In May this year, Liu Hongan, a young man from Hebei Province, was reported by CCTV because he didn't need to "fry oil again" and became the "conscience fried dough sticks brother" admired by the whole country. With the "fried dough sticks" getting hotter and hotter, the catering institutions in the island city can no longer live, and several restaurants have introduced "alum-free" healthy fried dough sticks. Recently, according to a reporter's investigation, most of the fried dough sticks on the market are not directly added with alum, but with something called "oil stick essence". After adding "fried dough sticks essence", the fried dough sticks are large in size, good in color and taste. At the same time, the reporter learned that some breakfast stalls will use washing powder in addition to "oil essence" and alum. In order to know how different the fritters of different things are, the reporter contacted Dayaoba Restaurant, which produces "alum-free fritters", and made alum fritters, washing powder fritters, fritters and alum-free fritters with them.

do you have to use alum to make fried dough sticks? Will you add alum to the fritters? Many citizens said, "It is said that fritters can't be made without alum, because they need to be expanded." In this regard, some experts said that using a small amount of alum in fritters has little impact on health. Even so, the introduction of alum-free fritters has been highly praised by the public. "It's only three days since we launched the alum-free healthy fried dough sticks, and the price has reached every 2 yuan, but the number of customers is increasing every day," the manager of Dayao No.8 restaurant, which just launched the alum-free fried dough sticks, told reporters that they are currently expanding the production scale. "Our fried dough sticks do not contain alum, but do not contain any additives such as butter, milk, eggs and salt." Subsequently, according to the reporter's investigation, many hotels in the island city have launched "alum-free healthy fried dough sticks". Although many citizens also agree with the traditional alum oil sticks, once two kinds of fried dough sticks are placed in front of them for their choice, "they are willing to spend more money to eat fried dough sticks instead of drinking alum." The manager of a restaurant on Hong Kong West Road said that they had been selling this kind of oil stick for a month, and the customers responded well.

At the same time, during the reporter's investigation, almost all citizens said, "If there are fried dough sticks with alum, of course, there is no alum, mainly because it is difficult to buy these fried dough sticks now, and even if there are, the price is relatively high." When the reporter talked about the use of alum in fried dough sticks, a chef who asked not to be named said that he had fried dough sticks in a restaurant. "Alum was an old method many years ago, and now few people use alum directly." "Now most fried dough sticks are made of refined oil sticks." The chef said that oil stick is a food additive, which contains not only alum, but also alkali and many other things. Fried fritters are fried with the essence of fritters, which are large in size, pure in color, crisp and delicious, and can save fuel at the same time. According to the address provided by the chef, the reporter bought the essence of fried dough sticks from a small vendor in Fushun Road Wholesale Market at the price of 2 yuan. The reporter saw that the weight of this package of fried dough sticks essence is 411 grams. According to the above usage and dosage, 41 kilograms of fried dough sticks can be fried.

"The noodles are mixed with washing powder. The fritters are fluffy and golden in color. "An insider told reporters that the fritters in the washing powder swell better." This is because the washing powder will foam, which will make the flour swell better, so the fried dough sticks look crisp, which is also the reason why the fried dough sticks are more beautiful. ""This kind of fried dough sticks has a little taste. According to informed sources, because it is crispy and tastes good, "businesses also pay attention to the use of washing powder." Most of the washing powder on the market now is scented washing powder. When you use fried dough sticks, you must use washing powder without any odor, otherwise the odor of washing powder will appear on the fried dough sticks. "It is understood that it is precisely because the washing powder used is the most primitive washing powder that the cost of raw materials is not high. For the "washing powder" fritters, some food safety experts said that the raw materials of washing powder mainly come from waste oil and petrochemical products. The harm of oil is light, and the purity of chemical products in washing powder is not high. Generally speaking, people are not prone to clinical disease reactions after eating washing powder, but if they eat washing powder in large quantities for a long time, it will cause harm to the human body.