...This chapter describes the processes of gelation and spherification. Gelation involves the use of a gelling agent to solidify food by trapping molecules in time and space. Gelatin is the oldest of gelling agents and is a key ingredient in Jell-O that causes the liquid blend to solidify upon cooling...

...Opening with the significance of making Jell-O at him in the author’s 1960s kosher household, shows how dispute of Jell-O, and the gelatin it contained, narrowed definition of what could be accepted as kosher among the Orthodox, generated a deep disagreement between Orthodox and Conservative Jews...

...This chapter answers questions regarding the ingredients of vaccines. The CDC estimates that every year, about 200 people suffer severe allergic reactions to substances in vaccines. These substances include egg proteins, antibiotics, yeast proteins, and gelatin. the preservative in vaccines...