Heavy hotpot smell on clothes may be due to additives
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E-mail Shanghai Daily, January 21, 2014
The heavy smell left on diners' clothes and hair after a hotpot meal may be caused by use of additives in the soup mix, a chef at a hotpot restaurant in Hubei Province told the media.
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The heavy smell left on diners' clothes and hair after a hotpot meal may be caused by use of additives in the soup mix. |
The chef, surnamed Li, told Chutian Gold Daily that the strong smell often is caused by a variety of hotpot additives and flavoring and fragrance agents.
Hundreds of different additives are sold in the condiment market, some of which are concentrates or mixtures of natural ingredients. Some, however, contain artificial ingredients.
The heat and steam of the hotpot spread the aromas, making them the smell stronger than additives in other dishes, the newspaper reported yesterday, citing chef Li.
Li said he can use five bottles of selected additives — fragrance agent for hotpot, hot and spicy liquid, concentrated bone soup, braised flavor additive and hotpot flavor additive – costing only 225 yuan (US$37) in total to make several dozen hotpots, which is much cheaper than the traditional hotpot soup base made from beef tallow and pork bones.
One of the concentrated bone soup mixes sold on Taobao.com can make about 100 liters of bone soup and is sold for only 45 yuan, according to the product description on the website.
The product description of a hot and spicy liquid sold for 58 yuan said it can effectively remove a variety of food odors and enhance the flavor and fragrance of the soup.
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