Technology

Fresh bone, meat and fat trim is delivered direct from the boning hall or processing line as it is processed. It is then batched ready for the cooking process which utilises a natural low-temperature enzyme extraction process to produce fresh, fully traceable, high quality stocks/extracts and edible fats. This part of the process is carried out onsite in white room conditions and under British Retail Consortium (‘BRC’) Standards and retailer codes of practice.

Stage 1 of the Elemental process has been developed to produce stock/extract products that have several highly desirable characteristics, such as being umami-rich (meaning less needs to be used), a natural flavour enhancer (replacing MSG), low in salt (another regulatory and health focussed driver) and is savoury in taste rather than bitter. The edible fats produced are very low in free fatty acids (a characteristic which drives pricing, stability and usability).

All waste created from Stage 1 of the process, such as the cooked bone clinker, DAF sludge etc, is transferred to Stage 2 along with the organic Cat 2 and Cat 3 wastes from the meat processing facility.

This stage of the Elemental process has been developed to turn all of the organic Cat 2 and Cat 3 waste streams and the cooked bone clinker from Stage 1 into a nutrient rich organo-mineral fertiliser product without creating any additional waste. The process uses a combination of heat, physical pressure and a unique patented chemical process to break down all of the residual waste materials and reform it into the organo-mineral fertiliser. The end fertiliser product is then safe to use for grazing land, arable crops, grasslands, horticulture and amenity use.

Elemental’s fertiliser process is highly customisable and can be adopted to utilise other mineral rich industrial by-products to create a blended organo-mineral fertiliser mix.