Tallow

The tallow is a residual product obtained by the cast iron of the grease of animal species like the sheep and ox.

This raw material is used in soap factory for the manufacture of the Savon by a reaction of Saponification. Tallow can be also used for the easing and the proofing of leathers. Lastly, source of energy lipids it can also enter the composition of food for the animals. It, in particular, is used to replace the lipidic fraction in milks of substitution for calves of breeding. The risks related to the bovine spongiform Encéphalopathie can make doubt harmlessness of such a practice. However, no proof of transmission of the ESB by this way could be brought.

With the the Middle Ages, tallow was used for the lighting; by making it burn, it replaced the Bougie which was too expensive for the poor.

Currently, tallow is used in industry like lubricant (grease), and soon can be like biodiesel. Tallow is also traditionally used as lubricating on wood (on a hold of launching, the rails are suifés to make slip the sole of skittle). In England, the beef tallow ( suet ) is used as fat contents in Christmas pudding. Tallow is also used in the preparation of winter food for birds.

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