Is Suet or Tallow truly raw?

[Techydude]

I heard that tallow is rendered suet? But i've also heard it vise versa where people say suet is rendered tallow. Isn't rendering melting something to get it and form it into something else? Wouldn't that involve cooking? I don't know. Can someone tell me: Is suet or tallow truly raw and uncooked or unheated?

[TylerDurden]

Suet is raw, tallow is rendered.

[Sitting Coyote]

Geoff (Handle:  TylerDurden) is correct.  Suet is unheated, tallow has been heated and processed.

[CitrusHigh]

suet is num nums!

[moringa82]

Suet is unheated, tallow has been heated and processed.

so basically suet is more healthier because it was not exposed to heat, right?

[edmon171]

presumably, yes. Some would argue that animal fats are unaffected up to their smoke-point temperature, but there is more than just fat in suet, there is a cellular structure and tissue with proteins. If any of this makes it into the tallow or lard, for sure it is bad. Also you don't know if the tallow has been overheated unless you rendered it yourself. From my experience, I notice a big difference in taste between tallow and the fat in suet. The suet tastes much cleaner and healthier, the tallow has a toasted aroma. I would assume the fats in rendered tallow are damaged, unless someone knows for sure one way or the other.