Today, artificial eggs in the Middle Kingdom, where, in fact, they thought of producing them, are sold everywhere. No wonder, because their price is twelve times less than the real ones! Due to the huge number of the general population, a lot of people live in China below the poverty line. Cheap artificial products for them are an opportunity not to starve to death. In principle, it is impossible to poison them, but artificial eggs do not bear any benefit to the body.
Naturally, China, which supplies a lot of goods to our country, including products, has long been "eating" us with this "delicacy." Perhaps you are already "lucky" to feast on them, and you know how to distinguish it from the present. If not, the following tips will help you not to buy inshell chemistry, especially since it costs as much as normal chicken eggs.
So, what to look for first? Of course, on the shell. In artificial eggs, it is more shiny and rough. However, on this basis, you can determine a fake product only after repeated practice. It is much easier to recognize Chinese artificial eggs by their internal contents.
Their protein and yolk are made of the same material (which one - read on). Therefore, between them there is no air chamber separating one from the other. If a broken fake egg stands in any dish for more than an hour, its protein and yolk will completely dissolve in each other. Artificial eggs cannot be the beginning of a new chicken's life. That is, the yolk does not contain a speck of the embryo.
Many consumers who managed to get acquainted with the next product of the Chinese chemical industry in person, say that if you make an artificial egg, for example, fried eggs, then during the frying process you are guaranteed to “enjoy” the persistent smell of obscure chemicals. However, this is not quite true.
The fact is that artificial eggs from China cannot smell anything, because they are made from chemicals that have an absolutely neutral smell. Their shell is created on the basis of calcium carbonate, and the yolk and protein are made of potassium alginate, alum-potassium alum, gelatin, food calcium chloride and yellow coloring pigment. In principle, the production process is so simple that it can easily be arranged in an ordinary city apartment.
A proteinaceous mass is obtained from potassium alginate dissolved in warm water. Then it is mixed with gelatin, benzoic acid and alum. Everything - the fake protein is ready. Adding citric acid and pigment to this mixture, we obtain raw materials for the production of yolk. It is poured into a special form, which is easy to create on your own, and placed in a solution of potassium carbonate. He will cover the artificial yolk with a film so that it does not dissolve in the protein. It will dry in an hour, and it can be placed in another form, where the protein will be poured. Then the egg (still without shell) is again placed in a solution of potassium carbonate so that it does not creep. The hard surface of the product is formed by placing it in a solution of gypsum powder, paraffin and calcium carbonate.
In general, to create artificial eggs is a simple matter, you can indulge in leisure. But you do not need to buy them in any case! As, however, it is.