[pure-silver] Re: Pyro in a Jobo Processor
- From: Tony Wingo <akw@xxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:51:32 -0800
>
> What foods have EDTA in them? Sulfite is common. AFAIK
>EDTA has no anti-oxidant or germicidal properties. EDTA
>salts appear to be used for preventing sludging due to
>magnesium and calcium salts in water.
>
>---
>Richard Knoppow
>Los Angeles, CA, USA
>dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
A quick Google search turns up the following comment on the
University of Oxford Chem Department site
(http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/edta/edta.html)
Unwanted metals often find there way into food from the soil and from
machinery during harvesting and processing. Often these metals, such as
copper, iron and nickel, then degrade the food stuffs by catalyzing
the oxidation of the fats in the food. A class of food additives known
as sequestrants can be added to food. The additive reacts with trace
metals in foods, forming tightly bound complexes (sequestered), thereby
preventing the decomposition of the food.
The sodium and calcium salts of EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic
acid) are common sequestrants in many kinds of foods and beverages.
Still doesn't shed any light on what role it might have _in re_ Pyro
in a Jobo Processor.
-t
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-tony
San Leandro, CA
http://www.shapesandshadows.com
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