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I used to work for a gas detection manufacturer. Basically we supplied kit that warned people when there were toxic/explosive levels of gas in their workplace. Of all the places I got to visit (sewage treatment works, abattoirs, petrochemical plants etc) by far the most disgusting and repulsive place was the UK's only gelatin manufacturer.
Basically they had enormous vats of pigs carcasses, bones and connective tissue mainly, which they chopped into smaller pieces. The vats were then filled with strongly alkali chemical solutions which when heated helped boil/leach the gelatin from the bones etc. The combined smell of the animals breaking down and the intense chemical fumes was unreal and left me feeling extremely sick. Took me several days to really get over it.
Never looked at gummy bears in the same way since...
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-5/Gelatin.html#b