Gelatin for technical applications

A Key Component for Industrial Solutions

GELATIN

A Functional Protein Also for Technical Applications

Gelatin is one of the most versatile food ingredients in the world. But that’s not all. It is also being used in innovative industrial applications. With its unique structure and physicochemical properties, this functional protein is a key component in many technical solutions.

As examples: GELITA provides gelatin for photographic film and papers for over 130 years. Gelatin can be used for stabilizing many emulsions and suspensions and is also used as biodegradable shell for microcapsules. Famous applications are adhesives for matchsticks or coatings for delayed-release fertilizers. 

By forming a hydrophilic protective layer, GELITA’s functional proteins serve as environmentally friendly components for cleaners, textile protection and metalworking fluids. 

What’s more, GELITA gelatin can be used to solve some quite unusual problems: restoring old books, artwork, musical instruments or even buildings. It also can be used in ballistic tests or paintball games.

Gelatin can be used to stabilise many emulsions and suspensions.

Ballistic Gelatin is ideal for tissue simulation in crash tests and ballistic investigations.

Gelatin plays an important part in restoring historical musical instruments.

Gelatin from GELITA - indispensable, for example for coatings of fertilisers with delayed release.

Gelatin is also often an integral tool in preserving historical books and documents.

Gelatin from GELITA is essential as an adhesive for matches, for example.

GELITA has been supplying gelatin for photographic films for over 150 years.

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Biofuel

A Step Towards Sustainable Energy

In the biofuel industry, we play a crucial role by supplying high-quality animal fat, a key ingredient in the production of biodiesel. Our GELIFAT® is responsibly sourced and processed to meet the stringent standards required of this industry.

Fertilizer

Efficient Solutions for Sustainable Harvests and Eco-Friendly Farming

The world needs food! And increasing global populations continue to shine a spotlight on the ever-growing requirement for efficient and environmentally friendly agriculture. Our GELIMIN® minerals can help to increase the yield of crops: they compensate for the loss of washed-out soil phosphates. In industrial farming, phosphates are indispensible; but as these natural resources become more and more limited, GELITA provides an additional supply and a source of phosphates for fertilizer production.

Restoration & Fine Arts

Keeping Our History Alive

Gelatin restores photographs, films, and historical documents, as a natural adhesive. From antique furniture to master violins, and even stucco marble in buildings, gelatin's versatility ensures our cherished past remains intact for future generations.

Tissue Simulation

Gelatin for Medical Research, Forensic, and Ballistic Testing

Discover the diverse applications and unparalleled benefits of gelatin as a tissue simulant in scientific fields.

Paper Coating

Solutions for a Better Environment

Plastic packaging has become a significant environmental concern, contributing to pollution in various forms such as long-lasting microplastics in soil, oceans, and even in the human body.
Consequently, it is crucial to urgently seek alternatives to plastic packaging. One potential solution lies in the use of paper-based packaging materials.

Galvanization Aid

Enhancing Quality and Efficiency in Electroplating

In the galvanic industry, gelatin is a well-known additive in the bath solutions. It serves multiple functions, including increasing or decreasing the mobility of ions in the electrolytic solution, complexing with metal ions, increasing overpotential to ensure a uniform deposit of metal atoms on the surface, and influencing the morphology of metal crystals.

Metalworking Fluids

Cooling and Lubricating of Workpieces and Equipment

Globally, thousands of tons of metalworking fluids (MWFs) are consumed each year. Those fluids are indispensable for protecting workpieces and equipment against abrasive wear and overheating during lathing, drilling, milling or grinding. Despite an uncertain economic climate, the demand for these fluids has continued to grow steadily.

Cleaning Additives

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Cleaning Agents

Cleaning additives are formulated to enhance the effectiveness of cleaning agents by improving their ability to remove tough stains and dirt from various surfaces. Conventional cleaning agents often use water-repellent substances such as wax or silicones to prevent renewed soiling. Both produce residues that hamper the removal of water-insoluble dirt.