Difference between gelatin and kosher gelatin?!


Question: Difference between gelatin and kosher gelatin!?
on my yogurt it says kosher gelatin under ingredients!. im vegetarian!.!. can i eat this!? or does it contain gelatin-gelatin!? whats the difference!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


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Usually kosher gelatin comes from fish, I think sometimes beef as well!.

You can't eat any form of gelatin, except agar agar which is a little differentWww@FoodAQ@Com

I'm a vegetarian nutrition majorWww@FoodAQ@Com

It's not vegetarian!. Remember that vegetarians don't eat flesh or flesh by-products!. If the product comes from a dead animal (that is, the animal HAD to die to make it), it's not vegetarian!.

Vegans don't eat products that come from an animal, living or dead!.

The main difference between "regular" gelatin and "Kosher" gelatin is the source!. Kosher gelatin is usually fish!. Regular gelatin is mammal!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

If it's in yoghurt, then it's vegetarian gelatin!.

The kisher diet cannot eat dairy and meat that the same meal!.!. and certainly not in the same dish!.

If it is with dairy, then kosher is vegetarian!.

If it's not with dairy, then it's killed according to rabinnical law, and from an animal!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I had the same question!. I'm pretty sure kosher means you can't have dairy with meat in the same meal!. So how can something that is well meat be in dairy and still be kosher!? Just to be safe i don't eat it:):) There are yogurts that don't have gelatin, just go to your grocery store and read the labels!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

kosher means the animal was killed and prepared according to jewish law!.

gelatin is not vegetarian!. it's gelatin gelatin, from animals!.

look for vegetarian gelatin substitutes like agar agar!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Sorry, it's normal gelatine just processed in the kosher way!. If you look for proper pot set yoghurt you'll find it's gelatine free!. These oens are a little more expensive but a lot more yummy!. Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Kosher Gelatin is not vegetarian!. You can eat it if you want, but it's not vegetarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Contrary to riot reality's claim, if you eat it you will still be a vegetarian, but you'll be one who ate an animal product!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Don't let the vegetarian police take away your membership! Ask to see a search warrant!Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's the same thing, but kosher (which is how Jews eat their meat) is when the animal was killed in the least painful way possible!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's gelatin made in accordance to Jewish laws!. It's still from an animal!. You could eat it, but then you wouldn't be a vegetarian any more!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It come from cows rather than pigs!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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