This traditional cooking fat is making a comeback for everything from roasting to frying.

Beef tallow has lent a meaty flavor to dishes for centuries. Even today, several chain restaurants use beef tallow in their cooking to pack a punch of beefy umami, including Popeyes and Smashburger.

Out off all the mistakes you should avoid when cooking with beef tallow, this is the one that you want to avoid the very most ...

Beef tallow is making an unlikely comeback. The rendered form of beef fat—once a pantry staple before vegetable oils dominated grocery store shelves—is reappearing in restaurant kitchens and home ...

Beef tallow is having a moment on social media, with influencers promoting it as a "back-to-basics" cooking fat and a return to traditional eating. It's showing up in everything from home cooking ...

Few foods have had such an explosive impact as has beef tallow. Though it has been around for over a century and was probably a staple in pot roasts and other savory dishes in the kitchens of your ...

Different fats have different uses in cooking. Extra-virgin olive oil? Great for salad dressings and sautéeing, not so much for frying or high-temperature roasting. Sunflower oil? Great for high heat, ...

If you follow health and beauty trends on social media, you may have noticed a certain ingredient popping up in cooking and skin care posts: beef tallow. Beef tallow is fat rendered from beef ...

Sarina Trangle started as a corporate news reporter in October 2024. She previously spent four years on the business desk at Newsday, covering the health industry, commercial real estate and cannabis.

In the EU, food-grade beef tallow is strictly regulated under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and Animal By-Products regulations.