I am now utterly convinced of the health benefits of Lard (pig fat)and has been using this in place of vegetable cooking oil for more than a year.
I received an order to make tallow (beef fat) for a very talented young woman that sells eco-friendly products and she wanted to experiment with tallow in her soap- and candle making projects. Olivia from Ecoconscious fiji is truely inspirational in her quest to live eco friendly.
Tallow is an alternative animal fat , similar to Lard which is made from pig fat. It should be from grass fed animals. It was the fat of choice for our grandparents before industrial seed oils (which is extremely inflammatory and bad for the heart) took over the market. Basically, you make tallow by rendering beef fat. Rendering just means that the beef fat is heated and melted. Tallow is what the beef fat turns into when it is melted. Once it is cool again, tallow is solid at room temperature.
Tallow is made from rendering suet, which is the hard, white fatty layer that surrounds an animal's organs, specifically the loins and kidneys, also known as leaf fat. It takes hours of boiling over a slow heat but the end product is totally worth it.
It has a high smoke point and adds a lovely flavour to fried foods. Eating healthy animal fats like tallow, duck fat, butter, etc. along with foods helps us to absorb and assimilate the vitamins in those foods. For example, eating vegetables that have been fried in tallow or have melted butter on them allows our bodies to better absorb and use the vitamins in the vegetables and it tastes beyond yummy!
It is rich in CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), a fatty acid that can help burn fat that is high in minerals.
It is high in saturated fat, absorbing fat soluble vitamins A,B12, D, E and K which supports the immune system.
It is Keto friendly and an alternative to butter, lard, coconut oil or olive oil. (healthy fats)
Used in DIY home remedies and products , being the original "body butter" full of fatty acids that are the building blocks of skin cells. Tallow is good outside and inside!
Used in soapmaking
Used in candlemaking
My tallow is sourced from grass-fed animals and I am proud to be making and selling it.
