Gelatine in sweets, what is gelatine and why is it used?!
Gelatine in sweets, what is gelatine and why is it used?
I read that gelatine comes from animals beef/pork products what is gelatine and why is it used in things like wine gums, jelly sweets etc?
Answers:
Gelatin is the jiggly stuff like jello. It is from cooked animal bones and hooves. (There are non-animal gelatin's available.) It is used to cause something to gel or set up.
stay away form gelatine it comes from animals!!!...become vegan! :)
yes its an animal product used to set the sweet
Do you really want to know??? Sometimes ignorance is bliss!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gelatin...
Its ground cow bones
isnt that pleasent =]
it is made from animal bones and hooves . it is used in lots of sweets and it is also found in some yoghurts which shocked me. its also in glue so dont lick stamps
gelatine is a setting agent and is also transparant so to get the right colour sweet you need a setting agent the won't interfere with the colour