Also not trying to support the industry as well, and just adding onto the explanation. Historically, the animal processing industry in the US always wanted to use up as much of the animal as they could for profit, much like American cheese is a derived byproduct of cheese making that they found out they could sell as “cheese”.
In a weird way, it’s insanely efficient and “green” use of the whole animal, but also unfortunately, it has led to many downstream industries being dependent upon the upstream industry. Replacing the upstream industry would cause cost increases in myriad downstream industries.
In a country like America, that always looks for excuses to raise cost to the end-buyer and never lower it, it would cause an inflationary effect that would hurt the lives of millions. (Again, not excusing the behavior, proper regulation would be the answer here.)
Just look at how insulin in America became a grift in the last decade even though it was a patent-neutral product designed to always be cheap that states are now having to forcibly price-fix just so people can live. (Or epinephrine.)
Also not trying to support the industry as well, and just adding onto the explanation. Historically, the animal processing industry in the US always wanted to use up as much of the animal as they could for profit, much like American cheese is a derived byproduct of cheese making that they found out they could sell as “cheese”.
In a weird way, it’s insanely efficient and “green” use of the whole animal, but also unfortunately, it has led to many downstream industries being dependent upon the upstream industry. Replacing the upstream industry would cause cost increases in myriad downstream industries.
In a country like America, that always looks for excuses to raise cost to the end-buyer and never lower it, it would cause an inflationary effect that would hurt the lives of millions. (Again, not excusing the behavior, proper regulation would be the answer here.)
Just look at how insulin in America became a grift in the last decade even though it was a patent-neutral product designed to always be cheap that states are now having to forcibly price-fix just so people can live. (Or epinephrine.)
Downstream beef products example list:
Neutral sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendering_(animal_products)
Probably not neutral sauce: https://arizonabeefblog.com/2019/03/01/cattle-byproducts/
Welcome to the Capitalist Third World!
Edit: formatting.