Inside America’s beef tallow revival and why home kitchens across the country are embracing it

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The Wall Street Journal

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Beef tallow, seed oils, and full-fat dairy: Are any of them heart-healthy? - Harvard Health

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Key FactsResearch examines beef tallow, seed oils and full-fat dairy

Jul 7, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Walter Willett says beef tallow, with more than 50% saturated fat, has adverse effects, while seed oils, over 80% unsaturated, are beneficial.

Randomized trials associate beef tallow with higher harmful LDL cholesterol; research also indicates poorer insulin control, liver-fat accumulation, and vessel dysfunction.

Butter raises LDL and heart-disease risk more than plant oils, while replacing dairy fat with refined grains has unclear benefits.

Despite guidelines suggesting three daily dairy servings, Willett recommends about one full-fat yogurt or cheese serving, or two without meat.

Beef tallow (which has more than 50% saturated fat) has adverse effects, while seed oils (which contain more than 80% unsaturated fat) have beneficial effects.
— Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in response to questions about heart-healthy fats.

ABC News

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Jul 03

RFK Jr. has promoted using beef tallow over seed oils but the animal fat may not be healthier, some cardiologists say

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The Sydney Morning Herald

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Jan 21

Can we call butter and beef tallow ‘healthy fats’?: They may be back in food fashion, but are they as healthy as proponents say?

The New York Times

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Jan 10

Beef Tallow Rises to the Top of the U.S. Food Pyramid: The new dietary guidelines give federal approval to a fat that has slowly caught on with consumers ...

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Jul 15 25

Did In-N-Out switch to beef tallow to ‘Make America Healthy Again'?: President Donald Trump cited In-N-Out Burger as an example of his Make America Healthy Again ...

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