Why do you always smell after eating hot pot? Is it related to nitrite? Here comes the truth...

This article was reviewed by Liu Shaowei, food safety expert, former deputy director and professor of Food and Drug Regulatory Research Center of East China University of Science and Technology

In this cold winter

What food is the best for this season?

It must be hot pot

When we talk about hotpot

Did you swallow secretly?

Every free time

Meet some friends

Around the steaming hot pot

Talk about life

It's really warming both the heart and the body

But

Have you ever had such troubles?

Every time after eating hot pot

The whole body exudes a strong smell of hot pot

So

Why is this?

Let’s take a closer look today!

turn out to be

When eating hot pot

After the spices in the hot pot are heated

Spice molecules

It is carried into the air by water vapor

Then it attaches to clothes and hair

If you stay in a hot pot restaurant longer

The taste will become stronger

As for the smell

The reason why it can't be removed by itself for a long time

It's because of the aroma molecules in the hot pot oil droplets

Not volatile due to

but

These happy "little troubles"

All can be solved

You can try spraying some perfume or lemon water

If that doesn't work, go home and wash.

As long as the hot pot is delicious

Eat happily.

Isn’t it?

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