How is glue made

The vast majority of modern glues are made from natural sources, such as animal body parts (mostly hides and connective tissues).

What is animal glue used for

These glues are made in large factories, that have mastered the processed of creating glues that can be used in countless situations – ranging from home use, construction, engineering, clothes manufacture, medicine and many more.

Here you can get informed about basic raw materials that are needed for creation of water-based glues.

Common animal glue ingredients:

Animal remains – The most used animal remains for creation of glue are cattle skins, hides, muscles, connective tissue (tendons), bones, feet and other scrap.

Those parts are mostly collected from animal farms, slaughterhouses, meat packing companies and tanneries (pigs, cows and horses). Fish parts can also be used, but their manufacturing process differ slightly from those of other animals.

Scrap gelatin – Instead of extracting glue proteins from animals, glue can also be processed out of scrap gelatin that is left behind as side-product