About gelatin
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Gelatin has been a safe food source for hundreds of years, going back to the time of the pharaohs—a 4,000-year history.
The earliest commercial manufacture of gelatin seems to have been in Holland in the mid 17th century. Not long after (around 1700) it also began in England.
During the Napoleonic era, claims were made about the food value of gelatin. This possibly led to its manufacture in France in the late 18th century. It was first made in North America in 1808.
Today, gelatin is made worldwide, in areas including Europe, North and South America, Asia, Asia Minor and Australasia.
Gelatin is a unique and valuable protein. However, it does not occur in nature as gelatin. It begins as collagen.
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