TikTok’s latest obsession is Donghua Jinlong, a Chinese company producing glycine

The amino acid, which one’s body uses to create protein, has sparked memes and explainer videos about it on TikTok. - PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM @DONGHUAJINLONG/X

EVER heard of industrial grade glycine? Never? Not many people have either.

But the amino acid, which one’s body uses to create protein, appears to be the latest obsession of TikTokers, with memes and explainer videos about it sprouting up on the social media platform.