Genreral information and uses of gelatine

GENERAL INFORMATION AND USES OF GELATINE

  • It is difficult to make gelatine or even glue of good quality under rural conditions and therefore rural abattoirs are advised to collect the glue stock and sell the stock to glue or gelatine manufacturers.
  • So the fresh glue stocks have to be preserved before delivery.
  • These can be dried in air or wet or dry salted.
  • The gelatine may be sold in sheets, broken to flakes or powdered as per the requirement of the user industry
  • The rejected hides and skins, hide trimmings such as marks, snouts, ears, shanks, skin from (slunk) unborn animals, tendons, sinews, horn pith, casings and loose connective tissues are materials which can be used to produce glue or gelatine.
  • These are known as glue stock.
  • Zinc sulphate is used as preservative to extend its keeping quality.

Uses of gelatine

  • Gelatine is used in food industry for making brown pies, ice cream, jellies and soft chocolates making as foaming agent.
  • As capsules in medicine
  • As binder in tablets
  • As plasma extender in blood transfusion
  • As a sizing agent in textile and leather industry
  • In photography
  • As culture medium for bacteria
  • Used in the manufacture of smokeless gunpowder.
  • Now Gelatine is also manufactured from pig’s skin in Germany.
  • 100 parts of beef bones yields 6 parts of gelatine.
  • 100 parts of veal bones yields 50 parts of gelatine. 
Last modified: Thursday, 16 September 2010, 9:05 AM