Beef gelatine

About

Beef gelatine is gelatine obtained from cattle rather than from pigs or fish, and labels that name the species print it so that readers who avoid one animal can tell them apart. Marks & Spencer's Curiously Strong Mints declare it in all three of the pack's languages, as Beef Gelatine, Gélatine de bœuf and rundergelatine, the 2013 label listing it under the category name Gelling Agent.^[1][2] It is not an allergen under EU 1169/2011 Annex II, but it makes a product neither vegetarian nor vegan, and it is the reason a sweet that otherwise contains only sugars and flavourings is neither.

Products (1)

ProductCategoryBarcode

Curiously Strong Mints 50 g Marks & Spencer · 50 g Sugar Candy/Sugar Candy Substitutes Confectionery 00011501

Relations

• Is a kind of Gelatine^[1] printed
  A narrower form: the label names the source species, which gelatine alone does not, and that is what a reader avoiding pork or beef needs

Also known as

• Gélatine de bœuf fr
• Rundergelatine nl

References

1. ↑ Back of the 50 g tin, later label (artwork code 7021): English, French and Dutch ingredient statements, nutrition line, Made in the Netherlands, M&S address and the barcode Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2015-06-27. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 4. Back of tin. CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
2. ↑ Back of the 50 g tin, earlier label (artwork code 7014): ingredient statement, nutrition table, Guideline Daily Amounts strip and the barcode Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2013-10-02. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 2. Back of tin. CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.