Made from scratch in Ontario, Canada
We make every single product ourselves. Nothing comes from a no-name warehouse.
Tallow
Tallow has gotten pretty popular these days, and with that a whole lot of fake stuff has popped up. I’m talking bleached tallow, petroleum jelly disguised as tallow, and I-don’t-even-know-what mixtures shipping out of China that call themselves tallow. We’re not about any of that.
We work with a Canadian partner to get the best Canadian stuff there is. Our tallow is unbleached, grass-fed and finished, and triple purified to get rid of any beefy scent.
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Rendering
The raw fat is rendered to separate it from all the “meaty” bits. Then it goes through multiple rounds of purification and filtering to remove any leftover proteins, the stuff that can make tallow go rancid over time.
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Purifying
The tallow is wet-rendered with water and sea salt, which acts as a natural purifier. It takes a little longer, so a lot of people skip it, but it’s worth it because it means no chemicals!
Dry-rendered tallow often has a stronger beefy smell that needs a whole bunch of added fragrance to cover it up. We’re not about that! No hormone disruptors here, thank you very much.
From the hive
We use 100% Canadian beeswax and honey. Our honey is sourced right here in Ontario, gathered from the many varieties of plants in the Kawartha Lakes.
It comes from our awesome beekeeping partner, Jerry, a local beekeeper with 1,000 hives in multiple locations around the Kawartha Lakes!
Once we get the honey, we’re careful not to overheat it when mixing, so it keeps all of its raw, unpasteurized goodness: live enzymes and healthy bacteria!
Tallow, honey and beeswax are the stars, with extra virgin olive oil and frankincense to finish.
We’re making new batches all the time
We schedule our production days alongside our fulfillment forecast, so you’re always getting freshly made F-Balm. Here’s how a batch comes together, from Kevin, our production boss:
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Melting the base
First we load our tallow into a melting tank, then add our pre-melted beeswax once the tallow has melted.
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Adding the oils
Once the two are mixed, we add extra virgin olive oil and mix again.
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Mixing in the honey
After a brief cooling period, the mixture is ready for honey. We’re careful not to overheat it, so the honey keeps all its rich nutrients.
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Adding the final ingredient
The last ingredient to go in is frankincense essential oil.
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Ready for filling
Once the mixture reaches a smooth texture, it’s ready to be filled. Next stop: tinning and labelling!
Filled, sealed and ready
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Precise filling
Our piston filler portions the perfect amount of product into each tin.
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Lidded and labelled
Each tin is lidded, labelled and double-checked before it’s sealed.
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Date coded
Every tin gets a Best Before date and a batch code, so we know exactly when it was made and which batch it came from.
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Sealed and ready
A tamper-proof shrink band goes around the tin, and it’s ready for fulfillment. Time to get you your F-Balm!
Made here. Shipped from here.
Every tin is made, filled and sealed by our team in Ontario.