Abstract: A process for preparing low chromium content gelatine from a chrome stock containing trivalent chromium which comprises treating a trivalent chromium-containing stock with a solution of a compound which forms coordination complexes with trivalent chromium present in said stock, conditioning the thus treated stock to partially depolymerize the collagen network of said stock, oxidizing a substantial portion of the residual trivalent chromium in said stock to the hexavalent state, washing said stock containing hexavalent chromium to partially remove said hexavalent chromium, extracting gelatine from the remaining stock, and subjecting the extracted gelatine to ion exchange treatment to remove further hexavalent chromium.