Can you use liquid 36% pretzel lye concentrate?

[meino]

Hello,
The concentrate contains 36% NaOH and is intended for the production of pretzel pastries. Could you then simply multiply the specified amount of lye by 3? I think it would be easier to work with than the pellets and it's also food grade. Or does that not work for some reason?

 

[Transform]

That should work, and since 100mL of the solution should contain 36g of NaOH, so you can reduce the quantity of water in the recipe by an amount corresponding to the volume of lye solution added. To convert grams of lye to mL of 36% w/v lye solution, multiply by 100 and divide by 36, or multiply by 25 and divide by 9 if you find that easier

 

[The Traveler]

Oh wow, a pretzel liquid that contains such a high percentage of lye? Usually it is around 5% ain't it?

Also, it's a pretty nice idea for Health & Safety to use such a food grade ingredient for an extraction!


Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[meino]

Oh wow, a pretzel liquid that contains such a high percentage of lye? Usually it is around 5% ain't it?

Yes, because it is a concentrate that is meant to be diluted by the user

 

[Transform]

So is it something like "Brezellaugenkonzentrat" as a search term perhaps? It does seem very handy to have such a product available for my baking projects

 

[The Traveler]

So is it something like "Brezellaugenkonzentrat" as a search term perhaps?

Verflixt und zugenäht, wo ist mein Brezellaugenkonzentrat?

That sounds (sorry 'klingelt') SOOOO German.


Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[meino]

Brezellaugenkonzentrat

just look for "Brezellauge" or "Natronlauge für Laugengebäck" and then look into the details of exactly what they are selling. I have seen 3% (useless), 36% and 50%. I wonder if you can only obtain it in this form factor in the EU market.