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    "title": "Beef gelatine and pork gelatine",
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    "modified": "2026-09-26T02:23:18+01:00",
    "excerpt": "Most gelatine comes from pig skin or cattle bones and hides. Faith rules treat the two very differently, and labels often just say gelatine.",
    "content_text": "Gelatine is what gives many jelly sweets their bounce, and it always comes from animals. Gelatine is made by partly breaking down collagen, the main protein in the skin, bones and connective tissue of animals such as cattle, pigs, chickens and fish. Most gelatine comes from pork skins, pork and cattle bones, or split cattle hides.\nHow the two kinds are made\nThe raw materials are treated in different ways to release the collagen, and the process affects the finished gelatine:\nPig skin collagen is less tightly cross linked, so it suits acid treatment, which normally takes 10 to 48 hours. Gelatine made this way is called type A.Cattle hides have more complex collagen, which suits alkali treatment, normally taking several weeks. Gelatine made this way is called type B.Bones are first treated with dilute acid to remove calcium and other salts.\nWhatever the source, gelatine forms a gel that can hold up to 90 per cent water while keeping a stable structure.\nWhy the source matters\nFor many people, whether gelatine comes from a pig or a cow is the whole question:\nMuslims and Jews. Halal and kosher customs generally require gelatine from sources other than pigs, such as cattle slaughtered according to religious rules, or fish: see a guide to halal sweets and kosher sweets explainedVegetarians and vegans. Neither beef nor pork gelatine is suitable: see what sweets are gelatine free?\nThe labelling problem\nIngredients lists often just say gelatine, without naming the animal. In 2016 Mondelez, which makes Maynards Bassetts sweets, announced that its products could contain beef or pork gelatine, listed simply as gelatine. So unless a pack says beef gelatine, or carries halal or kosher certification, you cannot tell from the word gelatine alone: see what sweets have pork gelatine?\nOther options\nGelatine can also be made from fish, which avoids some of the religious objections, though fish is itself an allergen. Jelly sweets can also be made without gelatine, using plant gelling agents such as pectin, starch or agar: see gelatine in sweets explained\nOur pick and mix includes sweets sold as halal golden bears and vegan gummy bears. Each sweet card shows its ingredients and allergens before you buy.",
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