What are gelatin and marshmallows made of?!
What are gelatin and marshmallows made of?
I have heard from different sources different things. Some say it is TOTAL animal melted parts and disgusting stuff like that, others say it's just sugar. I don't know WHAT to think, so can someone PLEASE give me a second opinion, cause I am a vegetarian, and I want to know what is safe to eat.
Answers:
GELATIN IS A ANIMAL BYPRODUCT. MARSHMALLOW IS MADE WITH EGG WHITES GELATIN AND SUGAR BASICALLY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gelatin...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/marshmallow...
I have heard they are made out of boiling horse hooves, well gelatin that is and since marshmallows contain gelatin....
Some gelatin is made from animal cartilage, but more commonly you can find vegan gelatin....and the same goes for marshmallow.
You can find vegan marshmallows, like the ones from Sweet and Sara's in new york. you can also find them at most health food stores, or in kosher bakeries. we buy ours from missrobens.com
She also has a recipe for making your own, and we buy vegan gelatin to do it. It's not hard at all if you have a handmixer....
Unfortuantely marshmellows are made from gelatin which is an animal product.
I know you just asked if they are okay or not but I decided to go the extra mile and give you a veggie marshmellow recipe to try. It uses agar agar instead of gelatin so its safe for vegetarians.
Vegan marshmallows - letters - Brief Article
Vegetarian Times, Oct, 2002
To complement this month's feature about sweet potatoes, VT Food Editor Alexandra Greeley created this recipe for agar-agar marshmallows, sure to please vegans and nonvegans alike. A seaweed product from Asia, agar-agar acts like gelatin as a firming ingredient, but it has different properties: It sets at room temperature, it yields a more brittle texture and it is sold in several different forms, including powder, granules and sheets. The easiest form to use is the powdered one, sold at most Asian markets. Although some sources say to substitute agar-agar powder for gelatin powder in the ratio of 1:1, doing so for this recipe produces marshmallows that are denser and heavier than the commercial, puffy variety.
1 Tbs. plus 1 tsp. agar-agar powder
1 cup cold water
13/4 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 tbs. vanilla extract
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
1. Soak agar-agar in 1/2 cup cold water until
water is absorbed and powder is completely
wet, about 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, combine 1/2 cup water, 1 3/4
cups sugar and 3/4 cup corn syrup in saucepan
and bring to a boil, stirring constantly over
medium heat and taking care to prevent boiling
over. Reduce heat slightly and continue
cooking and stirring until sugar mixture
thickens and forms strand or ball in cold water.
Immediately remove pan from heat and
set aside.
3. Heat agar-agar over medium heat and stir
until agar-agar softens and dissolves. Spoon
into bowl of mixer. Add vanilla extract and,
with beaters on high speed, slowly pour hot
sugar mixture onto agar-agar. Continue beating
on high speed for about 10 minutes, or
until mixture turns white and resembles
well-beaten egg whites.
4. Combine cornstarch and confectioner's
sugar in bowl. Generously sprinkle an 8-inch-round
baking pan with half of cornstarch
mixture. Pour sugar-agar mixture into pan.
Sprinkle top with more cornstarch and sugar
to coat well.
5. After "marshmallows" firm up, slice into
pieces, wrap in plastic and store in airtight
container in refrigerator, or serve.
Hi there,
Gelatin. or gelatine is definitely an animal by-product. It consists of stuff like skin, bone and tendons all boiled up, nothing is wasted in the abbatoir! Steer well clear of it. Come and join the vegan movement, cows really,really suffer for milk for us humans.Their newborn calf is taken from them within 72 hours and they bellow for days in agony for each other.
Also, and you ain't gonna like this, there are 400 million pus cells in every litre of cow's milk, about 10 million in every gulp !
You will feel totally clean inside !
As mentioned, yes, gelatin is made of bones from cows. Most mass market marshmellows contain gelatin, so they are not techincally vegetarian.
Gelatin goes into many products that you'd be surprised about, other than the obvious 'jello', but also things like some frozen Mac N Cheese meals, most mass market yogurts (Dannon, Yoplait, etc), many tart like desserts, panna cotta, some gums, many candies (junior mints, gummy anything, etc), and altoids. This is not an exhaustive list.
Good luck to you!
gelatin is made by boiling hooves and bones
marshmellows are made with gelatin