As the saying goes: seven things to open the door in the morning, chai rice oil salt sauce vinegar tea. People's lives can be summed up in these simple seven things, each of which is important. Today, let's talk about one of them, "vinegar".
Vinegar is an indispensable condiment in our small kitchen, some people think that vinegar can only add sourness to food, and there is no other use, and for people who can cook, vinegar has many uses, as long as it is used just right, the taste of the dish will be a grade, so that the taste becomes better, and some magical effects will occur.
Vinegar, like wine, is divided into brewing vinegar and blended vinegar:
Brewing vinegar: brewing vinegar is brewed for 5 months to 10 months, high nutritional value, raw materials are grain and other starch as raw materials, brewed through the steps of biological koji- and acetic fermentation, containing amino acids, organic acids, vitamins and other nutrients, regular consumption is beneficial to health.
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Blended vinegar: Blended vinegar does not contain any grain, is completely blended with food additives, and the color and taste are the same as vinegar. Some unscrupulous manufacturers use industrial glacial acetic acid to directly blend with edible vinegar, industrial glacial acetic acid is not a food raw material, is an illegal additive, and has a safety hazard to the human body.
So how do you avoid buying blended vinegar when you buy? Here are 3 ways to identify.
How to avoid buying blended vinegar?
1 Look at the ingredient list
Brewing vinegar to sorghum, glutinous rice, rice, corn, wheat and other crops and sugar, alcohol, as raw materials after fermentation brewing, so when buying vinegar, you can carefully check its ingredient list, and the order of raw materials in the ingredient list is sorted according to the amount of content, the general brewing vinegar ingredients are water, rice (wheat bran, japonica rice and other grains), edible salt, white sugar, a small amount of spices, etc., such vinegar can be purchased with confidence.
If there is no grain in the ingredient list, only ice vinegar, lactic acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, etc., are all blended vinegar, such vinegar should not be bought, not only the taste is not good, but the additives in it will also affect the health of the body.
2 See if the total acid ≥ 3.5g/100ml
The total acid is an indicator of acetic acidity, generally in 3.50g ~ 9.0g / 100mL, pure grain brewed vinegar, the longer the time, the higher its acidity, the softer the taste is more mellow, and acetic acid can inhibit the growth of bacteria.
In addition, vinegar with high total acid is not easy to deteriorate, manufacturers will not add preservatives and other substances to the snake, when buying vinegar, please see this standard.
3 Look at the product standard number: GB/T18187 solid fermentation
GB/T18187 Solid fermentation is the national implementation standard for brewing vinegar, the English alphabet is the standard recommended by the state, the number is the code, and the solid fermentation is the brewing process of vinegar.
It must be noted that if the standard number begins with "SB", such as SB/T 10337-2012, these are chemical blended vinegar, as long as these 2 letters are seen on the vinegar bottle, even if it is cheap, it is not recommended for family consumption.
4 bottles have the words brewed vinegar on them
Generally brewing vinegar bottles will be marked with the word "brewing", these vinegars are not only mellow taste, which is also rich in nutrients, and the chemical blending vinegar bottle is not "brewing" on the body, not only the taste is not good, nor does it have any nutrients, long-term consumption has an impact on health.
When buying vinegar, in addition to combining the above four criteria to determine whether it is brewed vinegar, you can also distinguish from the smell and appearance of vinegar.
1 Taste the flavor and smell the smell
Brewing vinegar is obviously sour, sweet, fresh, fragrant in one, although the acid is very soft, and blended vinegar in addition to acid, the taste is not sweet and fragrant, and the sour taste is very irritating.
2 Look at the color
Because the varieties of brewed vinegar are different, there are black brown, brownish yellow, etc., the appearance is clear and shiny, there is no suspended solids or sediments, but if it is placed for a long time, it will produce cloud-like precipitation, but this does not affect the consumption, and the blended vinegar is ice vinegar with water and various additives, although it looks very clear, but there is no luster, unlike brewing vinegar, there will be turbidity for a long time.
3 Look at the bubble
Brewed vinegar, after shaking, will produce a rich bubble, and the bubbles will not disappear immediately, while blended vinegar will not occur.
When buying vinegar, look at the raw materials, look at the total acid, and finally remember to look at the standard number, generally GB is grain extracted vinegar, SB adds chemical components, if there is vinegar at the beginning of "SB", it is not recommended to buy.
Vinegar in cooking in addition to the role of seasoning, but also can go fishy, dispel the fat, etc., such as in cooking fish, add a small amount of vinegar, can solve the fishy taste, when burning lamb, add a small amount of vinegar, can relieve the taste of sheep, fried eggplant, add a small amount of vinegar, can make the fried eggplant not black.
Edited by / Huang Qianwen
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