Patent ID: 8158755

Claim:
A method of producing gelatin particles, comprising immersing a discharge spout on a nozzle tip of a dispenser in a hydrophobic solvent, discharging a predetermined amount of an aqueous gelatin solution from said discharge spout into the hydrophobic solvent, lifting, subsequent to discharging, the discharge spout from the hydrophobic solvent, dehydrating water in the droplets of the aqueous gelatin solution formed in the hydrophobic solvent using a dehydrating solvent, washing the dehydrated gelatin particles with a poor solvent of the gelatin particles, drying the collected gelatin particles, and thermally crosslinking the dried gelatin particles, wherein the droplets of the aqueous gelatin solution formed at the discharge spout during discharging are disengaged from the discharge spout during lifting; and the dehydrating solvent and the poor solvent are each at least one kind selected from the group consisting of acetone, isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, methanol, toluene, ethyl acetate, hexane and an organic halogen solvent.