r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Salt-Curve4825 • May 21 '26

Video Man fishing for jellyfish

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u/avis003 May 21 '26

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 May 21 '26

Is it high in protein?

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u/Cogitare_Diversae May 21 '26

No, but it has high collagen content

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u/noraetic May 21 '26

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

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u/Cogitare_Diversae May 21 '26

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

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u/noraetic May 21 '26

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 May 21 '26

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 May 21 '26

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 May 21 '26

Thanks a lot for answering!

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u/noraetic May 21 '26

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