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Pure Vegetarian? - Check out the ingredients label for GelatinBY: JNLakshmi | Category: Food and Drinks | Post Date: 2008-09-30
Are you a pure vegetarian? May be not any more. There are lot of products, specially the kids snacks which contain "Gelatin" in them. Gelatin is animal source ingredient. Carefully read the ingredients label before you shop. Vegetarians, if you are eating Jell-O, Frosted Mini Wheats, marshmallows, Altoids then you "may be" unwittingly eating an animal by-product. These product contain an ingredient "Gelatin" in them. Gelatin is usually made from collagen in cow or pig bones, hooves, and connective tissues. It is produced by boiling the connective tissues, bones and skins of animals, usually cows and pigs. It is also made from the hooves of cow. Gelatin's ability to form strong, transparent gels and flexible films that are easily digested, soluble in hot water, and capable of forming a positive binding action have made it a valuable commodity in food processing. When placed in liquid, the molecules swell and then dissolve, and the chains separate. After cooling, they re-form as tightly as before. Gelatin works as a thickening agent for foods. Gelatin helps in gel formation, water binding, thickening, texturising, Improvement of the whipping and melting properties of ice cream. Due to these properties, it is widely used in bakery, desserts, wine, dairy products. So, this is just to create awareness to vegetarians about the animal source ingredient that they may be unwittingly eating. May sure you check ingredients label whenever you buy food products. List of products that may contain gelatin in them are
Vegetarian Gelatin: An alternative source of gelatin could be natural gelatin sources. An advantage over gelatin from pigs or cows is potentially the absence of medical issues but may result in health problems of their own. Recommendation: Please visit Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin to see what other people have to say. They also have a nice chart on gelatin ingredients. Article Source: http://www.saching.com About Author / Additional Info: JNLakshmi Additional Articles: * Best treatments for Breast Cancer * SAVE ME .. Says the Earth * UK's, USA's and India – What sets them apart? * Advantages and benefits of a Term Insurance * The role of a speech therapist in rehabilitating a person Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (1 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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