein_bloodMeal/total_protein*100 | Protein based allocation to bloodmeal |
| beef_renderingMat_FR | 0.39846174 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| protein_tallow | — | — | [kg protein/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| mutton_retail_yield | 0.88 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| pork_meat_annual | 436274.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| FR_bloodMeal | 0.013160781 | — | (2,1,5,1,na,na)[kg/kg LW] Calculated as ratio of whole blood and live weight, based on information reported in MLA (2009) |
| DM_Tallow | 0.975 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| All_En_meatMeal | 29.69938728685259 | meatMeal_total*energy_meatMeal/total_energy*100 | Energy based allocation |
| DM_Proteinmeal | 0.95 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| pork_chilling_loss | 0.04 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg moisture loss/kg HSCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| road | 332.4602665 | — | (3,1,1,1,na,na)[km] Weighted average of distance between property/feedlot/saleyard and the abattoir. As reported in CSIRO's TraNSIT model (https://benchmark.transit.csiro.au/) |
| FR_tallow | 0.282956789 | — | (2,1,5,1,na,na)[kg/kg LW] Calculated as ratio of tallow and live weight, based on information reported in MLA (2009) |
| bloodMeal_total | 76197383.13210835 | pork_RenderFeedstock*pork_rendering_bloodMeal_FR+(mutton_RenderFeedstock+lamb_RenderFeedstock)*sheep_rendering_bloodMeal_FR+beef_RenderFeedstock*beef_rendering_bloodMeal_FR+chicken_RenderFeedstock*chicken_rendering_bloodMeal_FR | [kg/yr] |
| pork_renderingMat_FR | 0.30268511 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| mutton_renderingMat_FR | 0.354767184 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| CC_ChickenProcesswaste | 0.541 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.5 as DM |
| mutton_chilling_loss | 0.04 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg moisture loss/kg HSCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| energy_bloodMeal | 22.654 | — | (3,na,1,na,1,na)[MJ/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| pork_rendering_tallow_FR | 0.293010753 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg tallow / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| BioC_all_tallow | 347454013.6490147 | BioC_inputs*All_tallow/100 | Biogenic carbon allocated to tallow in kg C. |
| chicken_rendering_meatMeal_FR | 0.259696459 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg meat meal / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| tallow_total | 855800202.0865468 | pork_RenderFeedstock*pork_rendering_tallow_FR+(mutton_RenderFeedstock+lamb_RenderFeedstock)*sheep_rendering_tallow_FR+beef_RenderFeedstock*beef_rendering_tallow_FR+chicken_RenderFeedstock*chicken_rendering_tallow_FR | [kg/yr] |
| CC_PorkProcesswaste | 0.541 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.5 as DM |
| lamb_dressing_rate | 0.4428 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na)[kg HSCW / kg LW] As reported in MLA (2025) Lamb co-products compendium |
| DM_Bloodmeal | 0.94 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| chicken_rendering_tallow_FR | 0.123102867 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg tallow / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| All_Mass_tallow | 47.012540811544184 | tallow_total/total_mass*100 | Mass based allocation |
| beef_retail_yield | 0.674 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| natural_gas | 1.689910068 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| lamb_renderingMat_FR | 0.354767184 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| biomass | 0.337058565 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| value_tallow | 1.35413115 | — | (2,1,1,1,na,na)[AU$/kg] Reported value for CY24, MLA (2024) Australian rendered product prices, https://www.mla.com.au/prices-markets/statistics/ |
| All_Eco_meatMeal | 31.46201239450297 | (meatMeal_total*value_meatMeal)/total_value*100 | Economic allocation used as default in AusLCI |
| All_meatMeal | 31.46201239450297 | iff(All_SWITCH=0;All_Eco_meatMeal;iff(All_SWITCH=1;All_Mass_meatMeal;iff(All_SWITCH=2;All_En_meatMeal;All_Pro_meatMeal))) | Selected allocation to meat meal based on allocation switch - default is economic |
| All_En_tallow | 66.86864990818736 | tallow_total*energy_tallow/total_energy*100 | Energy based allocation |
| All_Mass_bloodMeal | 4.185828158835656 | bloodMeal_total/total_mass*100 | Mass based allocation |
| CC_Proteinmeal | 0.5 | — | Carbon content 0.0 of wet season mix |
| pork_retail_yield | 0.77 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| total_energy | 50297034541.86725 | tallow_total*energy_tallow+meatMeal_total*energy_meatMeal+bloodMeal_total*energy_bloodMeal | [MJ/yr] Calculated as the annual quantity of energy in rendered products |
| beef_RenderFeedstock | 1961934380.6560705 | (((1/beef_dressing_rate)/(1-beef_chilling_loss))/beef_retail_yield)*beef_meat_annual*1000*beef_renderingMat_FR | [kg/yr] |
| DM_PorkProcesswaste | 0.319 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| BioC_Actual_bloodmeal | 39035919.3785791 | bloodmeal_total*CC_bloodmeal*DM_bloodmeal | The actual amount of biogenic carbon which should be allocated to bloodmeal in kg C. |
| chicken_RenderFeedstock | 836711640.4260325 | (((1/chicken_dressing_rate)/(1-chicken_chilling_loss))/chicken_retail_yield)*chicken_meat_annual*1000*chicken_renderingMat_FR | — |
| total_protein | 530728061.76340145 | tallow_total*protein_tallow+meatMeal_total*protein_meatMeal+bloodMeal_total*protein_bloodMeal | [kg protein/yr] Calculated as the annual mass of protein in rendered products |
| gasoline | 0.004617241 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| All_Mass_meatMeal | 48.801631029620154 | meatMeal_total/total_mass*100 | Mass based allocation |
| lamb_RenderFeedstock | 509291845.5103627 | (((1/lamb_dressing_rate)/(1-lamb_chilling_loss))/lamb_retail_yield)*lamb_meat_annual*1000*lamb_renderingMat_FR | [kg/yr] |
| CC_BeefProcesswaste | 0.541 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.5 as DM |
| sheep_rendering_tallow_FR | 0.195 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg tallow / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| sheep_rendering_bloodMeal_FR | 0.0175 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg blood meal / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| DM_BeefProcesswaste | 0.319 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| chicken_retail_yield | 0.82 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| LPG | 0.156986181 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| total_mass | 1820365773.288306 | tallow_total+meatMeal_total+bloodMeal_total | [kg/yr] Calculated as the annual mass of rendered products |
| pork_dressing_rate | 0.76 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg HSCW/kg LW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| chicken_rendering_bloodMeal_FR | 0.008431703 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg blood meal / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| meatMeal_total | 888368188.0696508 | pork_RenderFeedstock*pork_rendering_meatMeal_FR+(mutton_RenderFeedstock+lamb_RenderFeedstock)*sheep_rendering_meatMeal_FR+beef_RenderFeedstock*beef_rendering_meatMeal_FR+chicken_RenderFeedstock*chicken_rendering_meatMeal_FR | [kg/yr] |
| beef_dressing_rate | 0.5806 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg HSCW / kg LW] As reported in MLA (2009) Beef co-products compendium |
| value_meatMeal | 0.64923729 | — | (2,1,1,1,na,na)[AU$/kg] Reported value for CY24, MLA (2024) Australian rendered product prices, https://www.mla.com.au/prices-markets/statistics/ |
| electricity | 0.395030587 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[kWh/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| mutton_dressing_rate | 0.4805 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na)[kg HSCW / kg LW] As reported in MLA (2025) Lamb co-products compendium |
| mutton_RenderFeedstock | 151125885.60412925 | (((1/mutton_dressing_rate)/(1-mutton_chilling_loss))/mutton_retail_yield)*mutton_meat_annual*1000*mutton_renderingMat_FR | [kg/yr] |
| chicken_meat_annual | 1364171.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| mutton_meat_annual | 172919.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| All_Eco_bloodMeal | 5.322548862677251 | (bloodMeal_total*value_bloodMeal)/total_value*100 | Economic allocation used as default in AusLCI |
| chicken_dressing_rate | 0.71 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg HSCW / kg LW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| pork_RenderFeedstock | 235057892.74347088 | (((1/pork_dressing_rate)/(1-pork_chilling_loss))/pork_retail_yield)*pork_meat_annual*1000*pork_renderingMat_FR | [kg/yr] |
| energy_tallow | 39.3 | — | (3,na,1,na,1,na)[MJ/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| All_Pro_meatMeal | 87.30053333684062 | meatMeal_total*protein_meatMeal/total_protein*100 | Protein based allocation to meat meal |
| protein_bloodMeal | 0.88454 | — | (3,na,1,na,1,na)[kg protein/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| FR_meatMeal | 0.261022154 | — | (2,1,5,1,na,na)[kg/kg LW] Calculated as ratio of meat meal and live weight, based on information reported in MLA (2009) |
| waste_misc | 0.0215 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[kg/kg HCW] Waste production from AMPC (2025) |
| All_SWITCH | — | — | 0: economic allocation; 1: mass allocation; 2: energy allocation; 3: protein allocation |
| BioC_all_corr_bloodmeal | -4190146.0612063706 | BioC_Actual_bloodmeal-BioC_all_bloodmeal | This is the correction to the biogenic carbon required to balance the biogenic carbon for bloodmeal in kg C. |
| beef_rendering_bloodMeal_FR | 0.013160781 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg blood meal / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| lamb_meat_annual | 537013.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| chicken_renderingMat_FR | 0.346378505 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| lamb_chilling_loss | 0.04 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg moisture loss/kg HSCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| sheep_rendering_meatMeal_FR | 0.19 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg meat meal / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| CC_Tallow | 0.731 | — | Carbon content 0.0 of dry season mix |
| pork_rendering_meatMeal_FR | 0.142473118 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg meat meal / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| chicken_chilling_loss | 0.03 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg moisture loss/kg HSCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| total_RenderFeedstock | 2857410004.5140333 | pork_RenderFeedstock+mutton_RenderFeedstock+lamb_RenderFeedstock+beef_RenderFeedstock | [kg/yr] |
| CC_Bloodmeal | 0.545 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.4 as DM, NIR 2023 (DCCEEW 2025) |
| All_Pro_tallow | — | tallow_total*protein_tallow/total_protein*100 | [%] |
| total_value | 1833200456.8319411 | bloodMeal_total*value_bloodMeal+meatMeal_total*value_meatMeal+tallow_total*value_tallow | [$/yr] Calculated based on value of each output and annual mass of rendered products |
| BioC_all_corr_tallow | 262496185.38311923 | BioC_Actual_tallow-BioC_all_tallow | This is the correction to the biogenic carbon required to balance the biogenic carbon for tallow in kg C. |
| DM_ChickenProcesswaste | 0.319 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| fuelOil | 0.106196534 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kgHCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| biogas | 0.341675806 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kgHCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| coal | 0.503279228 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| All_En_bloodMeal | 3.43196280496003 | bloodMeal_total*energy_bloodMeal/total_energy*100 | Energy based allocation |
| beef_rendering_tallow_FR | 0.282956789 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg tallow / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| value_bloodMeal | 1.28052941 | — | (2,1,1,1,na,na)[AU$/kg] Reported value for CY24, MLA (2024) Australian rendered product prices, https://www.mla.com.au/prices-markets/statistics/ |
| protein_meatMeal | 0.52155 | — | (3,na,1,na,1,na)[kg protein/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| energy_meatMeal | 16.815 | — | (3,na,1,na,1,na)[MJ/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ, FAO (2002) Feedipedia, https://www.feedipedia.org/content/about-feedipedia |
| pork_rendering_bloodMeal_FR | 0.135135135 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg blood meal / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| BioC_all_bloodmeal | 43226065.43978547 | (BioC_inputs+BioC_all_corr_tallow)*All_bloodmeal/100 | Biogenic carbon allocated to tallow in kg C. |
| evaporated_water | 1037044231.2257273 | total_RenderFeedstock-(tallow_total+meatMeal_total+bloodMeal_total) | [kg/yr] |
| DM_LambProcesswaste | 0.319 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| BioC_Inputs | 549634742.0170041 | beef_RenderFeedstock*CC_BeefProcesswaste*DM_BeefProcesswaste+chicken_RenderFeedstock*CC_ChickenProcesswaste*DM_ChickenProcesswaste+(lamb_renderingMat_FR+mutton_RenderFeedstock)*CC_LambProcesswaste*DM_LambProcesswaste+pork_RenderFeedstock*CC_PorkProcesswaste*DM_PorkProcesswaste | kg biogenic carbon imported in with input wasts |
| CC_LambProcesswaste | 0.541 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.5 as DM |
| All_Eco_tallow | 63.21543874281977 | (tallow_total*value_tallow)/total_value*100 | Economic allocation used as default in AusLCI |
| beef_rendering_meatMeal_FR | 0.261022154 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg meat meal / kg processing waste to rendering] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| renewable | 0.003847701 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[kWh/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| All_bloodMeal | 5.322548862677251 | iff(All_SWITCH=0;All_Eco_bloodMeal;iff(All_SWITCH=1;All_Mass_bloodMeal;iff(All_SWITCH=2;All_En_bloodMeal;All_Pro_bloodMeal))) | [%] Formula used to switch between allocation procedure |
| BioC_Actual_tallow | 609950199.0321339 | tallow_total*CC_tallow*DM_tallow | The actual amount of biogenic carbon which should be allocated to tallow in kg C. |
| All_tallow | 63.21543874281977 | iff(All_SWITCH=0;All_Eco_tallow;iff(All_SWITCH=1;All_Mass_tallow;iff(All_SWITCH=2;All_En_tallow;All_Pro_tallow))) | [%] Formula used to switch between allocation procedure |
| diesel | 0.041555166 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |