This is excellent gelatin. I use it to make a recipe that helps my hip joints. I definitely feel a difference with I miss taking it for a week or two. The gelatin is completely tasteless and dissolves without clumping. I appreciate that this is manufactured in a facility that only processes a limited number of products. I have severe food allergies and made a call to the company. I spoke with a very nice gentleman who informed me about the product and the facility. This gelatin is an excellent quality and every recipe I use is in turns out wonderfully. I highly recommend this product. Read more
This Great Lakes Wellness Beef Gelatin works perfectly for homemade Jell-O. Simple Raspberry Jell-O Recipe: • Heat 12 oz frozen raspberries in a pan until fully thawed and juicy • Blend or mash, then strain if you want it smooth • Bloom 2 tablespoons gelatin in cold water for a few minutes • Stir bloomed gelatin into the warm raspberry mixture until fully dissolved • Sweeten to taste (I use allulose) • Pour into a dish and refrigerate until set It firms up beautifully with a smooth texture and no clumping when bloomed correctly. Unflavored, clean, and very easy to work with. Bottom line: High-quality beef gelatin that’s perfect for Jell-O, gummies, and desserts. Read more
I have been looking for a gelatin with a high protein content and this is the winner! This has 11g protein in 1 tablespoon! I think all gelatin has a bit of a funky smell to it when you start to heat it up but this one is minimal compared to some of the others I have used. It blooms nicely and melts down very smooth when you heat it up SLOWLY. I use this in baked goods, candy, and desserts and have found that if you heat it up too quickly, it will "cook" it and it gets lumpy but as long as you take it slow, it's a very nice product. The size is well worth the money, considering some other brands are twice as expensive for half the protein content. Read more
Unlike many reviewers, I cannot taste any objectionable taste in this (Orange can, beef) gelatin. I haven't noticed a difference in my skin or hair, but my nails are splitting less and my cuticles have stopped peeling so badly. I didn't buy it for the health benefits anyway though; I bought it to add to my homemade coconut milk yogurt, to make it a thicker consistency. So I haven't been getting the recommended 2 tablespoons a day probably. It adds extra protein to the yogurt also, which is a great benefit, since coconut milk yogurt has virtually no protein on its own. I didn't notice any smell at all but then I didn't sniff at it. I also bought a can of the green collagen hydrosalate gelatin, also from Great Lakes. The only difference I can tell in them is that the orange can gels and the green can doesn't. I gave it four stars instead of five because it is pretty much impossible to get it to dissolve smoothly without making gelatinous clumps all through whatever I mix it into. I have tried warm temperatures, room temperature, hot and cool. No matter how briskly I stir it, there are always lots of large and small clumps of gummy gelatin left behind. I made the mistake of trying to add some that I had already dissolved into hot water into some cold yogurt. Oh, what a mess. I had long strings of chewy tentacles all through my yogurt. But since it's tasteless to me, I ate it anyway, telling myself it was good for me. I finally settled on pouring out about 1 1/2 cups of the warm coconut milk into a separate pan, heating that milk to a higher temperature, slowly sprinkling the gelatin over the surface a spoonful at a time, (repeat X eight spoonsful) and vigorously stirring all the while. Even then I still have to mash several small, leftover clumps against the side of the pan with a spoon. When you get beyond about 2 tablespoons per cup of hot liquid, it starts to thicken the liquid a bit. And if you leave a little liquid residue in your cup, when it gets cold the undissolved gelatin will form itself into a cup-shaped gummy mold at the bottom. All in all, I will buy it again because I need gelatin and this is the best I've found. It is a bit expensive but I hope they were telling the OP the truth when they said the cows were grass fed and finished and organic/no hormones or antibiotics. If that is indeed true, then it's worth the price. But if it IS true, shouldn't there be an indication of such on the label? I just really wish it would dissolve properly in either hot or cold liquids. Very hot water seems to work best, but I don't want to put water into my yogurt. That's the whole point of using the gelatin to begin with, to thicken it up. And I wish they would list the source (and status) of the beef they use to produce it - organic, grass fed, or not. I may update this review if I get my questions answered to my satisfaction and if I suddenly notice super great looking skin and hair, etc. I'd like to give them five stars for effort but there are still the two issues that are problematic. But I give them an excellent rating for taste and the overall quality of the product. Read more
Quality product! Really works well in many recipes, especially home made marshmallows. Yummm We also love all the health benefits for hair, skin, gut, bones and body. Regular subscriber. Arrived on time and well packaged. Read more
