The process or result of converting a substance into gelatin or a jelly-like form.
From 'gelatinate' + '-ion' (noun suffix indicating action or process). This technical term developed in 19th-century chemistry to describe the chemical transformation of collagen into gelatin.
Gelatination was crucial to early food science—before understanding this process, people couldn't reliably make jellies and aspics, which were expensive luxury foods that showed off a cook's skill.
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