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GELATIN


 * 1) In recent years a lot of efforts have been initiated to find new alternatives for gelatin? Why?
 * 2) Gelatin is always considered a special/unique ingredient that find many applications in food and non-food industry. Why?
 * 3) Do you think fish gelatin can be used to replace mammalian gelatin (porcine and bovine)?

1. new alternative of gelatin is always need because there are issue about the origin of gelatin that come from an animal is concerned. in mid 1990, the spread of BSE, Bovine Sponiform Encephalopathy cause the consumer avoid food derivative from cow.And, there is issue about the gelatin that come from pork skin is not halal to muslims. Due to these, other source of gelatin have to be find out to over come the problem.

2. Gelatin was used in ancient time as a glue due to the adhesive properties and now gelatin functions as foam stabilizing agent in production such as mushmallows. Gelatin can even act as fruit juice clarifying agent to react with polyphenols and protein in the juice to precipitate them out. other than that, gelatin serve as emulsion, and contribute to microencapsulation techiques.

3. i think fish gelatin can be really used as the replacement of mamalian gelatin because fish gelatin or gelatin that come from marine source having the advantage that the source will no associate with risk of getting BSE and halal source for muslim.