Gelatin = animal glue = gelatin is mostly made of animal skins and bones.
Gelatin is a kind of protein substance derived from collagen, which is mostly extracted from tendons, ligaments or other mammalian tissues and becomes a transparent yellowish tasteless gelatinous substance.
General manufacturers will cut the skin and bones of pigs or cows into pieces, clean them, degrease them, bake them, then soak them in acid or alkali solution to remove minerals and bacteria, then put clean animal tissues into a huge boiler, cook them at high temperature to extract gelatin, and finally filter and separate impurities to make tablets or powders, which is our common gelatin.
This sounds a little scary. It turns out that gummy bears are actually made of animal bones! Don't worry, because the production process of gelatin is very complicated and thorough, gelatin products are not classified as meat or animal food at home and abroad, so they are basically not real meat products! However, if you eat vegan because of your faith, I suggest that when you buy QQ fudge, you should first check whether there is a label on the package that uses gelatin!
Gelatin is not only used in soft candy capsules and cosmetics.
Gelatin is a thickener in food additives, which can increase the viscosity of food and prevent liquid food from delamination. In addition to fudge, sweets such as pudding, mousse cake or cheesecake will be added. In addition, many capsule shell are also made of gelatin. In addition to food, gelatin is actually added to cosmetics. As thickener and skin conditioner, it is often used in hair gel, facial mask and shampoo to increase the viscosity of products. It can be seen how close gelatin is to our daily life!
Gelatin is not only used in soft candy, but also in capsules and cosmetics. Vegetarians can use watercress, bean jelly and Geely T instead.
In this view, vegetarians can't enjoy delicious sweets such as fudge and mousse? In addition to being extracted from animals, there are also "plant food thickeners", such as watercress, bean jelly, Geely T, etc., all of which are extracted from seaweed cell walls and are rich in dietary fiber, which can not only provide elastic taste, but also capture a lot of water, expand the volume and increase satiety.
Look down and let the nutritionist teach you how to eat natural QQ fudge when you are a vegetarian!