India’s CSIR develops gelatine technology
09/12/2014
B Madhan, a senior scientist at CSIR, told the Times of India: "Conventionally, these solid wastes are otherwise processed and cooked for long hours to produce industrial gelatine, which is of low value. In this case, we have hydrolysed or processed it in a controlled manner to obtain gelatine of high gel strength required for capsule making. With one tonne of animal skin processed for leather manufacture, there would be 50kg of trimming waste, from which we can make about 10kg of gelatine.”
They suggest the new method, which is patent pending, could provide another income stream for tanners.
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