Gelatin is made from rendered hooves, bones and other animals tissues
including hides.  I believe the old method of manufacture was simply boiling
the tissues for long periods, but don't doubt that modern gelatin is a
high-tech product.   Gelatin is also made from seaweed and called agar.

Chris

At 09:26 AM 5/20/97 -0400, you wrote:
>As I recall, gelatin is made from ground up animal parts; I think it
>would be disqualified by technology considerations.
>
>  Jeffrey Smith       [log in to unmask]
>O voi ch'avete li 'ntelletti sani/mirate la dottrina che s'asconde/sotto
>'l velame de li versi strani [O you of sound thought, see the doctrine
>which hides under the veil of strange verses]--Dante, Inferno, Canto IX
>
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