Peng Hui is a food additive, can increase the toughness and strength of the pasta, especially in Lanzhou ramen noodles you will choose to use, but because of the national standards for eating additives is not very clear, so that may produce more harm to the human body, especially under the use of a larger amount of cases.
Life in the making of pasta, you can also use peng hui as a kind of lye, especially in the cooking time, can make you make the pasta is particularly fluffy and soft.
Expanded Information:
If the amount of ash used is very small, within the national standards, there is almost no harm to the body. However, many unscrupulous businessmen will add a lot of ash in order to make their products more tough or pasta more fluffy, which will produce great side effects to the body.
The ash contains some lead and arsenic, which can lead to poisoning and health problems if consumed in excess. So the health regulators must add this additive to the food to do the relevant tests to ensure that the dosage standards will not cause health effects.