# Is gelatin made from pigs now?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 18, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143 "2019-05-18T04:39:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143/1 "2019-05-18T04:39:54Z")

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I was talking to a Yemeni friend about Moon Pies and how they are sublime, and he told me he can’t eat them because they are not halal – that the marshmallow is made with gelatin that comes from pigs.

I thought gelatin was made from cow hooves?

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143/2 "2019-05-18T04:42:49Z")

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Some is, some isn’t. MoonPies use porkskin, according to their website.

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143/3 "2019-05-18T04:47:53Z")

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Oh. Alas.

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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143/4 "2019-05-18T04:58:46Z")

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Gawd. I haven’t had a Moon Pie for 30 years. Knowing they have pig skins, I want one even more!

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143/5 "2019-05-18T05:10:16Z")

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Just eat a bag of chicharrones and get it out of your system.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143/6 "2019-05-18T06:39:54Z")

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> [@harmonicamoon](#):
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> Gawd. I haven’t had a Moon Pie for 30 years. Knowing they have pig skins, I want one even more!

They are not what they used to be.

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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143/7 "2019-05-18T09:25:29Z")

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> [@susan](#):
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> Some is, some isn’t. MoonPies use porkskin, according to their website.

What a time to be alive!

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143/8 "2019-05-18T09:59:27Z")

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> [@brujaja](#):
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> I thought gelatin was made from cow hooves?

Not hooves. Skins and bones. It’s collagen, not keratin.