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Does the process use the whole oat? If not, what's done with the solids left over after processing?

• tom_mellior 9y ago
  The French version of their FAQ at http://www.oatly.com/faq/ http://www.oatly.com/faq/ (but not other language versions, for whatever reason) says that they feed whatever is left to animals. Here is the whole question ran through Google Translate: What do we do with waste from the manufacture of oat beverages? We work as much for sustainable consumption of food as for a sustainable production of these products. Regarding the consumption of food, it is indisputable that a sustainable diet for the future contains far fewer animal products than we eat today, there is even a great unanimity on this subject in all sciences of this disciplined. In sustainable food production, we believe that the crops of the future will be much more than they are today, focusing directly on food rather than animal feed. Any production of food products, even based on vegetable raw materials, also generates waste. It is not always possible to use the entire raw material in the final product. In the case of oat beverages, we remove some of the insoluble fiber which results in a loss of nutrients, which are extracted with the insoluble fraction. Efforts to achieve sustainable food production are largely based on sobriety in the use of resources. Regarding waste, we believe that their most sustainable management is to exploit the remaining food and energy in the form of food by making them the ingredients of animal fodder that are still high. All this to benefit from the food produced. In the next step, when all the food has been used as fodder, the final waste is biogas.