If you're still cooking with seed oils, it's time for a serious upgrade. We’re talking about beef tallow—the OG cooking fat that your great-grandparents swore by and your body still knows how to use.
Forget the fear-mongering around animal fats. If you care about real food, real nutrition, and ditching the industrial junk, here’s the no-BS case for why beef tallow is the superfat your clean diet has been missing.
Is Beef Tallow Healthy? Actually, Yes.
Let’s break it down:
1. Rich in Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Beef tallow is naturally high in vitamins A, D, E, and K—key nutrients for hormone health, brain function, and immune support. You’re not just getting fat—you’re getting fat with function.
2. High Heat Stability
Unlike seed oils (which break down into toxic compounds at high temps), beef tallow is incredibly heat-stable. That means no rancid fumes, no oxidized lipids, and no nutritional damage to your food.
3. Ancestrally Legit
Before the rise of ultra-processed, industrial oils, cultures across the world relied on animal fats like tallow. Our bodies are designed to thrive on traditional fats.
Animal Fats vs Seed Oils: Let’s Get Real
| Category | Beef Tallow | Seed Oils (Canola, Soy, Corn) |
|---|---|---|
| Stability at High Heat | ✅ Stable | ❌ Oxidizes |
| Nutrient Density | ✅ Fat-soluble vitamins | ❌ Stripped in processing |
| Processing | ✅ Simple rendering | ❌ Industrial solvents & bleaching |
| Ancestral Use | ✅ Thousands of years | ❌ Barely 100 years |
Industrial seed oils are a modern experiment—and the results haven’t been pretty. Obesity, chronic inflammation, and metabolic disease have all surged since we swapped butter and tallow for “heart-healthy” canola.
Time to unlearn the lies.
Why We Fry Every Vaca Chip in 100% Beef Tallow
We don’t mess around with canola sludge. At Vaca, we go all-in on beef tallow because it’s what food is supposed to be cooked in.
Rich, clean, flavorful- and actually good for you.
This is why we fry every Vaca Chip in 100% beef tallow, not canola oil.
Your body (and your taste buds) will thank you.
If you’re serious about clean eating, it’s time to rethink your fat. Beef tallow isn’t just healthy—it’s the comeback kid of real food fats.
Skip the seed oil confusion and get back to what works.
