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Van Drie shares its tips in maximising economic value of calves

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The company is focused on reuse, utilise residual waste flows and combat food waste making the most of every slaughtered animal.

Posted on Aug 08 ,14:25

Maximising economic value on every calf that enters its abattoirs is the main goal for Van Drie Group. The company showed how it can make the most of every animal slaughtered in a succinct map.
"For our slaughterhouses, maximising economic value means that we use all parts of the calf - the meat, organs, manure, blood, skin and other by-products. Not much remains after all this. The little that is left over goes to a destructor and is converted into green electricity. In addition, we are constantly increasing the size of our sales markets so that all products are given a good position", explained the company in a press release.
Value creation for products and by-products have led to innovative approaches inside the group and stimulates the development of other industries. ESA, one of the company's slaughterhouses, has implemented an innovative development in its production process. Immediately after cutting a calf’s throat, ESA collects a portion of the blood. It is then hygienically processed and serves as an important raw material for the pharmaceutical industry. Calf blood, when administered in the form of human medication, can help to improve the blood supply to the brain and the heart muscle.
From one calf processed in Van Drie's abattoirs the biggest part (49%) is represented by products associated with meat consumption, 14% of the waste meat is transformed into energy, 10% is the manure that can be used for fermentation, 8% is transformed into gelatine, 7% is going to the leather industry, 5% turns into pet-food, 3% is the bone and meat meals, another 3% can replace the palm oil and 1% is the blood used in pharmaceutical products.

(Photo source: Ekro)

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