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Is MSG necessary or what to replace it with?
This is an interesting topic in that there is a polarisation between people who want to avoid it and those who swear by it.
There is some misinformation in that MSG is not exactly found in nature. ...
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High sodium Udon noodles
While some of the sodium content will leach out of the noddle during soaking, unfortunately most of the sodium will remain. The sodium (salt) is added to the dough before the noodles are formed, ...
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Can a food contain 'extra' sodium?
I think you've misunderstood people talking about sodium; I would expect they are generally just talking about table salt, NaCl.
Addressing your question about quantity, it's very common that when ...
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Low-sodium Thai Dishes
Instead of limiting yourself to specifically low-sodium recipes, try substituting low-sodium versions of soy sauce and fish sauce into your favorite traditional recipes. This will give you a much ...
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Can a food contain 'extra' sodium?
The answer is "no", but probably not for the reasons you imagined it.
The most widespread mental model on taste is what I would all "analytical": salt ions hit the receptors on ...
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Can a food contain 'extra' sodium?
I too think you have mis-understood what happens when the sodium is declared on the product nutritional information.
To get the sodium content (and other contents too), the food-stuff undergoes a ...
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What kind of reaction when you combine sodium bicarbonate and sodium acid pyrophosphate?
A quite readable explaination from a supplier of leavening agents : http://www.lallemand.com/BakerYeastNA/eng/PDFs/LBU%20PDF%20FILES/1_12CHEM.PDF
According to them, sodium acid pyrophosphate has ...
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Why using ammonia bicarbonate and baking powder for deep fried bakery product?
1) the various ionic interactions with proteins in the batter can determine its characteristics.
Some information are at https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/...
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Amount (percentage of sodium in meat being cooked) of sodium left in water (broth) after cooking meat
You have 2 options to measure the amount of salt in the soup. Measure the salt content directly by weight, or measure the electrical conductivity of the broth.
For either solution you need to filter ...
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How can I make low sodium (140mg or less per serving) pancakes / waffles?
You can buy no sodium baking powder and baking soda as far as salt goes I just leave it out but I do whip my yolks and whites separately.
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Low-sodium alternatives for Asian cooking sauces?
Try Dr Greger How Not to Die Cookbook. He has a recipe for Umami sauce which is made from molasses, vinegar, garlic, ginger, date syrup, tomato purée, lemon and miso paste. I make a big batch and ...
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