The role of edible alkali:

1. Edible alkali is a kind of food leavening agent and meat tenderizing agent, which can make dry raw materials expand rapidly, soften fibers and remove the sour taste of dough. Proper use can bring excellent color, fragrance, taste and shape to food, thus enhancing people's appetite. Alkali is widely used in the processing of noodles, bread and steamed bread.

2, eating alkaline heat, bitter taste, has the effect of eliminating damp heat, resolving food stagnation, detoxifying and making acid.

The role of lime water:

1. Lime water is the earliest cementing material used by human beings. Lime water is widely used in civil engineering. Clinical application: vital pulp amputation, apexification, pulp capping and modern root canal therapy.

2. Lime water has the function of disinfection and sterilization. As a safe and environmentally friendly low-cost food additive, it is irreplaceable.

3. Lime water is widely used in laboratories, which can detect CO2 (carbon dioxide) and SO2 (sulfur dioxide).

Lime is often mixed with other things to be used as insecticide. The famous pesticide "Bordeaux mixture" is made of lime and copper sulfate. The main chemical component of Bordeaux mixture is basic copper sulfate, which is a pesticide with strong bactericidal ability.

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The difference between baking soda and edible alkali;

1, with different components.

Baking soda is a mixture of soda ash and other substances. Baking soda looks like sugar. It is granular. Edible soda ash itself is a natural substance, so the shape of alkali is white powder. It can be said that baking soda is an upgraded version of edible alkali.

2. The impact is different.

Baking soda can actually be seen everywhere. In addition to the bread you often eat, you will also wash the food with baking soda, which will do little harm to the human body. Edible alkali is different, because eating too much alkaline food is harmful to our health, and because of the taste of alkali itself, we use alkali less frequently.

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