Maca is a root veggie that needs to be heated to support digestion, so we use the cooking process of gelatinization to break down the starches within maca.
Gelatinization is vegan and has nothing to do with gelatin.
Per 1 teaspoon (2,500 mg)
Organic Gelatinized Maca root powder (Lepidium meynii) 2,500 mg