How is gelatin food additive produced?

Gelatin, a food additive is very popular in creams, jellies and sweet candies, produced from pig body parts.

The The Sun, the video titled "Gelatin - The Real Story" talks about the production process of freezing agents in food , shared by Alina Kneepkens account on Facebook on August 25, attracting more than 7 million views. within three days after posting.

In the video, the pigs are lighted with lights and skinned.Then the skin is boiled in boiling water to create gelatin, an odorless additive.Pig tendons, ligaments and pig bones are also used to produce the final product.

The video triggered a fierce debate between animal rights advocates and sweets lovers with nearly 14,000 comments below the video.

"Animals that do not voluntarily devote their lives to us, we take their lives. Animals also value their lives as we do and have the right to coexist on this planet next to humans. " account name Adrian V Gosling wrote.

Many people seem to disagree with the idea. "Most of the candy is made from animal by-products. I don't believe you can stop eating candy. They don't kill pigs to make candies. They only make use of the surplus from the food industry," said one. Another Facebook account rebutted.

What is gelatin?

Gelatin is a colorless, tasteless, translucent, crunchy solid made from collagen taken in pig skin and cattle bones. It is often used as a coagulant in food, pharmaceutical, film and cosmetics.