trying to prove my mom wrong!!!!
2007-10-11 10:39:02 · 12 answers · asked by tori s 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Any bones, actually.
2007-10-11 10:41:37 · answer #1 · answered by obviously_you'renotagolfer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is really a good question. Gelatin can come from bones or hide. In the US it is almost always (I don't know of any that is not) made from either beef or hog. I know at least that the gelatin used in jello comes from hog hide. They do make a special beef gelatin for Arab countries. Your mom is wrong. I worked on these products off and on for 25 years.
PhD Food Chemistry and Nutrition
2007-10-11 10:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by skipper 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Q. What is gelatin?
A. Gelatin is defined as a "product obtained from partial hydrolysis of collagen derived from natural sources such as skin, connective tissue, and bones of animals." It is an easily digestible protein that contains all the essential amino acids except tryptophan. Gelatin is NOT a chemical or chemically modified substance.
Q. Where does gelatin come from?
A. The raw materials used in the production of gelatin are from healthy animals and include cattle bone, cattle hides and fresh, frozen pigskins. In the North American market, these raw materials are basically sourced from government-inspected meat processing facilities.
2007-10-11 10:48:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
any bones will do
food gelatin normally comes from an animal in the human food chain - not horses in the UK
2007-10-11 10:46:45 · answer #4 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think out of horse, but other animals which we eat anyway to nourish our bodies (obviously we don't eat horse!)
A good example of the gel we use is from the pig, the gelatin we eat is used from the pork. Your mom needs to do a little more research. Don't worry buddy, You won this one!
2007-10-11 10:48:44 · answer #5 · answered by goldylocks11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there,
This definition is from dictionary.com. It doesn't say what animal.
A colorless or slightly yellow, transparent, brittle protein formed by boiling the specially prepared skin, bones, and connective tissue of animals and used in foods, drugs, and photographic film.
2007-10-11 10:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by lnrosy2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually i don't think it's bones but it think its like skin and fat like if you're roasting/baking a ham and then you cool it you can see black gelatin but i think there are different kinds.
2007-10-11 10:48:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More often, it's made of cow bones, actually. Sometimes horse, or other animals.
2007-10-11 12:39:53 · answer #8 · answered by emily_brown18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NEW ID ALERT!!!
Gelatin is made from the rendering of animal parts.
http://www.api4animals.org/articles?p=378&more=1
2007-10-11 10:45:08 · answer #9 · answered by Love #me#, Hate #me# 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You should listen to your mother...she just might know a few things. Bones are the main source of gelatin.
I love my Jello!!
2007-10-11 10:49:41 · answer #10 · answered by punchie 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋