What is beef tallow?

Tallow is simply another name for beef fat. It’s creamy, rich, slightly beef-flavored and the perfect fat for frying food.

Tallow has been used for centuries in cooking before the widespread industrial production of vegetable (seed) oils. Prior to the 1950s, animal fats were the main fat used in American households and restaurants for frying.

Even McDonalds’ legendary fries were cooked in beef tallow until 1990 when they switched to a hydrogenated seed oil blend.

Beef tallow is better

Beef tallow is primarily made of fat molecules that don’t oxidize easily, so it’s far more stable during frying than canola, corn and soybean oil are.

100% grass-fed beef tallow also has a much more favorable Omega 3:6 fatty acid ratio and is higher in vitamins and beneficial nutrients that are not as prevalent in corn-fed beef tallow.

We only use 100% grass-fed and finished beef tallow from American ranchers.