Beef Tallow, Long a Health Pariah, Rises to the Top of the Food Pyramid
12th January 2026
The New York Times, a Voice of the Crust.
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.
Folow the Science! Except when it changes … then Follow the New Science!
We’re from the government, and we wouldn’t steer you wrong. (Right….)
Sometimes the old ways are best.
The rendered beef fat has been quietly growing in popularity over the past few years among cooks who like how it crisped 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.
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