# Aquafeed.com |
   

   
    Animal byproducts provide opportunity to cut carbon footprint of feed

> A lifecycle analysis by Blonk consultants for the European Fat Renderers and Processors Association found that European animal byproducts such as processed animal proteins and rendered fat have a lower carbon footprint than soybean meal and palm oil in feed. The study used data from fourteen European rendering companies.

- Date: 2023-06-28 · published 2023-06-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35597-aquafeed-com-animal-byproducts-provide-opportunity-to-cut-carbon-footprint-of
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

If feed compounders adopt locally rendered proteins and fats as substitutes for soymeal and palm oil, demand for those imports could soften, with modest downward pressure on those prices over time.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲
- SBM: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- aquafeed.com: https://www.aquafeed.com/newsroom/news/animal-byproducts-provide-opportunity-to-cut-carbon-footprint-of-feed/

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