Archives for: Kitchen Chemistry

Kitchen Chemistry: Salt
The salt we use in our food is an astonishingly useful chemical called Sodium Chloride - and did you know...

Kitchen Chemistry: Preserves and Preservatives
Preserving food means making it last longer. Food goes off when bacteria break it down, and to do that...

Kitchen Chemistry: Rot
Leave it long enough and all food will spoil - or rot. And do you know whatβs behind this change?...

Kitchen Chemistry: Elemental
Elements are like the building blocks of chemistry β there are around 100 found in nature β and tonnes...

Kitchen Chemistry: Low Fat
Fats are an important part of a healthy diet but youβve probably seen low fat foods around β theyβre...

Kitchen Chemistry: Colourful Food
Food comes in all sorts of different colours, and those colours come from molecules β tiny particles that...

Kitchen Chemistry: Something smells…
Have you ever tried to guess whatβs for dinner β just by taking a sniff? Every single smell is packed...

Kitchen Chemistry: Dense Liquids
Liquids are EVERYWHERE in kitchens! Water, milk, juice, cooking oil, even washing up detergent β...

Kitchen Chemistry: Mix of Mixtures
Most recipes need you to join ingredients together, but different things combine in different ways and...

Kitchen Chemistry: Hubble Bubble
You might already know about gases. Thereβs plenty of them all around us β even the air we breathe is a...