[HN Gopher] Egg whites can be transformed into a material capabl...
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       Egg whites can be transformed into a material capable of filtering
       microplastics
        
       Author : wglb
       Score  : 52 points
       Date   : 2022-11-09 02:12 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | random42_ wrote:
       | Curiously egg whites are also used to remove particles from stock
       | (chicken, veal, beef) when you want to have a crystal clear
       | liquid.
        
         | akashshah87 wrote:
         | Also used to filter wine - see
         | https://www.winespectator.com/articles/are-egg-whites-really...
        
           | glial wrote:
           | And Swedish egg coffee.
        
         | Wistar wrote:
         | Consomme technique.
        
       | markbnine wrote:
       | Aren't microplastics already in chickens? Do they get passed to
       | the eggs? If so, where do you filter microplastics first. . . the
       | chicken or the egg?
        
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       | electric_mayhem wrote:
       | How about ground flax seeds? Or aquafaba?
       | 
       | They work in other contexts as egg substitutes...
        
         | iancmceachern wrote:
         | Or that goo that surrounds chia seeds when soaked
        
         | likpok wrote:
         | There are vegan flocculants -- guinness switched a while back,
         | making their beer vegan.
        
         | adamjc wrote:
         | FTA, it's a protein found in egg whites:
         | 
         | > Because other proteins also worked, the material can
         | potentially be produced in large quantities relatively cheaply
         | and without impacting the food supply.
        
       | bitxbitxbitcoin wrote:
       | Egg whites can be unboiled, too.
        
         | agumonkey wrote:
         | a new chemical storage for energy
        
       | MisterBastahrd wrote:
       | Egg whites have only been used for centuries in French cuisine as
       | a method for clarifying liquids.
        
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