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Porcine gelatin supplier12/11/2023 Further, showcased its importance in improving antioxidant activities and also outline some methodology to detect porcine adulteration and market data of major Islamic countries. The need of this study is to shed light on the issue of Halal and Haram gelatin-based products consumption. 5, 15, 16 However, based on our exploration capability, no comprehensive study is available to clarify between porcine, and it’s alternative (Halal) derived gelatin. In the recent past, a handsome amount of review articles has published. Such as fish, 12 cow, 13 chicken and turkey 14 derived gelatin. 11 In contrast to that, pork derived gelatin can be replace by using gelatin derived from halal sources. However, Muslims do not approve gelatin derived from prohibited sources like porcine gelatin except the extreme situation where there is no other alternative. 9 Regarding the increase in demand of halal food, an issue is raised by many scholars and scientists that, gelatin derived from the pig skin 10 is using in almost every processed food products. 8 The demand for halal food is on the rise. The Muslim population share 23.4% of the total world population (1.6 billion), which has been reported by Jamaluddin et al. 4 Gelatin has commercial use in food, pharmaceutics, cosmetics, and photographic application. 5 The other functional properties of gelatin are of foaming, emulsifying, setting index and water holding capacity. 3, 4 In general, gelatin plays a vital role in food processing and formulation (i.e., gelling process and some respond to the surface behavior of gelatin). 1, 2 It is the main protein connective tissue and widely found in mammals, birds and fishes. Gelatin is a fibrous protein with high molecular weight, derived from collagen which comprises about 25 to 35% of total body protein, through thermal hydrolysis. Keywords: gelatin, muslim, halal, fish, chicken, islam, religion Introduction This review could be useful in providing information to a large number of readers and food processing companies to minimize or if possible eradicate the use of porcine-derived gelatin in commercial food and medicinal products. Therefore, we highlighted different porcine alternative derived gelatin sources and also methods to detect edible product contents pork or other haram stuff. However, in recent times initiatives have been taken in producing gelatin from Halal sources, such as fish, chicken and bovine slaughtered according to Islamic teachings. Though the use of food products adulterated with porcine-derived gelatin create concerns in the mind of Muslim communities, as in Islam it is not acceptable or literally, it is called Haram in Islam Religion. The major source of gelatin is pigskin and is using in processed food and medicinal products. Gelatin is a traditional functional protein with water-soluble properties and has the potential of forming transparent gels under certain conditions.
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