What is the relationship between gelatin and them? What are the differences between them?

Let’s take a look at the “reference answer” below.

From the perspective of the standards being implemented, gelatin and collagen peptides comply with the mandatory national standards GB6783-2013 and GB31645-2018, respectively; The hydrolysis of collagen protein follows the light industry standard QB2732-2005.

Although gelatin, hydrolyzed collagen, and collagen peptides all come from “collagen” and belong to products after collagen hydrolysis, there are differences in the specific sources of raw materials among the three.

Among them, gelatin is allowed to use raw materials such as skin, bones, tendons, tendons, and scales of fresh animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep, and fish that have passed quarantine provided by slaughterhouses, meat processing plants, canning factories, vegetable markets, etc; Leather with rough edges or inner layers cut off before the tanning process; Clean bone particles and naturally dried aggregates processed by bone particle processing plants.

The raw materials for producing collagen peptides include edible aquatic animals such as swim bladder, edible echinoderms, jellyfish, etc., in addition to the raw materials available for gelatin. The raw materials used for hydrolyzed collagen come from food gelatin or medicinal gelatin production units registered with relevant government departments. So hydrolyzed collagen can also be called “hydrolyzed gelatin”

Finally, let’s take a look at the differences among the three in practical applications. In China, gelatin, as a food additive, is listed in the “Table A.2 List of Food Additives that can be used moderately in various foods according to production needs” according to GB2760-2014 Standard for the Use of Food Additives. Therefore, gelatin can be added in various foods as needed to play the role of thickener, gel agent, excipient, etc; In contrast, collagen peptides mainly emphasize their biological activity and are currently mostly used in health foods and protein supplements on the market; Hydrolyzed collagen or hydrolyzed gelatin generally can only play the role of protein supplement because they do not have thickening or gel properties.