Why You Should Use Beef Tallow

Our ancestors have been utilizing beef tallow for thousands of years, all the way back to ancient Babylonians, Australian aborigines, American Indians and passed all the way down to our great grandmothers. During the 20th century the use of animal fats fell out of favor with the creation of vegetable shortening and claims that animal fats were unhealthy. ​

So what is tallow? Tallow is simply any animal fat that has been rendered (except pork, which is called lard). To render fat, all you do is chop up frozen fat (the smaller the chunks the faster and more efficiently)  and add heat. (Blog coming soon!)

Recent years have brought a resurgence in the use of tallow, and with good reason, tallow has many benefits: 

• Full of fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, K and B12
• High in Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
• Non dairy- great if you are looking for a dairy free substitution
• Easy and affordable to make at home
• Uses a by product and helps honor the animal by utilizing as much as possible
• More efficient use of resources by using a product that is often wasted
• Works great in skin care products
• Adds flavor to food
• High smoke point

With so many benefits to using beef tallow, it is no surprise there are a multitude of ways to use tallow: 

• Fry foods
• Tallow balm
• Replace vegetable shortening
• Tallow soap
• Tallow candles

With such a long history for using tallow, it’s many benefits and uses, what is holding you back from using tallow? ​

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