Rendered Poultry Products Market Report 2026

Rendered Poultry Products Market Overview

• Rendered Poultry Products market size has reached to $7.12 billion in 2025 • Expected to grow to $8.66 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2% • Growth Driver: The Influence Of Increasing Meat Production On The Growth Trajectory Of The Rendered Poultry Products Market • Market Trend: Strategic Partnerships Drive Growth In The Rendered Poultry Products Market • North America was the largest region in 2025 and Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region.

What Is Covered Under Rendered Poultry Products Market?

Rendered poultry products are ingredients that are obtained through the rendering process, which comprises boiling and processing chicken by-products to extract valuable components. They are widely used as feed ingredients for poultry, livestock, fishing, and other domestic animals. The main types of rendered poultry products are poultry fat, grease, protein meal, and others. Poultry fat is the substance that remains there after the standard rendering process has taken the moisture and solids out. It is utilized as an energy source for animal and aquaculture feed. The various grades of rendered poultry products including food grade, feed grade, and industrial grade are used by the food industry, medical industry, and others.

What Is The Rendered Poultry Products Market Growth Forecast?

The rendered poultry products market size is expected to see steady growth in the next few years. It will grow to $8.66 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing focus on circular economy practices, rising demand for sustainable animal feed ingredients, expansion of aquaculture production, growing emphasis on traceable feed inputs, increasing investments in efficient rendering technologies. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of sustainable rendering practices, rising demand for high-protein feed ingredients, growing utilization of poultry by-products, expansion of advanced rendering technologies, enhanced focus on feed safety and quality.

Global Rendered Poultry Products Market Segmentation

1) By Type: Poultry Fat, Grease, Protein Meal, Other Types 2) By Grade: Feed Grade, Industrial Grade 3) By Application: Animal Feed, Food Processing, Industrial Applications, Other Applications Subsegments: 1) By Poultry Fat: Rendered Poultry Fat, Poultry Oil 2) By Grease: Poultry Grease, Poultry Tallow 3) By Protein Meal: Poultry Meal, Poultry By-Product Meal 4) By Other Types: Feather Meal, Blood Meal

What Is The Driver Of The Rendered Poultry Products Market?

The rise in meat production is expected to propel the growth of the rendered poultry products market going forward. Meat production is the process of growing, killing, and then processing animals through several phases for human consumption. It includes animal husbandry, slaughter, and meat processing. Rendered poultry products increase the use of poultry byproducts, reduce waste, and add value to the meat production process by combining beef, chicken, and pork with poultry byproducts. For instance, in February 2024, according to the Meat & Livestock Australia, a Australia-based meat industry company, in 2023, Australia achieved a new record in lamb production, reaching 246,003 tonnes, an increase of 12.05% compared to 2022. Therefore, the rise in meat production is driving the growth of the rendered poultry products industry.

What Is The Driver Of The Rendered Poultry Products Market?

The rise in meat production is expected to propel the growth of the rendered poultry products market going forward. Meat production is the process of growing, killing, and then processing animals through several phases for human consumption. It includes animal husbandry, slaughter, and meat processing. Rendered poultry products increase the use of poultry byproducts, reduce waste, and add value to the meat production process by combining beef, chicken, and pork with poultry byproducts. For instance, in February 2024, according to the Meat & Livestock Australia, a Australia-based meat industry company, in 2023, Australia achieved a new record in lamb production, reaching 246,003 tonnes, an increase of 12.05% compared to 2022. Therefore, the rise in meat production is driving the growth of the rendered poultry products industry.

Global Rendered Poultry Products Market Trends and Insights

Major companies operating in the rendered poultry products market are adopting a strategic partnership approach to enhance technology integration and expand market reach. A strategic partnership typically refers to a collaborative relationship between two or more organizations where they combine their resources, expertise, and efforts to achieve common goals or objectives. For instance, in June 2023, Darling Ingredients Inc., a US-based natural ingredient provider, partnered with Butterball, LLC, a US-based producer of turkey products, to explore building a new poultry rendering plant next to Butterball's facility in Mount Olive, North Carolina. The planned facility is expected to process approximately 18 million pounds of material weekly using three lines, with construction anticipated to start in early 2024 and be completed by 2025, pending permits and final agreements.

What Are Latest Mergers And Acquisitions In The Rendered Poultry Products Market?

In January 2024, Darling Ingredients Inc., a US-based producer of sustainable natural ingredients, acquired Miropasz Group, for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, Darling Ingredients Inc. aims to expand its European rendering operations, enhance sustainable protein and fat production capabilities, strengthen supply chain efficiency, and support long-term growth in the global rendering and by-products market. Miropasz Group is a Poland-based rendering company specializing in animal by-product processing and rendering services.

Regional Outlook

North America was the largest region in the rendered poultry products market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in this market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa. The countries covered in this market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Italy, Spain, Canada

What Defines the Rendered Poultry Products Market?

The rendered poultry products market consists of sales of feather meal, meal from blood, seafood meal, by-product meal from chicken, and bone meal. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

How is Market Value Defined and Measured?

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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