Stun with super fast flour

The unlabeled stewed powder helps shorten the process of making hard foods like bone, beans from 4-5 hours to 10-20 minutes, which are being sold in markets. According to a scientist, if the powder is not pure, overdose, ingestion will fill the abdomen, indigestion.

'Pho and tea products take a lot'

'Usually, a stew of beef bones and pigs takes hours to freshen, like bone, now it takes only 1 spoon of soda powder for a big bone pot to take 30 minutes', a magazine owner At Ha Dong market, Hanoi introduced. The owner added: 'This type of pho, tea products they take a lot. Crime that stewed bones, stewed for an hour for gas, she kept giving 1-2 spoons a lot quickly '.

Do your own experiments with super speedy powder. (Photo: PV)

As consumers, PV asked to buy stewed bone powder, some stalls shyly shook his head and answered no. Only when PV bought some household goods to get acquainted, a new owner said: 'Not all customers sell because this type is not worth much money, but people are banned from selling'. Each scale is priced at 35,000 VND, which is kept by the owner in a white bag without the label, origin and instructions for use.

When asking to buy a piece of trial, the shop owner introduced a more advanced type contained in a small bottle of Australian origin for 15,000 VND / box. On this type of Baking soda powder, only in English and Australian origin. The owner enthusiastically instructed: 'When the stew is about 5 kg of bone, you only need 1-2 tablespoons. When boiling, the foam will be picked up, the water will be clear and 30 minutes is like tunneling 4-5 hours. If the beans are stewed, add 1 teaspoon to a pot of 1kg of beans and a 10 minute stew to burst beans. '

According to PV, consumers can easily buy a package of bone stew with cheap price in markets in Hanoi, but it is difficult to buy packaged products with full stamps, labels, expiry dates. . At Dong Xuan market, the owner introduced: buy 5kg bag of price 30,000 VND / kg, buy retail price of 40,000 VND, sell only 1 kg or more, not retail. According to the owner of this shop, just taking 1 kg is used all year. 'Here, the shop sells foot and stewed noodles, it doesn't work at all,' said the owner. When asked about the origin, the shippers did not hesitate to say, the product came from China.

1 spoon, boil 20 minutes is broken

Bring the stewed flour from the market home, PV try to boil a bone tube with water and then add 1 tablespoon of stewed powder to cook together. The bones of the bones were white and then changed into a cloudy color. When all the cloudy foam is removed, the pot becomes clear. After 20 minutes of cooking on the stove, the flesh was soft, separated from the bones and the bones were soft. Usually, when simmering with bone or leg rolls without the help of soda powder, it takes 2-3 hours to have similar emulsions.

The soda stew is white, easy to buy in the market.When adding 1 tablespoon of powder to the bone, immediately the pot of water floats black (small image)

According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, Institute of Food Technology at Hanoi University of Technology, the powdered powder has a chemical formula of NaHCO3, when heated at high temperature, creates an alkaline environment, making the process of protein decomposition faster. According to GS Thinh, soda powder is allowed to be used in food processing. However, it must be pure soda, white, colorless, odorless and used in a certain amount and must be sold in registered places, with stamps, labels, expiry dates, instructions full use.

'The market also sells very cheap products, but this type also has the risk of containing impurities. When no impurities have been identified, the level of harm to consumers' health has not been determined, said Prof. Thinh. The soda powder made the pot of water effervescent with a lot of white and black foam due to the process of creating CO2 and removing dirt from the bones, he explained.

According to GS Thinh, if you have to use impure powder, use too much dose, the food will smell a strong odor, difficult to eat, eat will fill the stomach, indigestion. Prof. Thinh added: 'For a long time, people used to stew bones, cook 5-6 hour peanut beans on the coal stove, and now they are afraid. However, if buying this soda powder at reputable establishments, use the right dose does not affect health '.

According to the Ministry of Health regulations, bone meal or soda powder is a condiment used to process more than 20 foods and does not specify a specific dosage. Manufacturers must control their products according to their production practices.

Nature is still better

Dr. Trinh Le Hung, University of Natural Sciences (Hanoi National University) recommends, although allowed to use and has not determined the toxicity of soda powder, consumers should not use it. According to Dr. Hung, what is natural is better than the impact of chemicals. The soda powder helps the stew to be actually a chemical that creates an alkaline environment that helps soften food quickly. In addition, it is also used in the cleaning and medicine industry in medicine.