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ChadMCarleton
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Apr 11, 2019
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The sheer amount of un-constructive comments here.. my goodness.
This is a cool product. Seen it demonstrated live. Mouth-feel is somewhere between jello and fish eggs.
Yes, the chemicals (salt and calcium) are included and required. No, there's no taste to them. No, they're not harmful in any way.
The amount included goes a very, very long ways. You'd be hard-pressed to exhaust all of them in a year.
The original flavor of what you are "sphericating" is retained. However, high-calcium (base) liquids won't work here; ie: you can't do this with milk/cream.
It is a novel toy, but can be fun for parties and creative dishes.
Chef's have been doing this for years, but it required them to use a syringe underwater, which was very time consuming. This thing CRANKS them out very very fast.
Must wash after use.
Harsha1306
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May 17, 2019
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ChadMCarletonI'm not saying it's not cool, the issue I have with this product is that it doesn't make the process any less easier.
You should re-evaluate your product strategy if your product can be replaced with a $0.20 eyedropper.
Sure you can make 700 perls per minute but that's not something someone for home use would be interested in.
You can pick up all the chemicals for cheap and just make the spheres yourself for a fraction of the cost. As I'm writing this you can pick up 114g of sodium alginate for $11.95, 226g of Calcium Chloride for $7.95 and 20 eye-droppers for $3.99
So at less than half the cost of this machine you can do this yourself at home.
ChadMCarleton
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May 17, 2019
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Harsha1306Sure, it is novel, but plenty of Kitchen items are novel and are still purchased. This does have better implications in foodservice settings.
I wouldn't discount convenience though.
Wood is free, but I doubt you burn it each time you need to cook something. That wouldn't be practical. I think this product is still practical.
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