Iranian Company Produces Gelatin from Poultry Farms Waste
“Gelatin is a multi-purpose substance that is used in food, medicine, cosmetics and other industries as a gelling agent, stabilizer, thickener, emulsifier and film former as a capsule. It is a thermally reversible hydrocolloid, melting and gelation temperature of which is below the temperature of the human body,” Mojgan Asiayee, the managing director of Pishgaman-e Khalq-e Ideh Bartar Company, which operates with the support of Islamic Azad University, Semnan Branch, said in an interview with ANA.
“It is mostly produced from mammals’ body parts, including pig skin, cow skin, and bones. Some alternative sources such as fish and bird waste have recently attracted the attention of researchers and the industry as well," she said while explaining about their product which is called ‘food and drug hydrocolloid'.
“Gelatins made from alternative sources (such as poultry waste) have been welcomed due to religious, cultural and health concerns shared by Jews, Muslims and Hindus. Moreover, this type of gelatin provides many technological advantages over mammalian gelatins,” Asiaei added.
The Pishgaman managing director further pointed out that poultry farms or slaughterhouses farms waste has been comprehensively studied as a source for gelatin production, adding that they produce three types of gelatin: gelatin used in the food industry, gelatin used in the pharmaceutical industry, and gelatin used to produce gelatin nanoparticles.
“In my opinion, this exhibition is a great and unique event for linking knowledge-based companies. In this event, which is held with the participation of thousands of technology units, cores and knowledge-based firms and startups in Tehran’s Mosalla, we hope that the best things happen to knowledge-based products," the researcher said pointing to the Asreh Omid Event.
She praised the support of Islamic Azad University, Semnan Branch and said, “The goal of our company is to try to commercialize three products that we have been able to reach the technical knowhow of them.”
The national Asreh Omid Event was held in late May in Tehran’s Grand Mosalla with the participation of 3,000 knowledge-based companies, laboratories, research teams and startups.
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