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Gelatins
Level 1 — Generally benignIn Winter's Dictionary
Gelatins is a thickener gum — Food thickener and stabilizer; base for fruit gelatins, puddings, sausage casings
What it does
Food thickener and stabilizer; base for fruit gelatins, puddings, sausage casings
Where you'll see it
Fruit gelatins, puddings, sausage casings
Benefits
Employed medicinally to treat malnutrition and brittle fingernails.
Regulatory status
- US FDA: ASP
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): obtained by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments, or bones with water