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stinky gelatin/hide glue

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WhistlingBadger:
I backed my latest project with sinew and Knox gelatin.  The dry powder and cold water mix are odorless, but when warmed up it smelled bad.  Not rotten cow bad; more like bottom of a stagnant puddle bad.  Not something I'd want to eat. 

I've read that hide glue contaminated with bacteria can smell unpleasant, so I bought a different kind, Medley Hills Farm unflavored gelatin off Amazon.  Just mixed some up to glue on a tip overlay, and it has the same smell.

Does this mean anything?  Is the glue still strong?  Does all unflavored gelatin smell like this?  (They wouldn't sell a lot of jello if it did)  It quits smelling as soon as it drys out, so I can live with it if it still works. 

sleek:
I think thats fairly normal. Has a burnt skin smell to it almost.

Eric Krewson:
All hide glue smells, I had used commercial hide glue initially before I switched to Knox. The commercial stuff had a stink to it when it was wetted, I knew Knox was real hide glue when I wetted it and had the same funky smell as the stuff I had used used before.

Your Knox is just fine.

WhistlingBadger:
Good to know, guys.  Thanks.

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