How much is donkey-hide gelatin per jin? An introduction to market prices

Donkey-hide gelatin is a traditional Chinese medicinal material in our country, a solid glue made by decocting and concentrating the hide of the donkey, an equine animal. Before the 1990s, sales were not high, prices were modest, and it was not valued by the market. After entering the 21st century, sales increased and prices rose. It began rising in 2000, then climbed all the way, and prices rose sharply. Let us take a look below at how much donkey-hide gelatin costs per jin!

How much is donkey-hide gelatin per jin?

Name Price (yuan/jin) Name Price (yuan/jin) Dong'e Ejiao 750 Fupai Ejiao 350 Jiuzhitang Lvjiao 350 Dongliushui Ejiao 280 Jiutiangong Jiao 1750 Tongrentang Ejiao 420

Identifying true and fake donkey-hide gelatin

1. Appearance: The surface of donkey-hide gelatin is blackish brown, smooth and glossy. Fragments viewed against light appear amber and semi-transparent. It is hard and brittle, breaks easily, and does not become soft or sticky. Fake products are hard and difficult to break, or after breaking tend to become soft and sticky.

2. Water test: Put 15-20 grams of donkey-hide gelatin in a beaker, add an appropriate amount of water, heat to dissolve. The solution is black tea colored, transparent, clear and not cloudy. Fake products often have sediment, cloudiness, or oily floating matter.

3. Taste test: The aqueous solution of donkey-hide gelatin tastes slightly fishy and sweet. Fake products have a strong pork-skin soup taste (pigskin glue), soybean oil taste (impurity glue), or a special stench.

Common fake and inferior donkey-hide gelatin

1. Cattle-hide glue: Hard and not easy to crush, dark brown in color, appears blackish when viewed against light, semi-transparent, slight odor, slightly sweet taste, gives off a strong foul odor when burned, and the water-test solution has no oil droplets on the surface.

2. Mixed-hide glue: Mixed-hide glue is made from old mixed hides, rotten hides, broken hides, etc. It is blackish brown in color, lusterless, tough in texture, not easy to break, opaque when viewed against light, has a fishy and foul odor. A 10% aqueous solution is light brown or milky white, cloudy, with more white foam. After ashing, the residue is earthy yellow or grayish white, powdery and muddy, absorbs moisture easily, tastes salty and astringent, and has a fine sandy feel in the mouth.

3. Bone glue: Bone glue is made from crushed animal bones. The surface is opaque and lusterless, with small holes caused by air bubbles, and irregular wrinkles on the sides. It is hard and not easy to break, with a slight odor.

4. Gelatin type: Gelatin type is smooth and bright, brittle, with slight odor or an ink-like smell. After a fire test it becomes white flaky powder and does not stick together.

How to eat donkey-hide gelatin

1. Ejiao cake

[Ingredients] 250 grams donkey-hide gelatin, 500 milliliters yellow wine or Huadiao wine, 250 grams black sesame seeds, 250 grams walnut kernels, 150 grams red dates, 200 grams rock sugar, 100 grams longan, 100 grams goji berries, optional.

[Method] 1. Soak the donkey-hide gelatin in yellow wine until completely dissolved. Wash the red dates and remove the pits. Stir-fry the black sesame seeds over low heat until fragrant and set aside. 2. Pour the soaked donkey-hide gelatin into a pot and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly with a spatula to avoid burning the pot. When the glue liquid boils, pour in the crushed rock sugar. 3. When the donkey-hide gelatin is boiled until the glue liquid is thick and glue-like, adhering to the spatula in a sheet shape (commonly called hanging the flag), turn off the heat, quickly pour in the auxiliary ingredients prepared in advance, stir evenly, and remove from the pot. 4. Evenly coat the inner wall of a fresh-keeping box with a layer of cooking oil in advance, put it into the fresh-keeping box, refrigerate until solidified, then slice and eat.

2. Ejiao soup

[Ingredients] 250 grams donkey-hide gelatin, 450 grams yellow wine, 150 grams walnut kernels, 150 grams black sesame seeds, 250 grams rock sugar.

[Method] 1. Crush the donkey-hide gelatin and soak it in yellow wine for 2-3 days. Pour the soaked donkey-hide gelatin into boiling water, add rock sugar and boil. Stir-fry the black sesame seeds until fragrant and chop them. Add the crushed walnut kernels, put them into the pot, and stir evenly. Stir evenly into a paste and scoop out. 2. After cooling into a jelly, store it in a box. Take 1 spoon each in the morning and evening. If your hands and feet are cold in winter, you can add dried longan and goji berries to tonify qi and warm the body.

3. Ejiao Guyuan cake

[Ingredients] 500 grams red dates, 500 grams black sesame seeds, 500 grams walnut kernels, 500 grams donkey-hide gelatin, 250 grams rock sugar, 500 milliliters yellow wine

[Method] 1. Chop the red dates, black sesame seeds, and walnut kernels. 2. Put the donkey-hide gelatin, wine, and rock sugar into a pot and cook over gentle heat while stirring until completely dissolved, then add the chopped red dates and other ingredients and stir evenly. 3. Pour the cooked liquid into a plate that has been greased in advance, let it cool at room temperature, then put it in the refrigerator to freeze and solidify. 4. After the cake body hardens and solidifies, take it out and cut into pieces to eat. Eat one piece every day, and remember to put the leftovers in the refrigerator to keep chilled.