Harold, I can purchase sodium ascorbate in bulk, that is labeled "100% Pure Buffered Vit C Sodium Ascorbate, corn, yeast, sugar free pH 7.1. Would you or anyone else in the group know of a reason, I could skip adding the bicarb and just start with sodium ascorbate, vs citric acid?
I'm a big confused on when a person would want citric acid vs ascorbate. Thank you, Lin ----- Original Message ----- From: Harold MacDonald To: Silver list Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:43 AM Subject: CS>CS:> Lipo C encapsulation technique Re-posting my technique; Harold After trying a few different ways to make Lipo-C,I settled on putting 3 tblspns of Soy Lecithin in one cup of DW and let it sit at room temp.until Lecithin was fully in solution.Then I put two[2] tspns of Ascorbic acid in 1/2 cup of DW plus one tspn of bicarb [1],let it fizz right down.If I see any sedimentation on the bottom,then I tweak it by adding a pinch of Vit.C.,if it fizzes then I add a bit more until no reaction.If the first pinch of C does nothing,then I add a pinch of bicarb,if it fizzes then I repeat the process until no reaction.I have found this to give me as close to 100% as you can hope for. In my last four brews I had two with very slight traces of Leci. floating on top.These seemed to be from larger sized granules. When I measure the Lecithin I do notice that the size of the granules do vary.If I had a precise scale I would try doing it by weight, just to see. Harold
