WillPowder CALCIUM LACTATE, reverse and direct spherification agent, white crystalline salt powder made from action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate, can be used to enrich foods with Calcium, will dissolve in fat
Use for spherification of foods high in acid, alcohol, or fat. Use with Sodium Alginate bath. It is flavorless and used to replace Calcium Chloride in direct spherification for creating a less bitter tasting end product.
Used in foods as a baking powder, added to fresh-cut fruits to keep them firm and extend their shelf life. Calcium Lactate is often found in aged cheeses when lactic acid is converted into a less soluble form by bacteria active during ripening.
Used medicinally, Calcium Lactate is added to sugar-free foods to prevent tooth decay. When added to chewing gum containing xylitol, re-mineralization of tooth enamel increases.
WILLPOWDER is a line of specialty culinary powders which facilitate the manipulation and intensification of textures/flavors for food, developed and hand-selected for highest quality ingredients by renowned pastry Chef Will Goldfarb.
WillPowder Story: Chef Will Goldfarb is widely known as the €˜Golden Boy€ of pastry and has worked in the kitchens of famous names such as Ferran Adria, Tetsuya Wakuda, Paul Liebrandt and Morimoto. He received the Starchef €œRising Star€ award and earned a James Beard nomination for Best Pastry Chef in America. In addition to this, he was regarded in Ferran Adria€s recent book, Food for Art, Art for Food, as one of the world€s leading modern chefs and was identified in Lisa Abend€s book, The Sorcerer€s Apprentices, as one of the finest chefs in the world to pass through the El Bulli kitchen. In 2006, he ventured out on his own to open the critically acclaimed Room4Dessert in New York which offered an Avant garde menu of edible dessert cocktails, plated desserts and wine pairings. Together with New York University€s Chemistry and Food Studies Department, he also founded The Experimental Cuisine Collective, an interdisciplinary network at the nexus of food, science, and social network. Now residing in Bali, Chef Will directs the pastry program at KU DE TA where his brand of cuisine blends the finest elements of cutting edge gastronomy with traditional techniques/flavors creating delicious, imaginative preparations using local and sustainable products. Room4Dessert is now open in Bali, with a cookbook. Chef Will developed WillPowder specialty pastry powders for experienced, professional chefs as well as novice home cooks wanting a reliable source for the best pure ingredients allowing creation of differing textures and flavors in dishes. He has spent the better part of a decade scouring the world for the best products from the world's most innovative chefs. WillPowders are the new kitchen staples for producing foams, clouds, airs, fruit caviar, hot gelatins, and more with specialty technical additive products for gelification, spherification, emulsification, effervescense, deconstructing or thickening. Have fun experimenting with Molecular Gastronomy!