jeffr@sri-spam.ARPA (Jeff Rininger) (09/23/86)
In article <690@hropus.UUCP> jin@hropus.UUCP (Jerry Natowitz) writes: >I received this mail concerning my posting about kosher gelatin. I >did not know of the controversy concerning Dannon's use of the term >"kosher gelatin". I have seen "kosher gelatin" used as a name for agar >in the past and I presumed Beatrice used it because it sounded better than >agar-agar. > >I guess my response to Susan's posting should have been more on the line >of "why would you want to icky fruit flavored yogurt when you can >add the fruit yourself and it's much better". > >Sorry if I aided and abetted anyone's violation of kosher or vegetarianism. I missed the conclusion here: when does "gelatin" mean "agar", and when does it mean "made from dead animals" ? Or is the conclusion that we have no conclusion ?