Tallow

Tallow or tallow means predominantly solid fat of the animals, e.g. Sebum bovium (beef tallow) or Sebum ovile (mutton tallow), obtained by melting the fatty tissue of the animals concerned. The fat obtained by rendering pig and goose fat has a lower melting point than, for example, beef tallow and is called lard.

Sebum bovium, beef tallow, has the greatest economic importance. Beef tallow covers almost the entire cosmetic need for animal fats. Other types of tallow, such as mutton tallow or deer tallow, are of little economic importance. At times, the now obsolete "mink oil", the melted out sebum of mink and mader, found its way into the therapy of atopic dermatitis.
Tallow is mainly used in cosmetic products such as soaps, lipsticks, hair shampoos, shaving creams and other cosmetics. Other uses in industrial areas: lubricant and sliding agent.

Palmitic, stearic and oleic acid glycerides.