Perfect Bovine Gelatin

What Is The Difference Between Collagen and Gelatin? Very little! Think of it like apples vs apple sauce – same core ingredient, just a different preparation. Collagen is the protein found in bones and connective tissues. When you cook collagen, you end up with gelatin. When you make bone broth, you are cooking the bones, releasing the collagen and in effect making your own gelatin.

Gelatin is made up of collagen protein, just in a slightly different form. When you look at the amino acid profile of collagen and gelatin, you will see they are basically identical, since they both contain collagen protein. The biggest difference between collagen and gelatin is that gelatin will gel or thicken when cooled.