Abattoir Practices and Animal Products Technology

GLUE STOCK

• Both glue and gelatine are made from the same material, as there is no basic difference between them, Gelatine is the term used for the highest quality glue.
• Gelatine is further divided into two classes namely edible and technical.
• The edible one being manufactured under sanitary conditions from fresh materials derived from the slaughtered inspected and passed animals.
• Bones and horns, which contain a gelatine or glue yielding material called ossein (bone collagen), a part from bones, some soft parts of animal’s offal are also rich in collagen.
• This is a protein, which is insoluble in cold water. In prolonged contact with warm water collagen changes into gelatine or glue, which is soluble in water.