Australian Beef Tallow

100% Australian Tallow RBD

Discover the purity and versatility of beef tallow, a premium ingredient renowned for its exceptional quality and sustainable production. Our beef tallow offers a natural, eco-friendly alternative for crafting luxurious soaps and high-performance cosmetics.

Beef tallow is prized for its rich fatty acid profile, which closely mimics the natural oils in human skin, making it a deeply nourishing and moisturising base. Its unique composition enhances the lather, hardness, and longevity of handmade soaps, while its non-comedogenic properties make it ideal for use in skincare formulations.

RBD Beef Tallow stands for Refined, Bleached, and Deodorised beef tallow. It is a high-purity form of tallow that has undergone processing to remove impurities, colour, and odour, resulting in a clean, neutral-smelling fat. RBD tallow is ideal for cosmetic and soap making applications where a consistent, scent-free base is desired. It retains its nourishing fatty acids and is shelf-stable, making it a popular choice for premium skincare formulations and natural soap bars.

Why Use Beef Tallow in Cosmetics and Soap?

Beef tallow has a similar fatty acid profile to human skin, making it an excellent ingredient for natural skincare products. It's rich in vitamins A, D, E, and K, as well as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which is known for its anti-inflammatory properties.

Here’s how beef tallow is used in cosmetics and personal care:

🧼 Soap Making

Beef tallow creates a hard, long-lasting bar with a rich, creamy lather. It’s a fantastic base fat, offering gentle cleansing and skin conditioning. Traditional tallow soaps have stood the test of time and are still popular for their simplicity and skin benefits.

🌿 Moisturising Balms & Body Butters

Tallow can be whipped into a nourishing balm or combined with essential oils and other butters like shea or cocoa butter for a luxurious body butter. It deeply hydrates and helps repair dry or cracked skin.

💄 Lip Balms

Its rich texture and high-fat content make beef tallow an ideal base for lip balms, offering protection and healing properties without synthetic additives.

🧴 Face Creams & Serums

When purified and lightly scented, tallow can be used in face creams that nourish and balance the skin barrier—especially for those with sensitive or dry skin.

👶 Baby Skincare

Natural, non-toxic, and incredibly gentle, beef tallow is a go-to for many parents creating salves or nappy creams for their little ones.

How to Store Beef Tallow

Beef tallow is incredibly shelf-stable when properly rendered and stored. Here’s how to keep it fresh:

• Cool, dark place: Store tallow in a glass jar or tin in your pantry away from direct sunlight.

• Refrigeration: While not necessary, keeping it in the fridge can extend its shelf life.

• Freezing: For long-term storage (12+ months), beef tallow can be portioned and frozen.

Shelf life: At room temperature, tallow can last up to 12 months (for consumption) or up to 2 years for cosmetics, if stored correctly.