Encyclopedia Dubuque
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SANOFI BIO INDUSTRIES
SANOFI BIO INDUSTRIES. Paris-based firm and world's largest gelatin manufacturer. The Dubuque branch, formerly the Keystone Gelatin division of DUBUQUE PACKING COMPANY and then part of the Omaha-based Beef America, is the company's only United States-based gelatin plant.
The local operation was a processor of pork skins from a 700-mile radius of Dubuque. Companies that purchased gelatin from Sanofi used the product in the manufacture of dozens of items including marshmallows, gelatin desserts, and hard and soft medicine capsules.
The 1972 through 1985 Dubuque City Directory listed the Keystone Gelatin Company at 2350 Kerper.