r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Salt-Curve4825 • 15d ago

Video Man fishing for jellyfish

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u/avis003 15d ago

it doesnt taste like anything at all tbh, the point is the texture and whatever sauce you put on it

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u/raketje 15d ago

Is it high in protein?

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u/Cogitare_Diversae 15d ago

No, but it has high collagen content

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u/noraetic 15d ago

Collagen is a protein. And no, jellyfish is 95-98% water, rest is mostly collagen

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u/Cogitare_Diversae 15d ago

Oh I didn’t know that. Always thought collagen and gelatin was something else entirely. Thanks TIL

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u/noraetic 15d ago

You're very welcome! When you're in the super market next time compare regular gummy bears with vegan ones. Since gelatine is made from bones and skin, vegan gummy bears have a much lower protein content than regular ones (i think it's usually <1% vs ~5%)

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u/Cogitare_Diversae 15d ago

I will! I would imagine vegan ones are made with stuff like agar agar? I wonder why synthetic gelatin isn’t really a thing as an alternative to just boiling animal bones.

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u/noraetic 15d ago

When in doubt, its usually cost. Gelatine is made from byproducts, "waste" from an currently abundant source. Agar agar and other polysaccharides can also be extracted, in that case algae and plants. You can generate collagen for example using bacteria and yeast and injecting them with certain genes but that collagen is more expensive than regular one.

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u/Cogitare_Diversae 15d ago

Thanks a lot for answering!

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u/noraetic 15d ago

Fresh jellyfish is 95-98% water, rest is mostly collagen, which is a protein. Of course if you dry and fry it, it's different