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by thebrain 1927 days ago
Such a misleading article, the meat producers and processors are maximizing their use of the product to ensure there's minimal waste, that's basic economics.

If I'm looking to make chicken stock, I have to call up my local butcher before going there to make sure they haven't processed all of their chicken spines into dog food...
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read_if_gay_ 1927 days ago
They seem to factor this in, table 6 shows how they weighed it:

> the environmental impact of animal production (compared to a plant-protein substitute) used to feed dogs and cats is 25–30% of that used to feed humans

Based on this paper: https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/78/3/664S/4690011?logi...

So unless I misunderstand they're saying it's 25% as bad as meat production for humans. I'm too tired to look at their methodology though.

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