--- title: "Preguntas Vegetarianas Más Frecuentes - Ingredientes 1: Gelatina - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Preguntas Vegetarianas Más Frecuentes - Ingredientes 1: Gelatina: Unión Vegetariana Internacional (IVU) Preguntas Más Frecuentes : Ingredientes 1: Gelatina ¿Qué es la gelatina? ¿Existe algún sustituto?" url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5844-spanish-faq-gelatine.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:21:52+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Preguntas Vegetarianas Más Frecuentes - Ingredientes 1: Gelatina **Unión Vegetariana Internacional (IVU)** | ![IVU logo](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/ivu-con4.gif) | | |---|---| | | | | **Preguntas Más Frecuentes : Ingredientes 1: Gelatina** | **¿Qué es la gelatina? ¿Existe algún sustituto?** La gelatina está hecha con huesos, pieles y tendones de animales hervidos. Se la puede reemplazar con una sustancia llamada Agar-Agar, que es un derivado de las algas. Otro se hace con la raíz del Kuzu. El agar-agar se consigue en tiritas, en polvo o en trozos, y por lo general es de un color blancuzco. Algunas gelatinas kosher contienen agar-agar, pero la mayoría no. Algunas otras sustancias veganas que reemplazan la gelatina son: la goma guar y el carragenato. Sólo algunos emulsionantes son veganos. La gelatina también se usa en fotografía. Y, aunque existe la tecnología para reemplazar la película fotográfica, el precio actual es bastante alto y no hay la suficiente demanda. Ojalá que con el crecimiento del vegetarianismo y el veganismo, esta situación se revierta pronto. **¿La gelatina Halal es vegetariana?** *De un lector Musulmán:* Halal sólo significa que el animal fue sacrificado siguiendo las leyes del Islam. Entonces es posible que la gelatina sea halal pero NO vegetariana. **¿Qué es la gelatina Kosher?** *del [Vegetarian Resource Group](http://www.vrg.org/):* La gelatina kosher puede estar hecha con huesos de pescado, y/o pieles de vaca o cerdo. Contrariamente a lo que se podría pensar, se considera kosher consumirla con productos lácteos. Las leyes kosher son muy complicadas y los huesos y pieles utilizados en la gelatina se consideran pareve. Pareve se refiere a alimentos que no contienen ni lácteos ni carne y mucha gente asume que el alimento es vegetariano. Sin embargo, los ingredientes certificados pareve OU pueden contener productos animales como pescado, huevos y gelatina. "Caramelos de Gelatina Kosher: Kosher Glatt y 'Pareve-OU'", un artículo aparecido en la revista Kashrus, explica las distinciones. Aquí tenemos una cita del mismo: "...como la gelatina contiene huesos y pieles – no carne – y fue tan procesada que sufrió cambios tan significativos, no es considerada 'fleishig' (carne) sino 'pareve', y puede consumirse con productos lácteos." **¿Existe la gelatina vegana?** *De un lector de Alemania:* La "gelatina" es una sustancia hecha con huesos y otras partes de animales. Así que, si hay un producto con "gelatina", no puede ser vegano. Pero existe una gran variedad de sustancias veganas que tienen propiedades similares a las de la gelatina: Celulosa (Amid), Agar-Agar, Biobin, Guar, Xantano, la algarroba y otros. (Desafortunadamente puede que no todos estos nombres tengan significado en castellano, pero quizás ayude en algo). Así que si en la lista de ingredientes aparece la gelatina, podemos estar seguros de que ese producto NO es vegano. Pero si una o más de las otras sustancias aparecen, podemos estar seguros de que podemos comerlos incluso como veganos. *de un lector en los EE.UU.:* Debe haberla, porque acabo de ir a una cena vegana de “Acción de Gracias” en la Universidad de Nueva York y los organizadores dijeron que el postre de gelatina estaba especialmente hecho con gelatina vegana. *de otro lector de los EE.UU.:* Hain hace una gelatina sin ninguna sustancia animal (ni carne, huesos, pieles, pezuñas, ni ningún derivado) que es superior a la gelatina común. También hay algunas golosinas que NO están hechas con gelatina a pesar de ser gelatinosas, y se las puede encontrar en super e hipermercados (incluso en Texas!), sólo hay que leer bien las etiquetas. | **¿Existe algún otro alimento similar a la gelatina?**El cuajo, utilizado tradicionalmente como agente coagulante, se elabora a partir de los jugos digestivos de terneros sacrificados. El cuajo es como la gelatina en el sentido de que es un aditivo alimentario muy común pero los alimentos que lo contienen a menudo son considerados vegetarianos. Consultar [Huevos y Lácteos](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5842-spanish-faq-eggsdairy.html) para más detalles. Más información: - [Vegetarian Gelling Agents](http://www.vegsoc.org/info/gelling.html) *(Hoja Informativa de la Vegetarian Society UK)* [**Indice del FAQ**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5845-spanish-faq-index.html) | --- Traducido por Melisa P. Goodwyn - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ![](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/spanish/mant.jpg) A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. 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