Animal protein 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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- Animal protein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal protein meal {AU}| dry rendering | AusLCI, U | 888368188.0696508 | kg | Carbon content, fossil: 0.0 kg C/kg dry mass. Carbon content, non-fossil: 0.500 kg C/kg dry mass. Dry mass: 0.95 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 | 888368188.0696508 | kg | — |
| Carbon correction factor {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 166462156.29486537 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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/ |
| 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 |
| fuelOil | 0.106196534 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kgHCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| All_Mass_tallow | 47.012540811544184 | tallow_total/total_mass*100 | Mass based allocation |
| DM_ChickenProcesswaste | 0.319 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| mutton_chilling_loss | 0.04 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg moisture loss/kg HSCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| chicken_renderingMat_FR | 0.346378505 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| 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] |
| 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/) |
| CC_PorkProcesswaste | 0.541 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.5 as DM |
| lamb_chilling_loss | 0.04 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg moisture loss/kg HSCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| renewable | 0.003847701 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[kWh/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| 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 |
| lamb_renderingMat_FR | 0.354767184 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| All_Mass_meatMeal | 48.801631029620154 | meatMeal_total/total_mass*100 | Mass based allocation |
| LPG | 0.156986181 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| BioC_all_tallow | 347454013.6490147 | BioC_inputs*All_tallow/100 | Biogenic carbon 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 |
| BioC_all_corr_meatmeal | 166462156.29486537 | BioC_Actual_meatmeal-BioC_all_meatmeal | This is the correction to the biogenic carbon required to balance the biogenic carbon for bloodmeal in kg C. |
| 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) |
| lamb_retail_yield | 0.88 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| beef_retail_yield | 0.674 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| 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) |
| DM_PorkProcesswaste | 0.319 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| mutton_RenderFeedstock | 151125885.60412925 | (((1/mutton_dressing_rate)/(1-mutton_chilling_loss))/mutton_retail_yield)*mutton_meat_annual*1000*mutton_renderingMat_FR | [kg/yr] |
| 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) |
| protein_bloodMeal | 0.88454 | — | (3,na,1,na,1,na)[kg protein/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| CC_ChickenProcesswaste | 0.541 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.5 as DM |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| beef_renderingMat_FR | 0.39846174 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from 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) |
| evaporated_water | 1037044231.2257273 | total_RenderFeedstock-(tallow_total+meatMeal_total+bloodMeal_total) | [kg/yr] |
| 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] |
| mutton_dressing_rate | 0.4805 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na)[kg HSCW / kg LW] As reported in MLA (2025) Lamb co-products compendium |
| pork_retail_yield | 0.77 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| CC_LambProcesswaste | 0.541 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.5 as DM |
| 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/ |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| All_Pro_bloodMeal | 12.699466663159384 | bloodMeal_total*protein_bloodMeal/total_protein*100 | Protein based allocation to bloodmeal |
| 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) |
| All_Eco_tallow | 63.21543874281977 | (tallow_total*value_tallow)/total_value*100 | Economic allocation used as default in AusLCI |
| 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. |
| pork_dressing_rate | 0.76 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg HSCW/kg LW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| pork_renderingMat_FR | 0.30268511 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| CC_Proteinmeal | 0.5 | — | Carbon content 0.0 of wet season mix |
| lamb_dressing_rate | 0.4428 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,na)[kg HSCW / kg LW] As reported in MLA (2025) Lamb co-products compendium |
| 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 |
| beef_chilling_loss | 0.03 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg moisture loss/kg HSCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| All_SWITCH | — | — | 0: economic allocation; 1: mass allocation; 2: energy allocation; 3: protein allocation |
| biogas | 0.341675806 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kgHCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| pork_meat_annual | 436274.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| protein_meatMeal | 0.52155 | — | (3,na,1,na,1,na)[kg protein/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| BioC_Actual_meatmeal | 421974889.3330841 | meatmeal_total*CC_Proteinmeal*DM_proteinmeal | The actual amount of biogenic carbon which should be allocated to bloodmeal in kg C. |
| energy_bloodMeal | 22.654 | — | (3,na,1,na,1,na)[MJ/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| natural_gas | 1.689910068 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| waste_misc | 0.0215 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[kg/kg HCW] Waste production from AMPC (2025) |
| chicken_meat_annual | 1364171.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| 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) |
| mutton_meat_annual | 172919.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| DM_Proteinmeal | 0.95 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| CC_BeefProcesswaste | 0.541 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.5 as DM |
| 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) |
| 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] |
| 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 |
| total_mass | 1820365773.288306 | tallow_total+meatMeal_total+bloodMeal_total | [kg/yr] Calculated as the annual mass of rendered products |
| coal | 0.503279228 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| lamb_RenderFeedstock | 509291845.5103627 | (((1/lamb_dressing_rate)/(1-lamb_chilling_loss))/lamb_retail_yield)*lamb_meat_annual*1000*lamb_renderingMat_FR | [kg/yr] |
| mutton_renderingMat_FR | 0.354767184 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg processing waste to rendering / kg LW] Calculated from Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| electricity | 0.395030587 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[kWh/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| All_Mass_bloodMeal | 4.185828158835656 | bloodMeal_total/total_mass*100 | Mass based allocation |
| gasoline | 0.004617241 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| 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) |
| pork_chilling_loss | 0.04 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg moisture loss/kg HSCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| chicken_dressing_rate | 0.71 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg HSCW / kg LW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| beef_RenderFeedstock | 1961934380.6560705 | (((1/beef_dressing_rate)/(1-beef_chilling_loss))/beef_retail_yield)*beef_meat_annual*1000*beef_renderingMat_FR | [kg/yr] |
| All_Pro_meatMeal | 87.30053333684062 | meatMeal_total*protein_meatMeal/total_protein*100 | Protein based allocation to meat meal |
| chicken_chilling_loss | 0.03 | — | (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) |
| chicken_retail_yield | 0.82 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| 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) |
| CC_Tallow | 0.731 | — | Carbon content 0.0 of dry season mix |
| CC_Bloodmeal | 0.545 | — | (2,3,3,1,1,na) Carbon content of 0.4 as DM, NIR 2023 (DCCEEW 2025) |
| All_En_meatMeal | 29.69938728685259 | meatMeal_total*energy_meatMeal/total_energy*100 | Energy based allocation |
| beef_dressing_rate | 0.5806 | — | (2,1,5,1,1,na)[kg HSCW / kg LW] As reported in MLA (2009) Beef co-products compendium |
| lamb_meat_annual | 537013.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| All_Pro_tallow | — | tallow_total*protein_tallow/total_protein*100 | [%] |
| BioC_all_meatmeal | 255512733.03821874 | (BioC_inputs+BioC_all_corr_tallow)*All_meatmeal/100 | Biogenic carbon allocated to tallow in kg C. |
| DM_Bloodmeal | 0.94 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| energy_tallow | 39.3 | — | (3,na,1,na,1,na)[MJ/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| All_Eco_bloodMeal | 5.322548862677251 | (bloodMeal_total*value_bloodMeal)/total_value*100 | Economic allocation used as default in AusLCI |
| biomass | 0.337058565 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| 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) |
| chicken_RenderFeedstock | 836711640.4260325 | (((1/chicken_dressing_rate)/(1-chicken_chilling_loss))/chicken_retail_yield)*chicken_meat_annual*1000*chicken_renderingMat_FR | — |
| 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) |
| All_En_tallow | 66.86864990818736 | tallow_total*energy_tallow/total_energy*100 | Energy based allocation |
| total_RenderFeedstock | 2857410004.5140333 | pork_RenderFeedstock+mutton_RenderFeedstock+lamb_RenderFeedstock+beef_RenderFeedstock | [kg/yr] |
| DM_BeefProcesswaste | 0.319 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| diesel | 0.041555166 | — | (2,2,1,1,1,na)[MJ/kg HCW] Energy consumption from AMPC (2025) |
| DM_LambProcesswaste | 0.319 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| 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/ |
| 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 |
| protein_tallow | — | — | [kg protein/kg] INRA, CIRAD, AFZ (2002) Feed tables, https://www.feedtables.com |
| DM_Tallow | 0.975 | — | Dry matter fraction |
| All_En_bloodMeal | 3.43196280496003 | bloodMeal_total*energy_bloodMeal/total_energy*100 | Energy based allocation |
| pork_RenderFeedstock | 235057892.74347088 | (((1/pork_dressing_rate)/(1-pork_chilling_loss))/pork_retail_yield)*pork_meat_annual*1000*pork_renderingMat_FR | [kg/yr] |
| mutton_retail_yield | 0.88 | — | (2,na,3,1,1,na)[kg retail cuts / kg CCW] As reported in Wiedemann and Yan (2014) |
| beef_meat_annual | 1868988.0 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na)[t] Total meat produced in 2022, from ABS 7215.0 Livestock Products, Australia |
| All_Eco_meatMeal | 31.46201239450297 | (meatMeal_total*value_meatMeal)/total_value*100 | Economic allocation used as default in AusLCI |