Inflammation and Anti-inflammatories Inflammation is a process of defense of the organism, aimed at hindering the agents responsible for an injury (pathogens, toxins, burns, traumas, etc.), initiating in parallel a reparative process. Inflammation is recognizable by the onset of 5 phenomena: redness, increased temperature, pain, swelling and reduced functionality. Inflammations are not all the same;…
E524 – Sodium hydroxide
E524 SODIUM HYDROXIDE Sodium hydroxide, otherwise known as caustic soda (NaOH) is a compound with the function of an acidity regulator (it is a strong alkalinizer) and a synthetic technological aid. It is used to enhance the industrial peeling of fruits, to blacken olives and in the preparation of caramel. It appears as lumps, flakes,…
E520 – E523 – Aluminium sulfates
E520 ALUMINIUM SULPHATE E521 ALUMINIUM SODIUM SULPHATE E522 ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE E523 ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULPHATE All of these products mentioned above are compounds of synthetic origin derived from aluminum. They occur as transparent crystals or white crystalline powder. Easily soluble in water, they are insoluble in ethanol. They are used to promote the precipitation of…
E517 – Ammonium Sulfate
E517 AMMONIUM SULPHATE Ammonium sulfate is a compound which has the function of acidity regulator, stabilizer and support for synthetic additives. It occurs in the form of powder, glossy plaques or white crystalline fragments. Easily soluble in water, insoluble in ethanol. Ammonium sulfate is added to various types of food products, such as baked goods…
Sweetbreads: Nutrition and Diet
What are Sweetbreads? Sweetbreads are meat ingredients that fall within the Basic Food Group I; as such, they represent excellent sources of proteins with high biological value, B vitamins and certain minerals. They are offal (or waste), that is, products that belong to the whole of the fifth quarter of the slaughtered animal. “Sweetbreads” is…
Star Anise
What it is What is star anise? Star anise – staranise or badiam or badiane – is a spice widely used all over the world. Star anise (Genus Illicium and species verum) is a medium sized evergreen tree (up to 10 meters high), belonging to the Family Schisandraceae, native to North East Vietnam and South…
Eel – Generalities and Nutritional Information
Generalities The Italian eel is the same species (Anguilla anguilla called “European eel”) that colonizes the inland waters of the Old Continent, before migrating towards the Sargasso Sea crossing the Mediterranean Sea and then the Atlantic Ocean; it is a bony fish able to survive safely in both fresh and salt water. It has a…
Eel Cooking – How to Cook Eel
Talking about how to choose, prepare and cook eel could be written an entire book (to tell the truth, someone has already done it). With this article we will limit ourselves to transmitting some basic and fundamental concepts for the preparation of this fish, so little appreciated by the inexperienced but capable of “bewitching” those…
E516 – Calcium Sulfate
E516: CALCIUM SULPHATE Calcium sulfate-also known as gypsum, selenite, or anhydrite-is a naturally occurring mineral obtained from calcium salts and sulfuric acid. It occurs as a fine, odorless, white to slightly yellowish-white powder. Slightly soluble in water, insoluble in ethanol It has a function as an acidity regulator and technological aid also called “plaster of…
E515 – Potassium Sulfate
E515 POTASSIUM SULFATE Potassium Sulfate (KHSO4) – also known as Potassium Bisulfate, Potassium Acid Sulfate – is a naturally occurring mineral obtained from potassium salts and sulfuric acid. It occurs as crystals, deliquescent whites, flakes or granules. Easily soluble in water, it is insoluble in ethanol It has a function of acidity regulator and synthetic…
