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Beef tallow

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Fatty acids

saturated 52% · monounsaturated 44% · polyunsaturated 4%

linoleic acid (omega 6) 3.1 g (per 100 g)

alpha-linolenic acid (omega 3) 0.6 g (per 100 g)

Smoke point

refined 200–215 °C

Storage

Cool and dark, keeps very long.

Notable

Until the 1990s the usual frying fat for chips; then replaced by vegetable fat. Very heat-stable because there is hardly any polyunsaturated fat in it. In soap making it gives the hard, slow-wearing body.