Beef Gelatin
By aubrey
@averygirl72 (38849)
Philippines
6 responses
@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
I don't care! I still love eating marshmallow 
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
@hereandthere everything chewy and gummy, love them all.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
@toniganzon my mother doesn't like the snakes, but will eat and finish the bears, even if they taste the same!
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
14 Jan 17
Gelatin is still made from the bones of animals. I suppose that, as long as there are meat eaters, there will always be a ready supply. There are other gelling agents such as agar, which are vegetarian. Marshmallows used to be made by boiling the roots of the marsh mallow plant but I don't know of any that are made that way today.
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@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
@hereandthere Yeah I think it's a protein like
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
i think that's also why it's a good source of collagen?
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
14 Jan 17
Marshmallows were originally made from a gel extracted from the root of the marshmallow plant. It's an ancient Middle Eastern confection and the extract from the roots was used as a medicine. Nowadays animal gelatin is used instead of the plant extract, presumably because it's cheaper and easier. Gelatin used in food is quite clean (at least, in Europe and the USA) but, of course, it's not suitable for vegetarians. There are other gelling agents which could be used, for example, agar (from seaweed), but animal gelatin is abundant and cheap, so that is what is used.
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
14 Jan 17
@averygirl72 Anything called gelatin comes from animals. The gelling agents which are made from plants (usually seaweed) are called by various names - agar-agar and carragheen moss, for example.
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@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
All I know before is that gelatin comes from plants or seaweeds. I didn't know that animals are also source of gelatin by boiling their bones, skin, and ligaments
@allknowing (153544)
• India
14 Jan 17
I found this out too when I was ordering for marshmallows online/. Marshmallow are non vegetarian although they look so innocent (lol)
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@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
Yeah they look so innocent.
I even give it to a baby to eat because it's soft . Didn't know it's not vegetarian
I even give it to a baby to eat because it's soft . Didn't know it's not vegetarian1 person likes this
@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
I like gelatins and gummies and marshmallows a lot.
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@Ayuriny (5144)
• Denpasar, Indonesia
14 Jan 17
@HAPPSINGH I'm at school. Here students study at school from Mon to Sat. 
@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
They taste like ordinary marshmallow but I didn't have idea they came from beef extracts
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