Slaked lime
Food-grade slaked lime is calcium hydroxide, an alkaline processing aid used in distinct food treatments including green-fig soaking and maize nixtamalization.
Ingredients
1086 articles on substrates, cultures and additives.
Grains, legumes and nutsGrains, flours, malts, starches, beans, pulses, nuts, seeds and the coffee, cocoa and tea crops.
Meat and fishMeat, offal, fat, casings, fish, shellfish and insects.
Dairy and eggsMilk by animal, cream, butter, milk powders, rennets, dairy additives and eggs.
Salt and mineralsCooking, named and curing salts, brines, alkalis and mineral additives.
Additives and aidsFood acids, sulphites, preservatives, enzymes, leaveners, gelling agents, brewing additives and wrapping leaves.
Salt and minerals
Alum (fitkari)
An unspecified alum named in an amla murabba soaking step. Potassium alum, ammonium alum and aluminium sulfate are distinct materials with different properties.
Bicarbonate of soda
Sodium bicarbonate is a mildly alkaline kitchen powder used for leavening and, in two published South African green-fig konfyt methods, in the preliminary boil.