Beef by-products

FACT

Beef by-products serve as source materials for other industries, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals and textiles.


We normally associate beef as being part of a satisfying meal. However, because 99% of the beef animal is utilized, items manufactured from beef by-products are all around us.  Yogurt, car tires, and a variety of medicines all contain a beef by-product.

The medical world relies on beef by-products for many life saving or life improving medications and treatments.  Our bodies can easily accept a medication or treatment made with beef by-products.

Although some medical products and treatments are made from synthetic ingredients, many are still made more economically from beef cattle.

Automobile tires contain stearic acid, which makes the rubber hold its shape under continuous surface friction.  Even the asphalt on our roadways contains a binding agent derived from the fat of beef cattle.

The creation of beef by-products is an important way for the beef industry, reuse and recycle.