Bones & Brawn:
Meet the Mighty Oxtail
Oxtail once literally meant the tail of an ox, but today oxtail generally refers to the tail of beef or veal. It’s not the only animal tails that humans eat: Pig, bull, and kangaroo tails are also edible.
What all tail meat has in common is collagen, a protein that acts as a thickener and texturizer. Slow cooking transforms the collagen in oxtail’s bony nooks and crannies into gelatin that gives braises, stews, and broths more body and flavor, and yields meat that is meltingly tender.
Speaking of yields, we wondered how our grass and grain-fed Irish Nature Beef oxtail for foodservice compares with USDA commodity oxtail. You can see the difference in the two photos below.
Irish nature beef oxtails
USDA oxtails
Our Irish Nature Beef wholesale oxtails are defatted, trimmed & short cut. That means less time spent on butchering and less waste for you. Take a closer look at the numbers below and you’ll agree, Irish Nature Beef oxtails for restaurants are a money saver.
About Irish Nature Beef
Ultra-tender Irish Nature Beef is the most sustainably raised, humanely treated, grain-fed beef for restaurants you can buy. Few beef companies take sustainability as seriously as ABP, producer of Irish Nature Beef, which has four times earned Sustainability Certification from the Carbon Trust.
Irish Nature Beef is pasture-raised for most of the year on 2,000 small farms across Ireland that adhere to strict EU animal welfare standards. There is no feedlot fattening and never any sub-therapeutic antibiotics or growth promotants. A diet of grass naturally fortified with grain, along with longer aging on the bone than is customary, gives Irish Nature Beef the flavor many beef lovers crave.
About Marx Foodservice
Marx Foodservice is a wholesale meat distributor with more than 20 years of experience. As a specialty meat supplier to restaurants and a foodservice distributor, we seek out only the finest meats and seafood. Our products are humanely raised or wild caught with the highest standards of animal welfare and the least environmental impact possible. We scour the world to find exceptional wholesale meats and seafood you won’t find anywhere else. In addition to ultra-tender Irish Nature Beef, we offer superior grass-fed Angus beef from Silver Fern Farms and grain-fed Ocean Beef, both from New Zealand. All our wholesale beef for restaurants is expertly butchered for consistency and the highest yields. We deliver by van in New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania, and nationwide via FedEx.