Denatured with charcoal

[JamieHalverson]

So the supplier I made my raw order with has many products that are denatured with charcoal. Some literature and other suppliers who guarantee their products NOT to be denatured, express that this indicates an inferior quality and is a health issue. I understand what it means, but how much does it really matter?

 

[angelbears]

I won't feed it since it means that the USDA on-site inspector would not allow that meat to be used for human consumption. The meat shows sign of disease or died a mysterious death. I'm just not willing to take a chance.

 

[DennasMom]

Interesting. Never heard of this... from what I just read, the charcoal is not a problem at all... good detox material (but will bind with various nutrients, too, and carry those out the back door along with toxins).

As AB notes, though... the 'denaturing' was required to mark the raw animal product as 'unfit'... so... I'd be curious WHY it was unfit? bad handling or bad meat? That would make me a bit nervous, unless the supplier can explain his sources in a bit more detail.

 

[angelbears]

Right, it is not the charcoal that bothers me but the reason the meat was rejected. My understanding is that they don't test it in most cases. This is the meat that is used in a lot of kibbles but at least it is cooked at a high temp. BTW, a lot of the companies that deal in denatured meat claim that it comes from an USDA inspected plant. Which is very true. It also was rejected from that plant.

 

[BAMCB]

I had been contemplating ordering tripe from a company out of Wisconsin. Well, mostly hubs who really does not want to harvest our own tripe anymore lol we finally made the decision and will pick up or order early next week. One thing I liked about this company is that they only add charcoal to the meat people may try to eat. So anything with ground bone

 

[JamieHalverson]

I had been contemplating ordering tripe from a company out of Wisconsin. Well, mostly hubs who really does not want to harvest our own tripe anymore lol we finally made the decision and will pick up or order early next week. One thing I liked about this company is that they only add charcoal to the meat people may try to eat. So anything with ground bone

Right, and from what I understand, denatured only means it was not fit for human consumption. Some inspectors insist that all green tripe be denatured to ensure it doesn't make it's way back into the human food supply... And some companies, like Big Dan, are more stringent, they take cows that fell and broke a leg, not fit for human consumption and so must be denatured. But nothing inherently wrong with the meat.

 

[BAMCB]

So anything with ground bone, organs and tripe are denaturant free. We are also ordering a mix that has the meat, bone and organs ground in. All I will have to do is scoop and freeze. Life has been so crazy hectic and stressful these last months that I have finally broke down and agreed to try. I'll report back when we get it opened and really check it out.