Why Tallow?
What is tallow?
Tallow is fat rendered from beef (or less often mutton), which is why it’s sometimes called beef lard. Like many other saturated fats, it’s solid at room temperature but melts into a liquid when heated.
Tallow’s appearance and texture are described as being similar to butters, since it’s solid and a beige/white color when cooled. However, it has a drier, waxy texture and somewhat different taste than butter.
Types:
Although most people refer to only beef fat as tallow, technically other animal fats can also be called by the same name. Some commercial types of tallow contain fat derived from multiple animals, including mutton, pigs and hogs.
Most often tallow is made by rendering suet, which is a hard, white type of fat found in the tissues surrounding animals’ organs.
Many consider the best quality beef tallow to be rendered from the fat around the kidneys, although it can also be made from rendering other fat. This fatty tissue around the kidneys stores many nutrients, especially when the cattle is grass-fed.
Nutrition facts
Tallow is a mostly saturated animal fat, although it contains some unsaturated fats too. The breakdown of fats in tallow is estimated to be 45 percent to 55 percent saturated fat, 40 percent to 50 percent monounsaturated fat and 3 percent to 7 percent polyunsaturated fat.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one tablespoon of tallow has about:
- Calories: 115
- Total Fat: 12.8 g
- Saturated Fat: 6.4 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5 g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.4 g
- 0 grams of carbs, protein, sugar or fiber
In terms of nutrient content, the highest-quality beef tallow comes from grass-fed cattle, as opposed to those conventionally raised on feedlots and fed grains. Grass-fed cattle tend to store more omega-3's CLA and other beneficial compounds in their bodies compared to cows that are fed less healthy diets.
Tallow rendered from grass-fed cattle provides some of the following nutrients:
- Vitamins A, D, K, E and B12
- Choline
- CLA
- Other fatty acids, including oleic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid and others
Benefits
Why is tallow good for your skin? It’s rich in fatty acids that help form the lipids that keep skin protected and moisturized.
These include palmitoleic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid (the same type of fat found in olive oil).
Consuming fats can help support the skin, while some fats, including tallow, can also be applied topically to your skin.
Some benefits of tallow for skin health include:
- Improving moisture and treating dryness
- Helping increase skin’s flexibility and ability to heal
- Supporting the protective barrier function of skin
About our Tallow products
PURE & NATURAL: Crafted from 100% pure, high-quality, natural skin-grade grass-fed grass-finished beef tallow, honey, and essential oils.
ALL-PURPOSE: solution for your whole-body including face, acting as a moisturizer, night cream, & more.
SKIN HEALING POWER: Naturally addresses skin dryness, rashes, eczema, sunburn, & other skin conditions.
RICH IN VITAMINS: Packed with Vitamins A, K, D, E, & essential Amino Acids for natural healing.
All Natural
- 100% Organic
- Grass-Fed Beef Tallow
- Chemical Free
- Made in the USA
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