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	Topics Animal fat Topic Home Animal fats are rendered tissue fatsFat Overview Fats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and largely insoluble in water.... that can be obtained from a variety of animalAnimal Overview Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa.... s. Human nutrition Animal fats are often claimed to be unhealthy owing to their association with high cholesterolCholesterol Cholesterol is a sterol and a lipid found in the cell membranes of all body tissues, and transported in the blood plasma of... levels in the blood. Animal fat contains some cholesterol and saturated fatSaturated fat Saturated fat is fat that consists of triglycerides containing only saturated fatty acids.... . Elevated blood cholesterol levels have been linked to heart diseaseHeart disease Summary Heart disease is one of a number of different diseases which afflict the heart.... , there is not necessarily a relationship between cholesterol intake and blood cholesterol level. Some sources of animal fat include blubberBlubber Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized fat found under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians.... , cod liver oilCod liver oil Cod liver oil, as its name suggests, is an oil extracted from cod livers.... , lardLard Lard is an animal fat produced from rendering the fat portions of the pig.... porkPork Pork is the meat taken from pigs. While it is one of the most common meats consumed by Chinese, Thais, Vietnamese and Europ... fat, beef tallow, schmaltzSchmaltz , that they had used in the [[Mid... or chicken fatChicken fat Overview Chicken fat is fat obtained from chicken rendering and processing.... . 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 acidFatty acid In chemistry, especially biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid , often with a long aliphatic tail , either saturat... s and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidantAntioxidant Overview An antioxidant is a chemical that reduces the rate of particular oxidation reactions in a specific context, where oxidat... is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative". In actuality the animal source is not 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. See also Vegetable fats and oilsVegetable fats and oils Vegetable fats and oils are substances composed of triglycerides, derived from plants.... Kitchen renderingKitchen rendering Rendering involves the melting of a fatty material and removal of the non-fat components.... LipidLipid Lipids are a class of hydrocarbon-containing organic compounds essential for the structure and function of living cells.... TriglycerideTriglyceride is glyceride in which the glycerol is esterified with three fatty acids....