What does Geletaine contain?!
What does Geletaine contain?
I heard Muslims aren't allowed to eat a food, e.g.sweets which contain geletaine. What does it actually mean????
Answers:
Household gelatin comes in the form of sheets, granules or as powder. Instant types can be added to the food as they are; others need to be soaked in water beforehand.
Special kinds of gelatin are made only from certain animals or from fish (known as K-gelatin) in order to comply with Jewish kosher or Muslim halal laws. Vegetarians and vegans may substitute similar gelling agents such as agar, nature gum, carrageenan, pectin, or konnyaku sometimes referred to as "vegetable gelatins" although there is no chemical relationship; they are carbohydrates, not proteins. The name "gelatin" is colloquially applied to all types of gels and jellies; but properly used, it currently refers solely to the animal protein product. There is no vegetable source for gelatin.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gelatin...
Gelatin (also gelatine, from French gélatine) is a translucent brittle solid substance, colorless or slightly yellow, nearly tasteless and odorless, extracted from the collagen inside animals' connective tissue. It has been commonly used in food, pharmaceutical, photography, and cosmetic manufacturing. Substances containing gelatin or functioning in a similar way are called gelatinous. Gelatin is an irreversibly hydrolyzed form of collagen. Gelatin is also known as E number E441.
Muslims can't eat it cause it comes from animals.
An odorless, tasteless and colorless thickening agent, which when dissolved in hot water and then cooled, forms a jelly.
gelatine in derived from the hooves, bones, and horns of animals (ie. cows & pigs)
According to this source it is "pure protein derived from beef and veal bones, cartilage, tendons and other tissue."