Meechun Lye Water 500ml

Lye water, also known as kansui, is a food grade potent liquid alkaline – a food grade potassium carbonate solution. Lye water gives ramen noodles their distinctive yellow colour, and whippy texture while helping to prevent the noodles from disintegrating in the broth. 

Use:

Lye water is also used in Chinese cooking, in moon cakes to help them produce a richer brown surface during cooking and in Chinese century eggs by soaking them in a lye-salt brine. Lye is also used to make Eastern European breads, pretzels and bagels.

Ingredients:

water, potassium carbonate E501.

Nutrition:

Energy: 265kJ/60kcal. Fat: 0g - of which saturated fat: 0g. Carbohydrates: 14g - of which sugars: 0g. Protein: 0.79g. Salt: 0.24g.

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potassium carbonate