What really is gelatin?!
Answers: Okay, I have been wondering this for a long time... Some people say it is jelly , some people say its something to do with pigs... What really is it?
Basically it's a protein substance obtained by boiling animal bones and connective tissue. (Hey, you asked!) But where does the raw material for gelatin come from??? You guessed it! The meat industry where all that's left but the moo is converted to gelatin. The end result is a pale yellow, dry powder. The powder is about 85% protein, 13% water, and 2% mineral salts, free of additives and preservatives. Gelatin contains about 18 different amino acids joined together in a chain. Eventually a polymer in the shape of a triple helix (or triple spiral) is the complex form that gives gelatin its unique ability to, well, "gel" things.
it's made from the hooves of animals
ground up pig hooves is what they tell me, but that could just be urban legend
Gelatin (also gelatine, ) is a translucent, colourless, brittle, nearly tasteless solid substance, extracted from the collagen inside animals' connective tissue
Gelatin is a protein which is extracted from the hides of certain animals usually pigs or cows. That's it!!!!! I am so tired of these people spreading false rumors about hooves, lips, horses, etc. Just get it right folks. If you don't know look it up or shut up.
PhD Food Chemistry and Nutrition
Gelatine is generally made out of beef fats.
it is made from the bones and hooves of animals, usually cows and pigs..basically powdered dried collagen protein. think about it..it has the texture of egg white when cooked..both are pure proteins.
who is the idiot thumbing down all the correct answers?
Gelatin (US spelling) or gelatine (British spelling) (used to make Jell-o and other desserts) is made from the boiled bones, skins and tendons of animals. An alternative substance is called Agar-Agar, which is derived from seaweed. Another is made from the root of the Kuzu. Agar-Agar is sold in noodle-like strands, in powdered form, or in long blocks, and is usually white-ish in color.