Proper amount of edible alkali is harmless to human body. Adding an appropriate amount of edible alkali to porridge can make porridge worse and more viscous, which is beneficial to eating and nourishing the stomach, and can also neutralize gastric acid and balance the gastric juice environment. Therefore, moderate consumption of alkaline porridge is harmless to human body.

Is cooking porridge with alkali harmful to human body?

Our gastric juice is in a strong acid environment. Eating a small amount of food containing edible alkali can neutralize stomach acid. Eating too much edible alkali will change the gastric environment and destroy the acid-base balance.

Edible alkali is a kind of food additive, which can increase the bulkiness of pasta when added to flour, but a large amount of edible alkali will break the acid-base balance of the stomach and cause gastrointestinal discomfort.