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Beef Tallow Soap
What is Beef Tallow Soap?

Beef tallow soap is a type of soap made from rendered beef fat, known as tallow. It has been used for centuries in traditional soap-making due to its moisturizing properties and ability to create a hard, long-lasting bar of soap.

Treendly Index Treendly Forecast Google Amazon
MOM: +8.08%
How much search volume does it get?
Google searches
18.1K/mo
Amazon searches
12.1K/mo

Is Beef Tallow Soap trending?

Yes. Beef Tallow Soap growing with a month-over-month change of 2.26% over the past 5 years, with approximately 18,100 monthly searches.

This is a seasonal trend that peaks every July. The seasonal demand is forecasted to decline over the next year.


Why is Beef Tallow Soap trending?

1
Natural Ingredients
Beef tallow soap is made from natural animal fats, appealing to consumers looking for products free from synthetic chemicals and additives.
2
Moisturizing Properties
Tallow is rich in fatty acids and vitamins, which help to nourish and moisturize the skin, making it an excellent choice for those with dry or sensitive skin.
3
Sustainability
Using beef tallow in soap-making promotes sustainability by utilizing by-products from the meat industry, reducing waste and supporting a more circular economy.
4
Traditional Craftsmanship
The resurgence of interest in traditional and artisanal soap-making techniques has led to a renewed appreciation for beef tallow soap, as it is often handcrafted and made in small batches.
5
Rich Lather and Longevity
Beef tallow soap produces a rich, creamy lather and is known for its durability, resulting in longer-lasting bars compared to many commercial soaps.
6
Cultural Heritage
Beef tallow soap has historical significance in various cultures, and its revival is part of a broader trend towards embracing heritage and traditional practices in personal care.

What are people saying?

34 threads
AI Insights Mixed sentiment
Discussions around beef tallow soap focus on its benefits for skin conditions like eczema, its historical usage, and personal experiences with the product. Some users also express concerns about environmental impacts related to beef production.
Skin Benefits
Many users discuss the positive effects of beef tallow soap on skin conditions, particularly eczema and stretch marks.
Natural Ingredients
Participants emphasize the use of natural ingredients like beef tallow in skincare routines, often preferring it over commercial products.
Environmental Concerns
Some discussions highlight the environmental impact of beef production, raising questions about sustainability.
Product Quality and Safety
Concerns are raised about product quality, particularly regarding the potential for allergic reactions or skin irritations.
Cost and Accessibility
Users mention the high cost of beef tallow products and the challenges of sourcing them, especially for babies.
Common questions
  • Is beef tallow soap safe for sensitive skin?
  • How does beef tallow compare to other natural soaps?
  • What are the best practices for making beef tallow soap?
  • Can beef tallow help with acne?
  • Where can I find affordable beef tallow products?
Pain points
  • Concerns about allergic reactions or skin irritation.
  • High cost of quality beef tallow products.
  • Environmental impact of beef production.
  • Difficulty finding reliable sources for beef tallow soap.
  • Confusion about the refining process of tallow.
sellercentral.amazon.com
RE:Impossible to Remove Fake Review
...: I sell soap, the simplest soap you can get (beef tallow and lye water... the lye to convert the beef tallow into soap. No lye remains in the... a 1-star review claiming the soap gave her a rash (permalink: ... rash from a bar of soap you didn't use, or even ...
Seller_yuPqgc8nfiYcI · Mar 13, 2026
community.whattoexpect.com
RE:Eczema
... oatmeal bath and/or no soap some days. For moisturizer, Aveeno... to flare. Also trying out beef tallow based on a recommendation of...
lvprioleau · Mar 10, 2026
community.whattoexpect.com
RE:Medical grade honey for eczema
... frustrating. we have been using beef tallow products recently & it has... eczema balm or sometimes aquaphor, beef tallow, or over the counter hydrocortisone... (mainly aveeno baby wash or beef tallow soap bar) -if youre breastfeeding still...
martinez7313 · Feb 24, 2026
linustechtips.com
RE:MASA chips seed oil missinformation
... things.  Tallow was a staple for the longest time...for SOAP that is... sickness, or sickness from eating beef because the cow ate whitesnake ...).   Or even more "common sense".  Tallow for years was used to ... also mentioned, if improperly refined tallow and lard (which is what... go rancid quicker.   To make tallow more shelf stable etc it ... only about 10% more than tallow (although less light PAH's), but...
wanderingfool2 · Feb 19, 2026
community.whattoexpect.com
What is your makeup routine
I’m going back to work in April and I’m not sure if it’s stress or hormones but I’m breaking out like a teenager. I use natural exfoliating soap and then beef tallow as moisturizer, nyx glue primer, L’Oréal glow lotion & tinted serum, Quo contour stick, elf brow stick and brow gel. But I feel like I need to make it better, please help a girl out.
06Tash · Feb 15, 2026
community.whattoexpect.com
RE:Newborn skin moisturizer
Ahh! No soap at all at this age.. when a little older Dr bronners no scent. Also the best thing for a baby’s skin is beef tallow or waxelene (best thing out there ) but now is $100 so it’s too expensive !
ssbbeee · Feb 11, 2026
r/carnivorediet
Unscented beef tallow (or other) skincare that doesn‘t smell rancid? (And other skincare care items that you use, animal-based or other)
Hello everyone, I am looking for unscented skincare that won’t smell rancid, or bad. I’ve tried some tallow balms but some smelled kind of bad right away (rancid, or somehow off), or developed a bad smell fast when wearing it on the skin, so I think those might have been not cleared enough in the process? So I’m looking for a high quality, several times processed (don’t know how exactly it is purified) balm or something like that so that it won’t start smelling so fast, haha. Other skincare you might use would also be super interesting! I’m also looking for shampoo / soap / lip balm, stuff like that. :) I’m in Germany, so shops that ship from not too far away would be great, too, but farther away is also fine. I thought I’d try to use swarm intelligence since I can’t afford too many trials and errors and it seems wasteful. Thanks a bunch in advance!! :) p.s. also if you all know a cooking tallow that doesn’t smell rancid from the get-go would be really, really cool!!! Much appreciated! submitted by /u/ReadIntelligent8116 to r/carnivorediet [link] [comments]
ReadIntelligent8116 · Feb 25, 2026
r/Pittsboro
Local Pittsboro business: Natural skincare made with grass-fed beef tallow
Hey Pittsboro! I make natural skincare products locally using grass-fed beef tallow and other natural ingredients. Products include moisturizers, handmade soaps, and body scrubs – all chemical-free and great for sensitive skin. I offer local delivery. Happy to answer any questions! Www.kaiaschmidt.com submitted by /u/Appropriate-Swim-340 to r/Pittsboro [link] [comments]
Appropriate-Swim-340 · Feb 6, 2026
r/AskReddit
If some people use beef tallow in lotions, and some soaps are made using animal fats, why don't we ever smear ourselves in butter?
submitted by /u/gustyyyythegreat to r/AskReddit [link] [comments]
gustyyyythegreat · Feb 5, 2026
r/homestead
18 years from bare paddock to mostly self sufficient
Snapshot of life today after 18 years on the land. Mostly to encourage people who are intimidated by beginning the homestead journey. A city girl bought 5acres of bare rural land, with shelter belt trees on the perimeter, in a temperate/subtropical zone. It was not my ideal land but was what I could afford so I learned all about permaculture principles before ever touching a shovel to dirt. Started by putting in a driveway and house site, camping in a shipping container until relocating a beat up old house. Lived without power or running water for 2 years, while working an office job in nearest town. Planted garden shelter hedges and fruit trees. Installed septic, rainwater tanks, solar power system, wood burner and insulation. Hubby is a handy man and restored a small sawmill he scored dirt cheap. Over many years we've now renovated the house, built workshop shed, chicken coop/garden system, beef cattle, milk cow and milking barn, outdoor fire-heated bathtub and finally a guest cabin. In terms of self sufficiency we now produce: Water Power Milled timber and firewood, sawdust for chicken gardens. Meat: beef, occasional chicken, wild turkey and catch fish Eggs Manure and compost for garden Fruit, preserves, jam, have brewed fruit wines in the past Vegetables, preserves, sauces and condiments Dairy products: milk, yoghurt, butter, cheeses Soap, skin creams and balms from homekill beef tallow Quilts, as a hobby on an old treadle sewing machine - seamstress friend gives me all her scrap fabric. My top recommendation for someone beginning this journey (even if you're in the suburbs, daydreaming about a homestead) is to start with fruit trees and build chicken gardens. Build a coop with entrance holes on two sides, plus a main access door for mucking out and egg collection. Then build two large runs off it, each with a door large enough to fit a wheelbarrow thru. All your lawn clippings, leaves, excess fruit, animal manure, kitchen scraps etc goes into the run and the chooks have a party scratching around. Rotate the chickens between runs, planting vegetables in the empty side. You can also let them out to free range without them getting into your garden. You're producing ever-improving manured and composted soil, eggs and vegetables, all in a contained system. You learn to pickle and preserve your fruit and vegetables. When you cull your flock, you process the birds and make chicken soup. Now you're homesteading, albeit on a small scale. You built on this foundation. We are not wealthy, but we're frugal and rich in the things that matter. It is doable if you can obtain land and employment, have passion and drive plus 20 years of hard physical labor left in your body. It just takes a bloody long time, making friends with your neighbors, hard work (on top of your day job), determination to learn new skills and lots of ingenuity. And several big doses of humility along the way lol. And ALL your money spread over many years, that cannot be denied... submitted by /u/foot_down to r/homestead [link] [comments]
foot_down · Jan 21, 2026
r/homestead
Beef tallow
Made our own beef tallow from our cow! Anyone has a good simple soap or lotion recipe? submitted by /u/WiseM3 to r/homestead [link] [comments]
WiseM3 · Jan 21, 2026
r/WhatTrumpHasDone
Beef Tallow, Long a Health Pariah, Rises to the Top of the Food Pyramid
Beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the federal government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century, has become an unexpected breakout star in the new federal dietary guidelines. The rendered beef fat has been quietly growing in popularity over the past few years among cooks who like how it crisps fries and doughnuts, beauty influencers who smooth it on their skin and others who favor it for high-fat diets or believe it’s healthier than oil pressed from seeds. On Thanksgiving in 2024, it was thrust onto the national stage. A barefoot Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pulled a turkey from a vat of boiling beef tallow and declared, “This is how we cook the MAHA way,” referring to the “Make America Healthy Again” movement he leads. Four months later, Mr. Kennedy, the nation’s health secretary, showed up at a fast-food chain that pledged to cook its fries only in tallow. This relatively obscure cooking medium quickly became a political symbol for the Trump allies pushing for drastic change to the American food system. Now the federal government has enshrined the fat as healthy. “We are ending the war on saturated fats,” Mr. Kennedy said at a news conference on Wednesday where he introduced new dietary guidelines that will steer national nutrition programs for the next five years. The updated food pyramid he released flips the traditional diagram on its head. It downplays whole grains and moves protein and full-fat dairy to the top, as foods to be eaten most often, along with fruits and vegetables. Beef tallow and butter, which is also high in saturated fat, are name-checked along with olive oil in the guidelines as cooking mediums to prioritize. The guidelines add that “more high-quality research is needed to determine which types of dietary fats best support long-term health.” A collective shudder rose from the nation’s established nutrition and medical communities, which point to studies that show saturated fats can increase the risk of heart disease. The American Heart Association issued a counterstatement advising people to avoid tallow and other high-fat animal products to keep artery-clogging cholesterol levels low. “I’m all for eating whole foods, but these guidelines dismiss 75 years of research favoring diets higher in plant foods,” wrote Marion Nestle, a New York University professor emerita who for decades has been a leading voice in American nutrition policy, in her blog. She and other nutritionists contended that the new guidelines on fat are simply too confusing to follow. Yes, the recommendations prioritize animal fat, but the actual amount of saturated fat you should consume remains the same as in previous guidelines: 10 percent of total calories, which is roughly two tablespoons for someone eating 2,000 calories a day. It would be difficult to keep intake that low and still follow guidelines that suggest eating more dairy and meat, Ms. Nestle said. Jillian Michaels, the fitness celebrity and a supporter of Mr. Kennedy, suggested that the guidance is not so hard to figure out. She advises people to eat mostly polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats like olive oil and foods like fish, nuts and avocados. Saturated fat is perfectly healthy in small amounts, she said. Beef tallow, Ms. Michaels said, “is not the greatest thing under the sun, but it’s way better than refined seed oils.” (Mr. Kennedy and others have denounced seed oils, including canola, soybean and corn oils, claiming they contribute to inflammation and are processed with harmful chemicals. Decades of research has shown that consuming seed oils is associated with better health.) For people who make and sell beef tallow, a golden age has dawned. Consumers spent $9.9 million on food-grade beef tallow in 2025, according to the data company Spins. Jars of it landed on the shelves of Costco this year, and big retailers like Walmart and Target sell it. Fat Brothers beef tallow sells for almost $20 for 14 ounces on Amazon, and business is brisk, said Izzy Pasarow, who started the Southern California company with his brother Felix in April. Sales have grown by double digits every month since, Mr. Pasarow said, with people buying it both for cooking and to use as a moisturizer. “This is a category that got highly politicized all of the sudden, but we looked at the market and saw all these other brands and thought no one was doing it right,” he said. “I think our country went to war against fat, and we’re starting to learn that maybe that wasn’t a good idea.” Beef tallow is made by slowly cooking beef fat to remove moisture and other bits of tissue. Any beef fat can be turned into tallow, but the purest and least beefy-smelling version comes from the fat around kidneys, called suet. Even more prized is suet from animals raised on grass instead of grain, which is what the Fat Brothers and most small-batch producers use. Beef tallow headed Whole Foods’ list of top food trends for 2026. Sales in 2025 were up 96 percent from the previous year, said Brooke Gil, who oversees the animal-fats category for the grocer. “Shoppers continue to explore its different culinary benefits and uses, and appreciate the sustainability aspect of tallow, as it supports a nose-to-tail approach to using the whole animal,” she said. Jenni Harris is a fifth-generation rancher whose father in the late 1990s transformed their small conventional cattle feeding operation in South Georgia to an organic one where cows are raised on pasture. She remembers a time when they had no market for the fat from the animals they slaughtered. “We damn near gave it away,” she said. They started turning it into soap, as their grandmother did. And they discovered it made good candles. But beef tallow was still a tough sell. Whole Foods, which for a time bought their White Oaks Pastures beef, wouldn’t touch tallow products. Interest in tallow started picking up around 2018, she said. It exploded after Mr. Kennedy deep-fried his turkey. Now the farm has barely enough to satisfy both its soap and candle customers and its raw-tallow fans. “I was so excited to see the food pyramid flip,” she said. “Regardless of your political affiliation, what we had wasn’t working.” She thinks tallow’s new recognition is great, but hopes lard, which she prefers to cook with, gets its moment in the sun. “There is always the sexy one and the funny one,” she said. “Beef fat is getting to be the sexy one, but lard is pretty fun.” submitted by /u/John3262005 to r/WhatTrumpHasDone [link] [comments]
John3262005 · Jan 12, 2026
All threads (34)
Thread Source Author Date
RE:Impossible to Remove Fake Review
...: I sell soap, the simplest soap you can get (beef tallow and lye water... the lye to convert the beef tallow into soap. No lye remains in the... a 1-star review claiming the soap gave her a rash (permalink: ... rash from a bar of soap you didn't use, or even ...
sellercentral.amazon.com Seller_yuPqgc8nfiYcI Mar 13, 2026
RE:Eczema
... oatmeal bath and/or no soap some days. For moisturizer, Aveeno... to flare. Also trying out beef tallow based on a recommendation of...
community.whattoexpect.com lvprioleau Mar 10, 2026
RE:Medical grade honey for eczema
... frustrating. we have been using beef tallow products recently & it has... eczema balm or sometimes aquaphor, beef tallow, or over the counter hydrocortisone... (mainly aveeno baby wash or beef tallow soap bar) -if youre breastfeeding still...
community.whattoexpect.com martinez7313 Feb 24, 2026
RE:MASA chips seed oil missinformation
... things.  Tallow was a staple for the longest time...for SOAP that is... sickness, or sickness from eating beef because the cow ate whitesnake ...).   Or even more "common sense".  Tallow for years was used to ... also mentioned, if improperly refined tallow and lard (which is what... go rancid quicker.   To make tallow more shelf stable etc it ... only about 10% more than tallow (although less light PAH's), but...
linustechtips.com wanderingfool2 Feb 19, 2026
What is your makeup routine
I’m going back to work in April and I’m not sure if it’s stress or hormones but I’m breaking out like a teenager. I use natural exfoliating soap and then beef tallow as moisturizer, nyx glue primer, L’Oréal glow lotion & tinted serum, Quo contour stick, elf brow stick and brow gel. But I feel like I need to make it better, please help a girl out.
community.whattoexpect.com 06Tash Feb 15, 2026
RE:Newborn skin moisturizer
Ahh! No soap at all at this age.. when a little older Dr bronners no scent. Also the best thing for a baby’s skin is beef tallow or waxelene (best thing out there ) but now is $100 so it’s too expensive !
community.whattoexpect.com ssbbeee Feb 11, 2026
First Time Mom Recs!
I'm also a first timer, 7 weeks, but my plan for stretch mark prevention is beef tallow soap and beef tallow balm. Been using it on my face and body for a while and it helped with old stretch marks. Then I plan to do a lot of fasting and red light postpartum. I was doing that before getting pregnant and autophagy + redlight helps heal all kinds of stuff.
community.babycenter.com KT92826 Feb 9, 2026
RE:(No Title)
I love licking beef tallow soap, political implications?
soyjak.st Kyrie Eleison Jan 27, 2026
And what we've done for the last 20 years has made America healthier?
... ago I read how horrible beef was for the environment--global warming... the energy used to produce beef was utterly wasted. Which was.... So I do. Haven't bought soap in 20 years. All that... soap. Note that commercial soap also usually uses tallowate. Pig and sheep tallow... produces really hard, brittle, soap, beef tallow is pretty good...
www.democraticunderground.com Igel Jan 15, 2026
RE:Trump Tells Americans Not to Worry About Coronavirus as CDC Says U.S. Outbreak a Certainty
..., all natural. Tallow is rendered animal fat, most commonly from beef (suet...), used for cooking, skincare, and industrial purposes like soap...
www.yelp.com Karn L. Jan 11, 2026
RE:Beef Tallow, Long a Health Pariah, Rises to the Top of the Food Pyramid
... with fruits and vegetables. Beef tallow and butter, which is also... small amounts, she said. Beef tallow, Ms. Michaels said, “is....9 million on food-grade beef tallow in 2025, according to...sell it. Fat Brothers beef tallow sells for almost $20 ...most small-batch producers use. Beef tallow headed Whole Foods’ list of...soap, as their grandmother did. And they discovered it made good candles. But beef tallow...
www.lipstickalley.com The Admin Jan 10, 2026
RE:What The Hell Is This In My Drain?
...soap is made from natural oils like coconut oil, palm oil, tallow..., and lard. E.g. Ivory soap is made from...coconut oil and tallow. Switch to detergent type bar soap like Dove ... stay stable and effective. Soap Chemistry How Detergent Is Made...on plant-based oils [1]. Unlike soap, detergents are made through multi-step...of a real soap (Ivory Bar): Sodium Tallowate (aka Beef fat) And/...
www.ar15.com MonkeyGrip Jan 2, 2026
Unscented beef tallow (or other) skincare that doesn‘t smell rancid? (And other skincare care items that you use, animal-based or other)
Hello everyone, I am looking for unscented skincare that won’t smell rancid, or bad. I’ve tried some tallow balms but some smelled kind of bad right away (rancid, or somehow off), or developed a bad smell fast when wearing it on the skin, so I think those might have been not cleared enough in the process? So I’m looking for a high quality, several times processed (don’t know how exactly it is purified) balm or something like that so that it won’t start smelling so fast, haha. Other skincare you might use would also be super interesting! I’m also looking for shampoo / soap / lip balm, stuff like that. :) I’m in Germany, so shops that ship from not too far away would be great, too, but farther away is also fine. I thought I’d try to use swarm intelligence since I can’t afford too many trials and errors and it seems wasteful. Thanks a bunch in advance!! :) p.s. also if you all know a cooking tallow that doesn’t smell rancid from the get-go would be really, really cool!!! Much appreciated! submitted by /u/ReadIntelligent8116 to r/carnivorediet [link] [comments]
reddit.com ReadIntelligent8116 Feb 25, 2026
Local Pittsboro business: Natural skincare made with grass-fed beef tallow
Hey Pittsboro! I make natural skincare products locally using grass-fed beef tallow and other natural ingredients. Products include moisturizers, handmade soaps, and body scrubs – all chemical-free and great for sensitive skin. I offer local delivery. Happy to answer any questions! Www.kaiaschmidt.com submitted by /u/Appropriate-Swim-340 to r/Pittsboro [link] [comments]
reddit.com Appropriate-Swim-340 Feb 6, 2026
If some people use beef tallow in lotions, and some soaps are made using animal fats, why don't we ever smear ourselves in butter?
submitted by /u/gustyyyythegreat to r/AskReddit [link] [comments]
reddit.com gustyyyythegreat Feb 5, 2026
18 years from bare paddock to mostly self sufficient
Snapshot of life today after 18 years on the land. Mostly to encourage people who are intimidated by beginning the homestead journey. A city girl bought 5acres of bare rural land, with shelter belt trees on the perimeter, in a temperate/subtropical zone. It was not my ideal land but was what I could afford so I learned all about permaculture principles before ever touching a shovel to dirt. Started by putting in a driveway and house site, camping in a shipping container until relocating a beat up old house. Lived without power or running water for 2 years, while working an office job in nearest town. Planted garden shelter hedges and fruit trees. Installed septic, rainwater tanks, solar power system, wood burner and insulation. Hubby is a handy man and restored a small sawmill he scored dirt cheap. Over many years we've now renovated the house, built workshop shed, chicken coop/garden system, beef cattle, milk cow and milking barn, outdoor fire-heated bathtub and finally a guest cabin. In terms of self sufficiency we now produce: Water Power Milled timber and firewood, sawdust for chicken gardens. Meat: beef, occasional chicken, wild turkey and catch fish Eggs Manure and compost for garden Fruit, preserves, jam, have brewed fruit wines in the past Vegetables, preserves, sauces and condiments Dairy products: milk, yoghurt, butter, cheeses Soap, skin creams and balms from homekill beef tallow Quilts, as a hobby on an old treadle sewing machine - seamstress friend gives me all her scrap fabric. My top recommendation for someone beginning this journey (even if you're in the suburbs, daydreaming about a homestead) is to start with fruit trees and build chicken gardens. Build a coop with entrance holes on two sides, plus a main access door for mucking out and egg collection. Then build two large runs off it, each with a door large enough to fit a wheelbarrow thru. All your lawn clippings, leaves, excess fruit, animal manure, kitchen scraps etc goes into the run and the chooks have a party scratching around. Rotate the chickens between runs, planting vegetables in the empty side. You can also let them out to free range without them getting into your garden. You're producing ever-improving manured and composted soil, eggs and vegetables, all in a contained system. You learn to pickle and preserve your fruit and vegetables. When you cull your flock, you process the birds and make chicken soup. Now you're homesteading, albeit on a small scale. You built on this foundation. We are not wealthy, but we're frugal and rich in the things that matter. It is doable if you can obtain land and employment, have passion and drive plus 20 years of hard physical labor left in your body. It just takes a bloody long time, making friends with your neighbors, hard work (on top of your day job), determination to learn new skills and lots of ingenuity. And several big doses of humility along the way lol. And ALL your money spread over many years, that cannot be denied... submitted by /u/foot_down to r/homestead [link] [comments]
reddit.com foot_down Jan 21, 2026
Beef tallow
Made our own beef tallow from our cow! Anyone has a good simple soap or lotion recipe? submitted by /u/WiseM3 to r/homestead [link] [comments]
reddit.com WiseM3 Jan 21, 2026
Beef Tallow, Long a Health Pariah, Rises to the Top of the Food Pyramid
Beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the federal government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century, has become an unexpected breakout star in the new federal dietary guidelines. The rendered beef fat has been quietly growing in popularity over the past few years among cooks who like how it crisps fries and doughnuts, beauty influencers who smooth it on their skin and others who favor it for high-fat diets or believe it’s healthier than oil pressed from seeds. On Thanksgiving in 2024, it was thrust onto the national stage. A barefoot Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pulled a turkey from a vat of boiling beef tallow and declared, “This is how we cook the MAHA way,” referring to the “Make America Healthy Again” movement he leads. Four months later, Mr. Kennedy, the nation’s health secretary, showed up at a fast-food chain that pledged to cook its fries only in tallow. This relatively obscure cooking medium quickly became a political symbol for the Trump allies pushing for drastic change to the American food system. Now the federal government has enshrined the fat as healthy. “We are ending the war on saturated fats,” Mr. Kennedy said at a news conference on Wednesday where he introduced new dietary guidelines that will steer national nutrition programs for the next five years. The updated food pyramid he released flips the traditional diagram on its head. It downplays whole grains and moves protein and full-fat dairy to the top, as foods to be eaten most often, along with fruits and vegetables. Beef tallow and butter, which is also high in saturated fat, are name-checked along with olive oil in the guidelines as cooking mediums to prioritize. The guidelines add that “more high-quality research is needed to determine which types of dietary fats best support long-term health.” A collective shudder rose from the nation’s established nutrition and medical communities, which point to studies that show saturated fats can increase the risk of heart disease. The American Heart Association issued a counterstatement advising people to avoid tallow and other high-fat animal products to keep artery-clogging cholesterol levels low. “I’m all for eating whole foods, but these guidelines dismiss 75 years of research favoring diets higher in plant foods,” wrote Marion Nestle, a New York University professor emerita who for decades has been a leading voice in American nutrition policy, in her blog. She and other nutritionists contended that the new guidelines on fat are simply too confusing to follow. Yes, the recommendations prioritize animal fat, but the actual amount of saturated fat you should consume remains the same as in previous guidelines: 10 percent of total calories, which is roughly two tablespoons for someone eating 2,000 calories a day. It would be difficult to keep intake that low and still follow guidelines that suggest eating more dairy and meat, Ms. Nestle said. Jillian Michaels, the fitness celebrity and a supporter of Mr. Kennedy, suggested that the guidance is not so hard to figure out. She advises people to eat mostly polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats like olive oil and foods like fish, nuts and avocados. Saturated fat is perfectly healthy in small amounts, she said. Beef tallow, Ms. Michaels said, “is not the greatest thing under the sun, but it’s way better than refined seed oils.” (Mr. Kennedy and others have denounced seed oils, including canola, soybean and corn oils, claiming they contribute to inflammation and are processed with harmful chemicals. Decades of research has shown that consuming seed oils is associated with better health.) For people who make and sell beef tallow, a golden age has dawned. Consumers spent $9.9 million on food-grade beef tallow in 2025, according to the data company Spins. Jars of it landed on the shelves of Costco this year, and big retailers like Walmart and Target sell it. Fat Brothers beef tallow sells for almost $20 for 14 ounces on Amazon, and business is brisk, said Izzy Pasarow, who started the Southern California company with his brother Felix in April. Sales have grown by double digits every month since, Mr. Pasarow said, with people buying it both for cooking and to use as a moisturizer. “This is a category that got highly politicized all of the sudden, but we looked at the market and saw all these other brands and thought no one was doing it right,” he said. “I think our country went to war against fat, and we’re starting to learn that maybe that wasn’t a good idea.” Beef tallow is made by slowly cooking beef fat to remove moisture and other bits of tissue. Any beef fat can be turned into tallow, but the purest and least beefy-smelling version comes from the fat around kidneys, called suet. Even more prized is suet from animals raised on grass instead of grain, which is what the Fat Brothers and most small-batch producers use. Beef tallow headed Whole Foods’ list of top food trends for 2026. Sales in 2025 were up 96 percent from the previous year, said Brooke Gil, who oversees the animal-fats category for the grocer. “Shoppers continue to explore its different culinary benefits and uses, and appreciate the sustainability aspect of tallow, as it supports a nose-to-tail approach to using the whole animal,” she said. Jenni Harris is a fifth-generation rancher whose father in the late 1990s transformed their small conventional cattle feeding operation in South Georgia to an organic one where cows are raised on pasture. She remembers a time when they had no market for the fat from the animals they slaughtered. “We damn near gave it away,” she said. They started turning it into soap, as their grandmother did. And they discovered it made good candles. But beef tallow was still a tough sell. Whole Foods, which for a time bought their White Oaks Pastures beef, wouldn’t touch tallow products. Interest in tallow started picking up around 2018, she said. It exploded after Mr. Kennedy deep-fried his turkey. Now the farm has barely enough to satisfy both its soap and candle customers and its raw-tallow fans. “I was so excited to see the food pyramid flip,” she said. “Regardless of your political affiliation, what we had wasn’t working.” She thinks tallow’s new recognition is great, but hopes lard, which she prefers to cook with, gets its moment in the sun. “There is always the sexy one and the funny one,” she said. “Beef fat is getting to be the sexy one, but lard is pretty fun.” submitted by /u/John3262005 to r/WhatTrumpHasDone [link] [comments]
reddit.com John3262005 Jan 12, 2026
Crumbly Tallow Soap
Hi all. Just a couple questions from this total newbie. I recently got several pounds of beef fat from my butcher and have been wanting to make soap with it. I rendered it down and washed it 5-6 times. Came out perfect. I have been wanting to make a mostly tallow bar and researched additional fats and their properties for weeks. I settled on a mostly tallow/partial coconut oil bar. I decided to make a tiny batch yesterday just to test it and set it in two toilet paper tube molds. When I was making it, because it was such a tiny amount of oils, and I was working outside in the cold (I’ll attach the recipe below), my bowl of melted tallow and coconut oil got a little cool before I was ready to add the lye mixture. I noticed it took a while to reach light trace, and then almost instantly got to much thicker trace. I added my essential oils and incorporated them as best I could (4g rosemary, 3g eucalyptus, 1g clove, 1g peppermint) and that quickened the thickening even more. I managed to get it in the tubes and set it overnight. Cut to today and the tubes are hard and dry and just to experiment, I tried cutting into one and it is very crumbly. If I’m careful I’m able to get a solid slice. So I’m wondering, is the crumbly-ness because it was already at thick trace when it went into my molds? I don’t think my measurements were too off (I did the whole recipe in grams) but I did just order a precision scale to be able to be exact next time. Also, I did round up my lye amount to 33g, but because I was shooting for a final SF of 4-5, I figured that small rounding up would put it in the 4 range. Anyway, hoping to find out if this crumbly problem is because of technique instead of ingredients before I commit to the final batch. Thanks. submitted by /u/HeinousHollandaise to r/soapmaking [link] [comments]
reddit.com HeinousHollandaise Jan 8, 2026
First batch - backwoods cold process beef suet soap
Hi everyone! Going to be making my first batch of soap ever using beef suet/coconut oil. I'm trying to imitate a recipe my grandmother used-- had to make some substitutions and exclusions, but she'd often use additives from her garden/kitchen. I'd like some feedback on the performance/practicality of this recipe and a sanity check on the numbers, if at all possible. Thanks in advance! Oils Rendered beef suet: 32 oz (2 lb) Coconut oil (76°): 8 oz (0.5 lb) (she only used suet/tallow, I'm adding the coconut oil.) Infused with yarrow flower and leaves, later strained out. Lye Solution Sodium hydroxide (NaOH): 5.2 oz Distilled water: 10.5 oz (This is where I'm having to totally freestyle-- introducing some modernity to it. Not sure of her lye collection/saponification methods.) Additives Honey: 1oz French Red clay powder: 0.75 oz Bentonite clay powder: 0.5 oz (addition by me.) Ground oatmeal: 0.4 oz Non-iodized fine sea salt: 1.75 oz Finely ground pine needles (dried and sterilized:) 0.1 oz Poppy seeds: 0.5 oz Frankincense EO: 1oz Myrrh EO: 0.7 oz Cure for 8 weeks. I remember she'd also mix in charcoal clumps/some sort of ash into the soap after saponification. I'm assuming this was some sort of lye hack (I'm double assuming this would be bad practice by today's understanding of saponification)? But it added a really rustic feel to it-- if anyone knows how I could add something like this without ruining the chemistry, I'd be thrilled. submitted by /u/viybe to r/soapmaking [link] [comments]
reddit.com viybe Dec 14, 2025
For those of you who use beef tallow to make soap, have you ever seen this before?
I was recently gifted a large tin of rendered and solidified beef tallow from a family member for the purpose of soap making. I rendered down a large portion in a double boiler and found this weird black stringy substance in it? Tried using a Google image search and was told it's a SCOBY like for brewing and making kombucha? Is this right? submitted by /u/Sea_Elk_4254 to r/soapmaking [link] [comments]
reddit.com Sea_Elk_4254 Nov 29, 2025
Beef Tallow Balm Skincare (safety info)
PSA: I used to own a business making skin care and soap. I learned about safe manufacture of some skincare products and I’m aware of the FDA guidelines. There are some beef tallow skincare products coming out of China, which are deceptive and possible safety hazards in Vine. I just want to share this information. Scientifically speaking, an anhydrous product is one made without water. For example, a balm, salve, or a lotion bar has no water in it but they all have oils and/or fat. To change them from liquid and to make them able to be more solid they add a wax such as beeswax or jojoba oil, (which is actually a wax). These real balms are solid or very thick at room temperature. They will melt on your skin as your skin temperature heats it up. Bacteria, mold and mildew do not grow in anhydrous products. Those things that we don’t want in our skincare need water to live and multiply. Beef tallow is the fat from a cow and lard is the fat from a pig. Other products made with water and/or an oil and/or a fat are a prime environment to grow bacteria, which may get introduced from your hand or fingers as you dip into the jar. They can also grow mold or mildew. Those products that have water plus oils/fats need a preservative to prevent the growth. Lotion and cream have water in them as a main ingredient. We don’t want to be using lotions or creams that are filled with bacteria or mold or mildew. Some other things that this applies to are sugar scrubs, and scrubbing cream soaps sold in a jar. There’s a trend for beef tallow balm for the face as a natural moisturizer. Sometimes they advertise it also for your body use. It has gone viral on TikTok. Men are using it and printing take balms too. I have used some brands that I like. I’m all for balms. The issue is that now vine has some products (made in China are the ones I have received) that actually are technically speaking, a lotion or skin cream, because they are made with water plus the oils and the beef tallow, but there is no preservative. These are unsafe to use. They are not a balm. One that I got this week shows on the product page that it only contained beef tallow, some oils and beeswax. It said it was all natural. When I received it, the ingredients list on the jar side and on the box say the primary ingredient is mineral oil, which is a petroleum product (not natural and is lab made), it has the beef tallow and olive oil, and beeswax, but it also has multiple lab made ingredients which are meant to emulsify liquids and oils to create a smooth lotion. It also had water as a main ingredient and was very much like a light skin cream in its consistency. It has no preservative, which means it is a prime environment for growing bacteria, mold, or mildew. We’ll see if they publish my review. I just wanted to teach everybody this in case you are using beef tallow skincare products and I wanted to explain why you should be concerned if you order a BALM but it is actually a lotion because it has water, but yet it doesn’t have a preservative, which makes it unsafe. Sidebar: shower gels are not technically speaking a soap; they’re made with water and they need a preservative. The traditional way of making a bar of soap is called cold process soap, and although that has water in it, the water has converted through a chemical process with the lye (sodium hydroxide) and the oils/fats into a new thing called soap. There is no free water in a bar of real soap. That is why a bar of actual soap cannot grow bacteria or mold or mildew on it. That is why a real bar of soap lasts years or decades without expiring or going bad. submitted by /u/artisanmaker to r/AmazonVine [link] [comments]
reddit.com artisanmaker Sep 29, 2025
My tallow-base soap creations
I’m getting better at making soap, especially with swirling the colors and sculpting the tops. Figured I’d share all my recent soaps since I think they’re really pretty (: (Last pic was a fail but it still came out cool looking) Recipe used Beef tallow - 540g Coconut oil - 225g Olive oil - 135g NaOH - 123g Water (coffee scrubs used brewed coffee instead of water) - 310g Aiming for a 7% super fat submitted by /u/Kieko404 to r/soapmaking [link] [comments]
reddit.com Kieko404 Sep 22, 2025
Opinions on beef suet tallow vs beef "trim fat" tallow in soap?
Hoping to get some advice from people who have made soap with both kinds of tallow. I make 60% tallow based soaps and they all turn out wonderful. So far I have only made soap with tallow that I have rendered myself from suet (beef fat from around the kidneys). This time I forgot to specify to my butcher that I wanted suet, so I ended up with a bunch of "trim fat" (not sure what the actual name for this fat is, but it's fat from other parts of the cow). As some of you may already know, the two different types of fat yield different quality tallow. The suet tallow is less odorous and at room temperature, sets very hard. I just finished the same rendering process with the trim fat (2 wet renderings with salted water and one final 'dry' simmer to evaporate the water). When it is refridgerated, this tallow is firm like my suet tallow, but after sitting at room temp it becomes soft enough for me to push a finger in and leave an indentation. The smell is a little more noticeable, but not too much. I have a few questions: If you've made soap with both types of tallow, did you notice any differences in the soapmaking process or the quality of the finished soap? Did it take longer to cure the soap made with trim fat tallow? Would the trim fat tallow benefit from additional rounds of wet rendering and would this help firm it up? Is it necessary for the tallow to be hard at room temp to be good quality? I am trying to decide if I should go ahead and make soap with that I have, or just use for cooking instead. I don't want to produce an end product that is noticeably different from my previous soaps, since I do sell them. However if there is no difference or very little difference, I will still use the trim fat for soap since I already bought 40 lbs of it. submitted by /u/poop_slayer to r/soapmaking [link] [comments]
reddit.com poop_slayer Sep 22, 2025
Whipped Grass Fed Beef Tallow soap and Moisturizer
Hey yall, I make Grass Fed Beef Tallow Moisturizer and soaps, and I have tried to get in touch with local organic marketplace, but where I live (rural area in NC), it seems as if people aren't really excited to try handmade high quality made with love--Grass Fed Beef Tallow Moisturizer and/or soaps. Do yall have any ideas? Thank you! submitted by /u/Appropriate-Swim-340 to r/StopEatingSeedOils [link] [comments]
reddit.com Appropriate-Swim-340 Sep 7, 2025
Tallow soap recipe - not very bubbly
I don’t finally tested my tallow-added soap. I like the hard bar but it’s not as bubbly or sudsy as my basic(olive, coconut, palm, castor). I think I’m finally getting it - that simple is better lol. I did add castor oil and there should be sugars in coconut milk. Not looking for specific direction but advice/critique on the recipe is welcomed nonetheless. Recipe (in oz weight) Coconut Oil 33.3% 12.00 Rice bran oil 27.8% 10.00 Avocado oil 16.7% 6.00 Tallow Beef 16.7% 6.00 Castor oil 5.6% 2.00 NaOH 5.06 Water 8.80 Coconut milk 3.03 Lavender and cedar wood EO 1.1oz total submitted by /u/frostychocolatemint to r/soapmaking [link] [comments]
reddit.com frostychocolatemint Aug 26, 2025
Bulk Beef Tallow?
Howdy all! I’m a soap maker and would love to source beef tallow locally. Are there any places that offer this? Or just a grocery store which offers large quantities? Thank you! submitted by /u/VacuousArmCandy to r/Humboldt [link] [comments]
reddit.com VacuousArmCandy Jul 8, 2025
Tallow Soap Health Y Sol
Hi, I've been getting clogged pores and I believe it was caused by my cleanser that I used to use by Good Molecules so I stopped using it and it is slowly getting better I also use beef tallow just at night and wanted to use a body and face wash and found tallow soap and didn't know if it was good or not and recommended. I found one that was liked by my friends by Health Y Sol I didn't know if that brand of tallow soap would be good or not I would get the unscented so no of the fragrances would be in it, any help is appreciated! submitted by /u/AcademicConnection89 to r/AnimalBased [link] [comments]
reddit.com AcademicConnection89 Jun 1, 2025
Dubious Looking Bear Tallow Soap Smoosh PIF
I bought this soap about a year ago from Murphy and McNeil. It is in their Kodiak Base which has a combination of duck fat, bear tallow, and beef tallow. When I got it the color and consistency stunned me. It is an ochre shade and texture that reminds me of a shock you get when having a newborn. I’ll leave the description there. The scent is called Children of Lyr. It is inspired by an Irish legend about King Lir and his children being cursed to turn into swans by their jealous mother. The Kodiak Base with this scent was a limited run by Murphy and MacNeil. They use that base for new scents once, and any further production they use their standard bases. The website does say it was a limited production, but I didn’t find any volume numbers. Scent profile from M&M: “Inspired by drifting lakes and rivers, this scent opens with a citrusy burst of bitter orange And lavender, which is complimented by a spicy heart of clary sage and spearmint. The base notes feature the warm and woody scents of amber and ambroxan. Some may recognize this scent as an homage to Luna Rossa for Men (no affiliation)” This soap can work for a few categories, notable having the duck fat and bear tallow. I will send out smooshes of about 1/2 teaspoon in size to at least 10 who enter, but depending on response may do more. I will stop before the tub becomes my closest to a kill. I already have plans, and want that kill day to be genuine for me. Preferably entrants will be participating in this year’s Lather Games. Smooshes will be vacuum sealed and sent in a small greeting card. My plan will be to have all in the mail by Saturday May 10th. I will even send international as long as the Post Office doesn’t require a customs form. I think sending it as a standard letter should work, but no guarantees on how long it will take to arrive. No restrictions on use, but just tag me if you use it in the games. If you want to try it, and not use it in the games that’s ok, but it is a soap that can fit multiple days. Really after sending a couple smooshes out last year, I felt this needed to get out to more people. Keeping the karma count lowish, but if you’ve been a little active in the last month, you should be fine, LatherBot randomizer 72 72 submitted by /u/Environmental-Gap380 to r/Wetshaving [link] [comments]
reddit.com Environmental-Gap380 May 5, 2025
Isn’t it funny that beef tallow is now considered one of the best cleansers/moisturizers
i just find it funny how the old school way of doing things really is better than all the new bs. my skin looks and feels amazing after a tallow soap shave submitted by /u/noithatweedisloud to r/wicked_edge [link] [comments]
reddit.com noithatweedisloud Jan 24, 2025
[Routine Help] Is beef tallow skincare worth it?
Hi, so I'm not the best at skincare, I know almost little to nothing since I always get so overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I hear to keep your skin youthful or firm. These days however my interest has been peaked by beef tallow skincare??? I've never ever heard of this before and I never even knew beef tallow could be used for anything other then soaps or cooking. My question is, would this be a good idea to get into? I really want a simple routine, I won't remember to do it if it isn't simple because of my ADHD and I think my skin is more on the sensitive side due to how easily I breakout if I use to many products. If not beef tallow, I wouldn't mind some other suggestions on what to look into! Thank you! Also this is my first post on reddit ever, so sorry if I worded this weird! submitted by /u/UrMagicalGirl to r/SkincareAddiction [link] [comments]
reddit.com UrMagicalGirl Nov 5, 2024
Kylie Ross, I need you to put down the African black soap and beef tallow and pick up some mothafuckin Cetaphil from your local CVS.
submitted by /u/BringItBackNowYall to r/gymsnark [link] [comments]
reddit.com BringItBackNowYall Feb 21, 2024
10 lbs of beef fat rending down for tallow!!
Super excited ! To make more tallow soap!! submitted by /u/Capital_Art3172 to r/soapmaking [link] [comments]
reddit.com Capital_Art3172 Dec 3, 2022
When you are butchering your animals, don't throw away the fat. Using lard/tallow is great in cooking. But also in making soaps, candles, salves, etc.
submitted by /u/eloquinee to r/homestead [link] [comments]
reddit.com eloquinee Nov 28, 2021