What is Gelatin

Gelatin is not glue used to stick things together, it is a substance that can be added to food and medicine. For example, it can be found in the jelly that people often eat and some desserts. Of course, if you don’t make it yourself, you won’t know its existence. Many people wonder what gelatin is when they hear the word. In fact, in addition to being added to food and medicine as mentioned above, gelatin has many other applications. It can be said that it has a wide range of uses.

Gelatin can be seen everywhere in people's lives, but people don't know what it is. So today I will tell you what gelatin is. We also need to let everyone understand the substance gelatin.

Gelatin: A water-soluble protein mixture produced by partial hydrolysis of collagen in skin, ligaments and tendons with acid or alkali or by boiling in water. It is colorless or slightly yellowish transparent in the form of crisp flakes or coarse powder. It swells in water at 35-40°C to form a gel (containing 5-10 times its own weight in water). It is a nutritionally incomplete protein that lacks certain essential amino acids, especially tryptophan. It is widely used in food and in the production of adhesives, photographic films, filters, etc. Commonly used to make jellies and other desserts, it is made from boiled animal bones, skin and tendons. One alternative is agar-agar, made from seaweed; another is made from kudzu root. Agar-agar sold generally comes in noodle-like strips, powder, long blocks, and is often off-white in color.

Edible gelatin can be used in medical soft and hard capsules, surgical dressings, hemostatic sponges, aspic, food additives, canned food, candy, ice cream, ham, jelly, soda suspension, test agents, starch, ice cream and other food industries, and complies with the national standard GB6783-94.

Pharmaceutical gelatin is mainly used as raw material for soft and hard capsules and tablet coatings.

Industrial gelatin is mainly used in plywood, gauze, sand and gravel, printing, adhesives, etc.

It is widely used in textile, printing, dyeing, plastic, electronics, national defense, aviation, emery cloth, sandpaper, matches, ink, rubber filler, handicraft paste, wooden furniture, leather polishing, dyeing and weaving sizing, metallurgical plating solution, banknote coating, cosmetic hairspray, and other industries and departments. Among them are low-viscosity and low-ash industrial gelatin used to extract hydrolyzed animal protein and industrial gelatin specifically used as feed additives.

From the above description, we can see that gelatin is a mixed substance, and its uses are very wide. Basically, it can be used in anything in life. Of course, it should be said here that since gelatin is allowed to be added to food, it is naturally harmless to the body, so you can rest assured.