Gelatin Forms

Culinary gelatin is available in a powdered form and in sheets. Powdered gelatin is most widely available to North American kitchens, although sheet gelatin, also called leaf gelatin, is also available and often preferred by pastry chefs. The sheet form is especially easy to use because it is premeasured (the sheets are of uniform weights). Also, when using sheet gelatin, it is not necessary to measure the liquid for soaking it. This is explained below.