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Edible Lard Rendering Plant

Edible Lard Rendering Plant

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Animal Fat Rendering & Refining

A turnkey plant that renders pork fat into clear, edible lard. The line is built around negative-pressure vacuum rendering: raw fat is crushed, cooked in a closed jacketed vessel under vacuum, then filtered, degummed, dephosphorised, vacuum-dehydrated and clarified in a disc centrifuge. The line is sized around the raw material and target output of the individual project.

Specification

Catalogue figures

Edible Lard Rendering Plant specification
ParameterValue
Rendering methodNegative-pressure (vacuum) rendering
VesselClosed jacketed vessel under vacuum
FinishingFiltration, degumming, dephosphorisation, vacuum dehydration, disc centrifuge
Rendering methodNegative-pressure (vacuum) rendering
VesselClosed jacketed vessel under vacuum
FinishingFiltration, degumming, dephosphorisation, vacuum dehydration, disc centrifuge

Figures are catalogue values. Final sizing is confirmed against your raw material and required capacity.

Applications

Where it is used

  • Edible lard for food processing
  • Rendering of pork fat and trimmings
  • Slaughterhouse and cutting plant by-product recovery

Process

How the line runs

  1. 01

    Crushing

    Raw fat is reduced in size before cooking.

  2. 02

    Vacuum cooking

    Closed jacketed vessel cooks under negative pressure.

  3. 03

    Filtration

    Solids are removed from the rendered fat.

  4. 04

    Refining

    Degumming and dephosphorisation.

  5. 05

    Dehydration

    Vacuum dehydration removes residual moisture.

  6. 06

    Clarification

    Disc centrifuge clarifies the finished lard.

Questions

Common questions

Under vacuum the fat boils below its atmospheric boiling point, so less thermal damage is done to the oil. The result is a cleaner colour and flavour, less oxidation and free-fatty-acid formation, and a shorter cycle.

Because the vessel is closed, odour stays inside the system, where it can be condensed and treated instead of escaping into the workshop.

Pork fat and trimmings from slaughter and cutting operations.

Yes. Tell us your raw material and target output and we will confirm the configuration.

Quote for Edible Lard Rendering Plant

Send us the raw material and the throughput you are targeting and our engineers will confirm the configuration, scope and delivery.