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There is no doubt that the manufacture of gelatine-like mixtures goes back as far as the Ancient Egyptians. Furthermore, sources show that banquets in centuries gone by included gelatine specialities, such as trout or fruits in gelatine, as particular delicacies.
1682: The Frenchman Papin reports on a cooking process in which he tried to obtain a jelly-like mixture from bones.
1700: Use of the word gelatine (Latin: gelatus = stiff, frozen) in the European languages dates back to about this time.
1754: The first patent in the adhesives sector is granted in England for the manufacture of a joiner’s glue. The natural adhesive glue is manufactured on the basis of gelatine, among other things.
1871: Important discoveries by the English doctor Richard Leach Maddox lead to the decisive breakthrough in photography. The doctor develops a dry plate with a bromine silver-gelatine layer that is just as sensitive as the wet plate used so far. After further research Charles Bennet presents a satisfactory dry plate method. One of the main advantages of this new technology is that the exposure times during photography can be much shorter.
1875: This year is considered to be a milestone in modern gelatine manufacture. Thanks to the emergence of small factories, large quantities of gelatine can now be manufactured industrially.
1950: Since around 1950 the gelatine industry has been intensifying its technological developments, and has made tremendous progress to achieve today’s top standards in the production and quality of its products.
1974: The European gelatine association GME (Gelatine Manufacturers of Europe) is founded to represent the interests of the western European gelatine manufacturers.
2001: An international study initiated by the GME in 1999 under the auspices of the European Commission once again confirms that the raw material regulations and gelatine production processes in place guarantee maximum safety for consumers.
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