Beef fat
Beef fat
Beef fat is separable cattle fat, either unrendered or rendered, used for frying, roasting and adding richness, with melting behaviour shaped by its source.
About Beef fat
Beef fat is the separable fatty tissue from cattle, sold either attached to meat or rendered into a cooking fat. Unrendered fat can be firm and pale to yellowish, while rendered beef fat is typically a clear-to-golden solid or liquid depending on temperature. Its savoury flavour and melting behaviour vary with source and rendering.
It is used for frying, roasting and adding richness to foods; the term alone does not specify whether the material is raw fat, rendered tallow, or fat trimmed from a particular cut. Products can differ in how thoroughly they are rendered and whether they contain water or meat particles. Those distinctions matter when using or comparing a specific form.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Tallow
Beef, fat, average, cooked
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Beef, fat, average, raw
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Beef, fat, average, raw, extra trimmed
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Beef, New Zealand, imported, intermuscular fat, cooked
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Beef, New Zealand, imported, intermuscular fat, raw
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Beef, New Zealand, imported, subcutaneous fat, cooked
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Beef, New Zealand, imported, subcutaneous fat, raw
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Beef, retail cuts, separable fat, cooked
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Beef, retail cuts, separable fat, raw
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Beef fat nutrition & diet
Beef fat nutritional value
Reference: Beef, fat, average, raw
Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.
- Calories
- 558kcal
- Protein
- 18.9g
- Carbs
- 0.0g
- Fat
- 53.6g
Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.
Raw beef fat and rendered tallow are not equivalent for comparison; rendering removes water and may leave differing amounts of non-fat material.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: Composition of foods integrated dataset (CoFID), 2021 — 18-003 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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