Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Kovetz Teshuvot R. Eliezer Waldenberg ( Tzitz Eliezer IV, XX) R. Yosef Konvitz ( Divrei Yosef I) Simcha Zelig Reuger ( Kovetz Moriah) R. The upshot of all this is that we supervise gelatin made from bones or hides but not gelatin made from pigskin.Īmong the chief rabbinic decisors for the approval of bovine gelatin are R. By contrast, the removal of the acid from bones and hides during the manufacturing process does not affect the kashrut of gelatin derived from these raw materials because bones and hides, unlike pigskin, were never considered edible in the first place. It is therefore our opinion that pigskin gelatin should not be considered kosher as a new substance because that too must originate directly from an inedible substance. At a later stage, however, as the acid is removed, the solution becomes edible and is then subject to the rule of hozer venei'or, by which the prohibition of the original material reverts. It is true that pigskin becomes unfit for consumption in the extraction tanks where it is treated to acid and dissolved into protein solution. Also, because it originates from a non-edible substance, gelatin is pareve (neither meat nor dairy.)Īlthough many prominent poskim approved even of porcine based gelatin, it is our policy not to certify those products. This is true regardless of whether gelatin is considered a new substance (davar hadash). (Those who contend otherwise are simply unfamiliar with the manufacturing process.) Hence, the gelatin extracted from the collagenous residue of bones and hides is kosher. Soaked in hydrochloric acid and/or lime for extended periods of time, the raw material is reduced to pure collagen with no traces of adhering flesh, marrow, or grease whatsoever. Therefore, after undergoing chemical pretreatments which render them absolutely free of any forbidden extraneous materials, bones and hides in themselves are permissible. Bones and hides, however, which are inedible, are excluded by the Talmud and Jewish Law Codes from any category of foodstuffs. The reason is that only the edible parts of non-kosher animals are forbidden. Gelatin produced from cattle bones or hides of even non-ritually slaughtered animals is kosher in full accordance with orthodox Jewish dietary laws.
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