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I've been thinking lately about the chemicals used in processed food. Not to vilify them, but why can't we buy them? I started down this path when I considered making better corned beef. I had been making it with salt alone but stopped when it was made clear to me the threat of botulism wasn't being addressed by my recipe. It contained only salt, and not any sodium nitrate or nitrite. Nitre has been used for thousands of years in cooking, and traditionally it's what turns corned beef red. But good luck finding it in the spice aisle, and the corned beef from the store includes red dye.
Lately I considered making my own Gatorade. What separates it from lemon lime Kool-aid? Electrolytes, right? It says so on the bottle.
The electrolytes you can get in the spice aisle are salt, "reduced sodium" salt which contains potassium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and the various things in baking powder. The citric acid content of lemon juice is something like 4%, says the Internet. I haven't looked yet but I suppose you could find some more in the vitamin aisle. There's all kinds of random things in the vitamin aisle.
But what are the electrolytes in Gatorade? Citric acid, salt, sodium citrate, potassium phosphate, calcium silicate. Anyone seen any calcium silicate in the vitamin aisle?
Lately I considered making my own Gatorade. What separates it from lemon lime Kool-aid? Electrolytes, right? It says so on the bottle.
The electrolytes you can get in the spice aisle are salt, "reduced sodium" salt which contains potassium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and the various things in baking powder. The citric acid content of lemon juice is something like 4%, says the Internet. I haven't looked yet but I suppose you could find some more in the vitamin aisle. There's all kinds of random things in the vitamin aisle.
But what are the electrolytes in Gatorade? Citric acid, salt, sodium citrate, potassium phosphate, calcium silicate. Anyone seen any calcium silicate in the vitamin aisle?