Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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hi

is there any fellow paleo people from the uk using gelatin?

all i found is this: http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=258448743

but no mention of grass fed or not, but is grass fed REALLY necessary for gelatin?

thank you

flag	asked Jul 19 at 13:19 hardeepsura 749●3●12

	Interesting question. That's the brand of gelatine I usually buy as the only other brand I've been able to find contains an added preservative (they only sell vegan 'gelatine' in my local health food shops). It's pork gelatine, so I don't know about the 'grass fed' bit. I'd presume not if it's coming from pigs. – TJ Jul 19 at 13:30
	but is it good enough you think? its just powder-shaped into leaves, or does gelatin have to be grass fed to benefit us? – hardeepsura Jul 19 at 20:10

Eve · Answer 1 · 2012-10-01 21:42:31Z UTC

I don't know how much the 'grass-fed' thing matters, but just in terms of animal welfare I try to avoid buying animal products that aren't labelled'free-range' etc. And I can just about guarentee that Tesco won't be selling gelatin made from happy pigs :(

What are you using it for? I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've used gelatin for anything!

Wayne daniels · Answer 2 · 2012-10-02 06:15:33Z UTC

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I get the leaf from sainsbury's

answered Oct 2 at 6:15

Wayne daniels

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andrew · Answer 3 · 2012-10-02 06:39:42Z UTC

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I use this, when I haven't made my own gelatine rich stock from bones - either chicken, beef or pork.

http://www.greatlakesgelatin.co.uk/

It is very good, but needs to be mixed with something (the smell is more like glue that real stock!) and I believe that it is from grass fed cattle.

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answered Jul 19 at 13:37

andrew
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	have you ordered from there,it really didnt seem safe... – hardeepsura Jul 19 at 14:00
	You can also get the great lakes gelatine from Amazon.... – andrew Oct 2 at 6:40

greymouser · Answer 4 · 2013-05-14 13:09:49Z UTC

Great Lakes sells in bulk from their storefront, or you can order their products separately from Peaceful-Planet.com. They have 3 gelatin products that they ship to the UK at low shipping rates. The beef gelatins are both from grass-fed beef. The beef gelatin will gel at lower temperatures, but the collagen hydrolase does not thicken. The porcine gelatin is a pork gelatin product.

Great Lakes Beef Gelatin
Great Lakes Collagen Hydrolase
Great Lakes Porcine Gelatin

gelatin in the uk??

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