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tallow

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tallow solid fat extracted from the tissues and fatty deposits of animals, especially from suet (the fat of cattle and sheep). Pure tallow is white, odorless and tasteless; it consists chiefly of triglycerides of stearic, palmitic, and oleic acids. It is usually obtained commercially by heating suet under pressure in closed vessels. Tallow is used to make soap and candles. It was formerly in common use as a lubricant. Author not available, TALLOW. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
tallow, rendered
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition tallow, rendered Beef or mutton fat prepared from parts other than the kidney, by heating with water in an autoclave. When pressed, separates to a liquid fraction, oleo oil, used in margarine, and a solid fraction, oleostearin, used for soap and candles. See also premier jus . Read more
Borneo tallow
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Borneo tallow See vegetable butters . Read more

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Tallow Markets Hit a Snag With Oversupply and Soft Prices
Chemical Market Reporter; 3/10/1997; SCHERAGA, DAN; 787 words ; TALLOW MARKET WATCHERS are learning that what goes up must come down. Tallow prices have bottomed out at 19 cents per pound after months ... lethargic export market and a dip in corn prices have tipped tallow prices in the buyer's favor. These prices are the lowest ... Read more
Tallow Oversupply Worsens As Supplies Outpace Demand.(Brief Article)
Chemical Market Reporter; 5/15/2000; NAUDE, ALICE; 787 words ; THE TALLOW market remains in serious oversupply despite ... yet. Oilseed markets that compete with tallow, primarily South American soy oil and Southeast ... overseas demand for US oilseed products and tallow. Tallow is used in animal feeds to improve ... Read more
Inedible Tallow on an Upswing, Buoyed by Fractionator Demand
Chemical Market Reporter; 6/2/1997; SCHERAGA, DAN; 787 words ; ... SEVERAL MONTHS of freefall, inedible tallow is back on the upswing. From a low of 16.5 cents in April, inedible tallow has strengthened to 19.25 cents per ... fractionation. Fractionator demand for tallow is 3 to 4 percent above where it stood ... Read more
Selected mechanical and physical properties of Chinese tallow tree juvenile wood.(TECHNICAL NOTE)
Forest Products Journal; 4/1/2008; Shupe, Todd F. Groom, Leslie H. Eberhardt, Thomas L. Pesacreta, Thomas C. Rials, Timothy G.; 787 words ; Abstract Chinese tallow tree is a noxious, invasive plant in ... vertical sampling locations. Three Chinese tallow trees were felled and cut into bolts ... directions. It was found that Chinese tallow tree has sufficient bending strength ... Read more
Tallow Pricing Remains Soft From Low Demand, Oversupply.
Chemical Market Reporter; 3/1/1999; PAPANIKOLAW, JIM; 668 words ; TALLOW PRICES have dropped by about 5 cents per pound because ... a recovery. Faltering world economies have also reduced tallow demand. The state of the Asian and Russian economies has ... competing oils, have reduced the costs of edible oils, forcing tallow suppliers to keep their prices competitive. Prices ... Read more
Hallowed tallow? (Business Ink)
Hawaii Business; 12/1/1990; Taketa, Mari; 402 words ; Hallowed Tallow? He's no Martin Luther King Jr., but Stanley ... of a visionary--in the field of Chinese tallow trees, that is. A corporate inventor-turned-entrepreneuri ... colonies by Benjamin Franklin, Chinese tallow has flourished in the wild along the Gulf ... Read more
Reprieve for tallow renderers
The Scotsman; 4/27/2006; Fordyce Maxwell; 181 words ; THE use of tallow as boiler fuel in rendering plants could ... few more months. A European Union ban on tallow - animal fat from rendered casualty animals ... businesses might, possibly, continue using tallow has jerked the Department of Environment ... Read more
Melting and Solidification Properties of Palm Kernel Oil, Tallow, and Palm Olein Blends in the Preparation of Shortening
JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society; 1/1/2008; Jin, Qingzhe; Zhang, Ting; Shan, Liang; Liu, Yuanfa; Wang, Xingguo; 787 words ; ... systems composed of palm kernel oil (PKO), tallow, and palm olein (POo) were studied in ... value decreased, while the increase of tallow content increased the SFC value. Eutectic ... product's quality. Palm kernel oil (PKO), tallow, and palm olein (POo) are commonly used ... Read more
Linda Melting Tallow
The Topeka Capital-Journal; 7/19/1999; 178 words ; HORTON -- Linda Kay Melting Tallow (Skeesh-Co-Quah), 53, Horton, died ... at a Horton hospital. Mrs. Melting Tallow was former secretary at the Kickapoo ... Minerva Mason Spoone. Mrs. Melting Tallow was a member of the Kickapoo Tribe ... Read more
Relief as tallow is given fuel status ; Proposals from the European Commission to amend legislation to recognise the value of tallow as a fuel, removing it from the realms of complex and inappropriate waste controls, have been welcomed by the farming industry.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 7/7/2008; 183 words ; ... legislation to recognise the value of tallow as a fuel, removing it from the realms ... welcome step by the Commission. Burning tallow as a fuel in rendering plants in compliance ... fuels. "The NFU has long campaigned for tallow to be recognised as fuel, not waste ... Read more

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