What are the cold hard facts about how we get gelatin and rennet from animals?!


Question: What are the cold hard facts about how we get gelatin and rennet from animals!?
Were the animals first slaughtered for meat!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


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Yes they were butchered!. Gelatin is obtained by boiling the skin, bones and knuckles of dead animals, primarily hogs!. Rennet is primarily from the stomach of a milk fed calf!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Gelatin comes from (from French gélatine) is a translucent, colorless, brittle, nearly tasteless solid substance, extracted from the collagen inside animals' skin and bones!. It has been commonly used as a gelling agent in food,!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

A modern slaughterhouse put the Indians to shame when it comes to waste!. Absolutely everything gets used for something!. Hair, blood, urine nothing is wasted!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes, the animals were slaughtered for meat as well as their bones/hooves/ligaments (which is what gelatine is made from) etc!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I heard that gelatin comes from pig bladders!. I would think that the animal is killed for the meat first and then the gelatin is taken out of the animal!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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