OMG! This is the worst TIL of my entire life. I eat a shameful amount of Jello as an adult, and I did not know this!
Also, gelatin is in EVERYTHING. Good luck eating virtually any dessert if you're a strict vegetarian.
Outside of jello itself, the common desserts that contain it are chewy candies and some mousse type desserts. So canolli, mousse, and flan frequently have gelatin, along with things like Starbursts and some chewing gums, but other than that I have not found it to be a common ingredient.
Definitely not in anything like a bar of chocolate.
> ice cream
Oddly, this seems to vary a lot by country. It's rare in the US, though. Guar gum is common, though.
Usually nougat uses egg whites so it doesn't need gelatin as a protein. Marshmallows are arguably nougat, though, since they're also sugar bound with protein. Marshmallow cream usually uses egg.
All of the major nougat US candy bars I can find use egg and not gelatin.
I've seen chocolates with marshmallow in them.
The common places you might not expect it are sour cream, yogurt, fondant, and some Planters dry-roasted nuts.
I think I found it again by searching for "reverse gummy bear video". I won't link it directly, so that if you really don't want to see it, there's less chance of reflexively clicking a link. ;)
The video, for anyone wanting a direct link (be warned, it's exactly as gknoy described): https://vimeo.com/180163754
The video is not actually gory - shows parts of the cleaning and butchering process, but not the slaughterhouse.
Getting past that, I was pretty sure I knew what a sheep pelter was, but I did not expect that there is in fact a product (TM!) named the Pelt-O-Matic.
Reading the description it sounds very.... efficient.
Everybody turning strict vegetarian would create an ecological disaster at planetary level.
My species also "evolved" to constantly fight wars against everyone not in my family; I'd say it's really good news that we were able to develop moral and conceptual systems to overwhelm our evolutionary tendencies.
https://flashbak.com/meals-in-a-mold-the-mid-centurys-love-a...
https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/why-were-there-so-many-gela...
But this video shows it to be made from pig skin https://vimeo.com/180163754
(in reality there's almost no chance, synthetic glues are way easier to manufacture and manage, outside of gelatin animal glues would near-only be used for restoration or specialty applications e.g. some lutherie and other speciality woodworking)
Of course this conversation also ignores the fact that fining agents are removed from wine before bottling as part of their purpose - they bind with the crap you don't want in your wine. Typical store-bought wine will have no detectable amount of a fining agent in it.