From beef tallow fries to the fat's new position near the top of the American food pyramid, beef tallow is picking up steam. In 2025, beef tallow saw a whopping 96% increase in sales. It's among the ...

The juices that fall from cooked meat, or pan drippings, turn into delicious dressings and gravies. Yet they don't come close to beef tallow, the hard fat known as suet, that cushions the cow's organs ...

Beef tallow is rendered fat from any part of a cow. A butchery by-product, it’s related to but less locationally specific than suet, which is the fat that surrounds the organs of cattle or lambs. Like ...