Let’s dive into the world of
beef suet and tallow!
What is the difference?
Suet:
What is Suet? Beef suet is the hard, white fat that surrounds the kidneys and loins of the cow. It has a slightly crumbly texture and feels almost dry to the touch. Suet has a melting point between 113°F (45°C) and 122°F (50°C).
Traditional Uses: Suet was historically used in making calorie-dense pastries, puddings, and pies due to its high smoke point. It was a stable frying fat.
Taste: Suet itself doesn’t have a strong flavor; it primarily contributes richness and moisture to dishes.
Tallow:
What is Tallow? Tallow is the rendered or melted-down version of suet. You can make at home: just melt suet over low heat until it turns into a liquid fat. Tallow is versatile and can be used for cooking, basting, sautéing, deep frying, or even as a spread. It also can be made into cosmetic items such as balms and lotions and it is extremely beneficial to our skin.
Tallow is nature's original skin care product and works better than the man-made products that began to replace it in the 20th century. Modern-day research has confirmed the traditional wisdom of our ancestors. Tallow contains abundant natural fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) and fat-soluble activators, which are found only in animal fats and which all promote skin health. Tallow also contains fats like conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, and palmitoleic acid, which has natural antimicrobial properties. No plant-based skincare ingredient or product can remotely compare to tallow in its power to nourish and heal the skin. This fact is not surprising since we are animals and not plants.
Historical Significance: A few generations ago, beef tallow (rendered suet) was the primary cooking oil. It has a high smoke point and a long shelf life at room temperature.
Nose-to-Tail Eating: Using tallow ensures we utilize the whole animal in our cooking, a practice our ancestors valued.
In summary, beef suet is the raw, hard fat surrounding the kidneys, while tallow is the rendered and clarified version of suet. Both have been used for generations in cooking and offer unique qualities for various culinary applications and skincare.
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Bear + Creek Whipped Tallow
An all over, super hydrating and nourishing skin butter!
This product is made with ONLY tallow, whipped beautifully and unscented.
It is natural and organic and will bring you back to your ancestorial routes.
*Highly absorbable due to an almost identical bio make up to human skin!*
Nourish your skin the traditional way. This tallow is sourced fresh from a beautiful farm in Oxford, MA.
Not only do these animals live their whole lives ethically but they are out on pasture, grazing on a farm that practices regenerative agriculture which is tremendously beneficial to the environment, and eating their native diets making this tallow extremely healthy!
This is wonderful for your face as well! Apply & massage a nice layer before bed and wake up to a very nourished, glowing face!
Tallow helps provide an emollient skin barrier that’s beneficial for all skin types.
It won’t clog pores so it’s helpful for those with acne-prone skin, oily skin, and breakouts.
Tallow is even gentle enough to use on babies and it’s a favorite to help with rashes and dry skin conditions.
Benefits of Tallow for the Skin:
Tallow serves as a superfood for our skin giving our skin the essential fat-soluble vitamins it needs to restore and maintain balance.
Tallow contains the closest fatty acid profile to our own skin, the oils in our skin that allows for quick absorption.
Tallow is one of the oldest known products used in both cooking and skincare before today’s chemical packed water-based ingredients were added to the skincare we see sold today in drugstores and high-end department stores alike.
Tallow is a stable fat that does not need artificial preservatives to stay stable without going rancid or oxidizing.
Tallow contains essential fatty acids that help boost our microbial balance (this is key to having a healthy gut and according to the functional medicine doctors in my research, all disease starts in the gut).
I highly encourage you to research tallows astronomical benefits, as we are not allowed to make any actual health claims.
If you know, you know! Remember knowledge is power!