Gelatin is a natural macromolecular polypeptide colloid extracted from animal skin, bone and connective tissue. It owns excellent gelling, thickening, emulsifying and film-forming properties. In food industry, it is widely used to make jelly, marshmallow, soft candy, dairy products and meat products, acting as gelling agent, stabilizer and clarifying agent. In pharmaceutical industry, it is the main raw material for hard capsules and soft capsules, also used as excipient for tablets and sustained-release preparations. In cosmetic field, it is added into skin care cream, mask and hair care products to improve skin moisturizing and film-forming effect. It is also applied in photographic industry, printing and textile sizing, biological culture medium and industrial adhesive fields. With good biocompatibility, non-toxicity and easy degradation, gelatin has become an indispensable safe auxiliary material in food, medicine, daily chemical and biological industries.

Food grade and pharmaceutical grade gelatin belong to low-risk safe materials with extremely low toxicity. Inhalation of fine gelatin powder may cause mild nasal and respiratory irritation, so keep ventilation during powder handling. Long-term skin contact basically has no irritation, only a few people may have slight allergic reaction, rinse with clean water once discomfort appears. Eye contact with powder will produce foreign body sensation, flush eyes with plenty of clear water in time. Normal edible and medicinal use is harmless to human body, excessive oral intake may cause slight bloating and indigestion. This product is easy to breed bacteria and mildew in high temperature and humid environment, strictly avoid damp and high temperature storage. It shall be kept separately from toxic, odorous and corrosive goods. Waste expired gelatin can be treated as general organic waste, which will not cause environmental pollution after natural degradation. Strictly follow food and pharmaceutical production standards in actual use to ensure application safety.