Do vegetarians eat Jell-O?

Answer 1

Oh jello is such a great thing to suck off the male body, and no I am not a vegetarian. I love meat.

Answer 2

No. Jell-O is flavored gelatin, which comes from a bajillion places of animals' bodies including the bones and hooves. We can, however, eat Jell-O pudding if we're not vegan, since that does not contain gelatin. But what's the point? The Jell-O company gets money if we do that.

Answer 3

am a vegetarian. 15 minutes ago I was planning to make some Jell-o. But after reading some of the answers I decided that i'll never put it in my mouth again.

Answer 4

The answer is comparable to what you get if you ask "Is gelatin kosher?"

Viz:

"But during the manufacturing of gelatin, the animal extract becomes totally inedible, such that even a dog will no longer eat it. Now, food which even a dog won't eat loses its status as food. Halachically, it's no different than stones or dirt which are you allowed to eat!

Based on this, some authorities permit gelatin from unkosher animals, since during the process the animal extract becomes unfit for even a dog. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, zatzal, rules otherwise. He writes that although the animal parts are inedible in the middle of the process, this inedible state is only temporary. Since at the end of the process the unkosher bones are 'resurrected' into an edible product, the original prohibition remains."

http://ohr.edu/ask_db/ask_main.php/127/Q1/

"Kosher gelatin can be made with fish bones, and/or beef skins. Contrary to assumptions, it is also considered kosher to use it with dairy products. Kosher law is very complex and the bones and hides used in gelatin production are considered pareve. The general meaning of pareve refers to foods that are neither milk nor meat, and many people assume this means that the product is vegetarian. However, OU pareve certified ingredients can have animal products, such as fish, eggs, and gelatin, in them."

http://www.ivu.org/faq/gelatine.html

Note the part about the 'stones and dirt.' Some vegetarians do rationalise it along the same lines. Note the 'people assume...vegetarian.' Some do because they don't know.

But, strictly -- no.

"Gelatine is an unacceptable product to vegetarians as it is a by-product of the slaughterhouse industry, being made of protein derived from animal bones, cartilage, tendons and other tissues such as pig skin. Isinglass, used in fining some alcoholic drinks, is a type of gelatine from the air bladders of certain kinds of fish. Aspic is also unsuitable, as it is made from clarified meat, fish or vegetable stocks and gelatine."

http://www.vegsoc.org/info/gelling.html

Answer 5

The answer is No. Definitely not. The main ingredient is gelatine, which is made from boiling ligaments, bones, hooves and skin. A vegetarian does not eat Jell-O.

Answer 6

If you're a "true" vegetarian (or vegan), then you would NOT eat jello - because of the gelatin. I have known several vegetarians who did eat it however, but it was because they simply didn't know where gelatin came from.

If you don't know what it is, and eat it not realizing what it is, then you may still consider yourself vegetarian, although others will not - but if you know what it is and still eat it, I don't think you can really consider yourself vegetarian. After all, if you KNOWINGLY eat it, how is that any different than eating a piece of steak?

Answer 7

Yes, gelatine is an animal by-product.... But the question should be, is it okay to eat gelatine? Well, the companies who buy the gelatine to make the jelly, are only buying it because it is cheap. Their intention isn't to slaughter an animal and takes its gelatine *sic*. It's just a by-product of the meat industry. The meat industry would only throw it out if people didn't buy it. I don't think buying gelatine products is supporting any form of animal torture, and i doubt it supports the meat industry in any real way. If there was a cheaper non-animal substitute for gelatine, i'm sure the sweets companies would buy it.

Answer 8

Not real vegetarians. gelatin is made of connective tissue and bones, so anyone who eats jello and says theyre a vegetarian is in that pool of people who claim to be vegetarians but are really just picky eaters. I am a vegetarian and I would NEVER eat that junk.

Answer 9

Vegetarians do not eat products that come from a dead animal. Gelatin comes from dead animals, so vegetarians do not eat gelatin.

This is similar to 'vegetarian cheeses' which are only vegetarian when made without the use of rennet, which is the mucos lining of a calves stomach. Cheese with rennet is made from dead animals, and is NOT vegetarian.

Answer 10

I'm always surprised that so many vegetarians don't consider the inclusion of gelatine in the ingredients list as a sign that they shouldn't eat it.
Obviously not quite as annoying as those "vegetarians" who eat fish!!!! Infuriating.
But no, true vegetarians should not be eating anything with gelatine in.

Answer 11

no, we don't. geletine is dead cows.

It doesn't depend on how "strict" the veggie is either.

you are either veggie, or not.

Eating dead cows, no matter how they are prepared or presented is not veggie.

Veggie Zelda..please sort yourself out, you are nothing like a veggie if you eat dead cows. And please, for the sake of all vegetarians, change your description on your profile page as you are not qualified to talk about vegetarian issues if you think eating dead cows is ok. I've read some silly comments on Yahoo, but this takes first prize.

"Sara" has the right attitude. Others could do a lot by learning from her. Nice one Sara