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Article: Glycerol useful in broiler feeds.(Bottom Line)
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- Feedstuffs
- Article date:
- July 2, 2007
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INCREASING amounts of inedible fats and oils are being processed for use as biodiesel. A byproduct of biodiesel production is glycerin or glycerol.
Native fats and oils consist of a triglyceride composed of one molecule of glycerol and three fatty acids attached to the glycerol in ester linkages. In the production of biodiesel, the fatty acids are split off from the glycerol molecule as methyl esters. The fatty acids are used in the manufacture of biodiesel, and the remaining byproduct is glycerol.
Approximately 10-12% of a typical triglyceride molecule is glycerol, a carbohydrate the Food & Drug Administration classifies as "generally recognized as ...