Gelatin sample is here!!

Hello, all!


Just got my gelatin sample! A 150 gram pack of 240 Bloom / 30 Mesh pharmacutical-grade gelatin from Gelita.

I still can't start my tests and it will take some time before I finish setting up my lab. But we can talk about gelatin, right?

Along with the gelatin pack, I got this sheet with a lot of specifications and thought that, maybe, an engineer (like Ron, for example ) could tell me something about it:

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Chrome
<= 2.0 ppm


Ash
<= 2.0 %


Hydrogen Peroxide
<= 10 ppm


Sulphur Dioxide
<= 40 ppm


Arsenic
<= 1.0 ppm


Nitrogen
>= 15.0 %


Lead
<= 1.5 ppm


Heavy Metals
<= 20 ppm


pH (6.67 %)
5.0 ~ 6.0


Viscosity (6.67 %)
34 ~ 45 mP


Humidity
8.0 ~ 13 %

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So, should I even try this gelatin or should I trash it right away?


Cheers,
Flavio

It looks ok.

A big concern is the amount of live bacteria. Was there a test sheet on that? Here in the US, all original packages of gelatin must have certification that Tuberculosis and Anthrax bacteria are below a certain point.

Of course, in the EU it must be different.

PE