What are sausage casings made of?
Juliann Today there are numerous types of sausage casings including: Natural and artificial such as Collagen, Cellulose and Plastic. Collagen, Cellulose and Plastic casings are relative newcomers to the artificial field, mainly born out of market demand during the technological maelstrom of the early twentieth century. As for Natural Sausage Casings, however, surprisingly little qualitative or quantitative information is readily available to processors about these products. I am not aware that casein is used in any way regarding the making of sausage casings. But, I am certainly no expert on the subject. I have checked with our Meats Scientists and they have no information that would indicate that casein is used in the making of sausage casings.
