Is Jell-o really made out of cow's blood?

Question

My anthropology teacher said this. But I love Jell-o, Damn him!!

Answer 1

It is derived from collagen found in the bones, cartilage, connective tissue, and skin of animals, traditionally cows. Most commercially produced gelatin nowadays is produced from pig skin.

That's why I don't eat it. Yuck.

Answer 2

The production of gelatin starts with the boiling of bones, skins, and hides of cows and pigs, a process that releases the protein-rich collagen from animal tissues. The collagen is boiled and filtered numerous times, dried, and ground to a powder. Because the collagen is processed extensively, the final product is not categorized as a meat or animal product by the federal government. Very strict vegetarians avoid gelatin entirely, but more permissive vegetarians have no problem including JELL-O in their diets.

JELL-O products account for about 80 percent of the gelatin market.

Popular belief has it that gelatin comes from horses' and cows' hooves. Kraft, the maker of JELL-O, asserts that hooves do not contain the necessary collagen and therefore are not used in the production of their JELL-O brand gelatin product.

Answer 3

"Claim: JELL-O is made from bones and hides.

Origins: Sometimes the most innocuous of foodstuffs contain constituents whose origins are less than appetizing. Such is the case with JELL-O, a dessert that has graced millions of dinner tables since its 1897 debut.

Underneath JELL-O's jiggly wholesomeness lurks a secret many consumers are disconcerted to learn: JELL-O is made from gelatin, an animal product rendered from the hides and bones of animals.

The production of gelatin starts with the boiling of bones, skins, and hides of cows and pigs, a process that releases the protein-rich collagen from animal tissues. The collagen is boiled and filtered numerous times, dried, and ground to a powder. Because the collagen is processed extensively, the final product is not categorized as a meat or animal product by the federal government. Very strict vegetarians avoid gelatin entirely, but more permissive vegetarians have no problem including JELL-O in their diets.

JELL-O products account for about 80 percent of the gelatin market.

Popular belief has it that gelatin comes from horses' and cows' hooves. Kraft, the maker of JELL-O, asserts that hooves do not contain the necessary collagen and therefore are not used in the production of their JELL-O brand gelatin product. "

Answer 4

II studied food engineer, and the truth is that the cow colagen that is around their bones is the ingredient that makes jell-o become solid. So the process is to boil water with the bones and it produces a jelly substance in the surface that is use to obtain that texture in those products. So, I can not asume that blood is not used, but the most common raw material are the bones.

Answer 5

The production of gelatin starts with the boiling of bones, skin, and connective tissue of pigs, horses and cows, in 70-foot vats to extract and hydrolyze the protein collagen, which is then soaked and filtered. Horns or hooves are not used, as is traditionally thought. The extract is then dried and ground to form a powder, and is mixed with sugar, adipic acid, fumaric acid, sodium citrate, and artificial flavorings and food colors. Because the collagen is processed extensively, the final product is not categorized as a meat or animal product by the US federal government.

Answer 6

Cow Hooves In Jello

Answer 7

the answers noting the boiling of tissues for collagen are correct. Look up old recipies for aspic:. same idea: boil the water around the bone (and related connective tissue) and you get a thickening that jells.

Kosher and vegetarian gels are usually made from agar (carageenan) a seaweed.

Answer 8

I thought the gelatin came from part of the pig ( something in the bone- cartilage??) I guess they could use the same thing out of the cow. IT is definitely not cow blood.

Answer 9

No, not from cow's blood - but gelatin comes from the bone marrow ( liquid inside bones ) so it is still kinda yucky if you think about it- But nothing goes down than a watermelon jello shooter in the summertime!!!

Answer 10

NO! They make by getting animal bones and oil and putting into a big pot and then the stuff from it goes to the top and then they drain the reast of the liquid then stuff at the top turns to powder after a while. Its not blood.