30% Food Grade Sodium Hydroxide Solution

Chemical Appearance

– A clear or slightly cloudy, colorless, or powdered liquid

 

Chemical Application

– Food Preparation: It’s used in the preparation of certain foods. In lye peeling of fruits and vegetables for canning, chocolate and cocoa processing, caramel coloring production, and food pH adjustment, it is used.

 

– Cleaning and Sanitization: In the food industry, sodium hydroxide is used for cleaning and sanitizing equipment because of its effectiveness in removing fats, oils, and protein-based deposits.

 

– Olives: It’s used in the processing of olives, where it helps to remove the bitterness from raw olives and make them palatable.

 

– Pretzels and German Lye Rolls: In baking, particularly in the preparation of traditional pretzels and German lye rolls, sodium hydroxide is used to create the distinctive glossy, brown crust.

 

– Hominy and Nixtamalization: In the production of hominy and in the nixtamalization process, which is used for making masa, sodium hydroxide is used to remove the hull and germ of the corn.

 

Specification

inspection standard	GB 1886.20-2016
inspecting item	Standard requirements	The measured results
Total base amount (measured as Na0H),%	98.0~103.5	102.5
surface	A clear or slightly cloudy, colorless, or powdered liquid	Colorless transparent liquid
Sodium carbonate (NazC03),%	2.0	0.4
Arsenic (As), mg / Kg	3.0	0.0003
Heavy metals (in Pb), mg / Kg	≤5	<5
Insoluble substances and organic impurities	Through the test	Through the test
Mercury (Hg), mg / Kg	≤0.1	<0.1

 

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