Below is a response I received from Wellness Meats - see attached .pdf for ISU test results.
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From: "John Wood" <eathealthy@grasslandbeef.com>
Subject: Rendered fat from Wellness Meats - buyer beware. - Raw Paleo Diet Forum
Van,
Thank you for bringing this up . . . Interesting read. I have very little spare time in my life and would have never known this was going on.
Our tallow has looked the same from day one. Our omega 3 ratios have been stellar every time they were tested at the ISU meat science lab. No starch is included in the diet from start to finish.
Note PDF attached with a the tallow demonstrating a better ratio of omega 6:3 than two lamb cuts tested in June. Lamb will usually be hard to beat. 1.65:1 is pretty good compared to grain fed at 20:1.
The only things that make any sense are as follows on my best guess:
• Jim Gerrish, PhD grazing guru, who worked for Univ. of Missouri for 20 plus years indicated the trick was to get cattle to gain in excess of 1.5 lbs. a day on quality forage and management to reduce the yellow fat. If done properly you will not see the yellow fat.
• Wheat pasture is famous for yellow fat and a lot of winter wheat pasture can be found in southern Oklahoma and North Texas.
• We only harvest animals under 30 months of age. If cows were in the mix, then one would expect to see some yellow fat.
• The last explanation might be rendering technique involving temperature and how much material is separated off after melting.
In closing, we simply render the suet into tallow/lard like our ancestors did 150 years ago. We add nothing to the product to enhance color, flavor etc. It has always been pearly white in color.
Thank you for bringing this up and feel free to post the pdf.
John
"Our Animals Eat Right So You Can Too!
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204 East Lafayette
Monticello, MO 63457
PH: (877) 383-0051
Cell: (660) 341-2789
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