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This article heralds the economic benefits of rendering, in broad strokes proclaims it king. Far from the 'necessary evil' perspective most encyclopedias adopt. Removal of bias and the addition of other viewpoints (health, ethical, economical) requested. --70.88.195.46 14:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

This article is clearly about the Industrial Rendering in the USA. Anyone care to add a more global view? Markb 12:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Article is marked Advertisement; can't justify that label 2 Meat and bone meal. 3 Merge Kitchen rendering and Rendering (food processing) 4 Kitchen concerns and industrial/market concerns are not the same

[edit] Article is marked Advertisement; can't justify that label

I don't think the article is at all promoting an agenda. I think the language that was questionable is in the description of industrial rendering as "useful", but that statement is actually a fact. It is completely true that marketable commercial/industrial products were (and still are) created by industrial rendering. That is not an opinion. I find nothing else in this article that promotes any agenda - it is actually rather well written and comprehensive. Speedy deletion would be a shame.

If there is a better way to mark or edit the parts that may seem non-objective, please use it. The current labeling is potentially destructive and extreme. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brianvan (talk • contribs) 05:22, 13 November 2006

[edit] Meat and bone meal.

"The cracklings are further ground to make meat and bone meal." Is this one product or two? --Gbleem 14:27, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

One product. ike9898 13:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Kitchen rendering and Rendering (food processing)

Same processes (eg, dry rendering and wet rendering), but one article discusses on a kitchen scale, the other on an industrial scale. I think the two should be merged. Peter G Werner 20:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

A proposal has also been added to merge Greaves (food) into this article. I support this move, as greaves are a rendering byproduct, and there does not seem to be enough material on greaves (or even potentially enough material) to justify a stand-alone article on the topic. Peter G Werner 21:44, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I made this proposal, and I will simply go ahead and redirect Greaves (food) to here. The entire text of the article was "In food discussions, greaves is the umeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered"; if someone thinks that should be added to this article, feel free to add it. --Xyzzyplugh 21:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I think a merge of the two rendering articles would be fine as long as they each have their own sections. I seem to remember someone arguing they needed to be split up a few years back, resulting in the current arrangement. The topic of kitchen rendering could be expanded significantly, but there is still a limited amount to say about it. To merging or not would both be OK in this case. ike9898 16:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, everything's merged. The section could actually use some expansion at some point. Peter G Werner 00:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kitchen concerns and industrial/market concerns are not the same

I really don't see why kithcen rendering has been folded into industrial processes.

But I don't know enough to make the point/post myself. Which is why I came to wikipedia trying to find out about the how and the history of small-scale rendering techniques.

Any help out there?

Rmiotke (talk) 02:10, 4 February 2008 (UTC)rmiotke

They are really the same thing, just on very different scales. Kitchen rendering could certainly have its own article, but as it stands we don't have much information specific to kitchen rendering, really not enough to make a decent article. Hopefully, in your research you can turn up some information you can add to the article. Please provide references for information you add - it will really help this article become more complete. ike9898 (talk) 20:01, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I think that small scale rendering should have either its own page or own section. I found this site looking for information on how to render on a small scale and how to render in a low-tech (survival situation). Rendered fat is a primary ingredient in a meat preservation technique called Pemmican, which can supposedly remain unspoiled indefinitely; and thus small scale rendering would be helpful topic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.240.84.98 (talk) 06:58, 24 May 2008 (UTC)