[soc.culture.jewish] Kosher gelatin - a correction

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 ?