Why is beef tallow used in soaps?
The reasons are aplenty. First and foremost, it is one of the ingredients of good old fashioned soap making. Second, it is one of the harder oils which make white soap that creates good lather. Third, it is cheap, readily available and makes a really good soap that cannot be duplicated by vegetable oil soap. However, beef fat should be rendered into tallow to be used in soaps. Beef tallow and soap making myths: A massive number of people believe that soaps with beef tallow as ingredient are some of the worst kinds of soaps in the market. This is wrong. Beef tallow is better than many synthetic and chemical ingredients added to soaps by manufacturers. Another myth is, tallow soaps clog skin pores and cause allergic skin conditions. This is not the case, really. Many chemicals in the soaps do so. Many consumers also assume that tallow soaps are of low-quality and damaging to compared to good, factory-made soaps. This is false because many manufacturers of commercial personal care product
