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What is the Maillard Reaction - Food Science

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What makes toasted bread and roasted coffee smell so good? It's a chemical reaction called the Maillard Reaction. Dr. Kiki explains the science behind the feel-good smell on this episode of Food Science

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meganseraph65 10 months, 4 weeks ago

It creates acrylamide.

maanaszachariah60
maanaszachariah60 10 months, 4 weeks ago

Tell the people that this Maillard effect is killing us. It's not science. Is food poisoning! 🤷

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marguerite_robin 1 year ago

Metal spoon metal pan

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kristopherhart294 1 year, 5 months ago

Why does she say Caramel but then it becomes carmelisation?

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jamesrune24 1 year, 11 months ago

what about the acrylamide production when millard reaction takes place? especially in french fries?

francisca_gonzález
francisca_gonzález 2 years, 2 months ago

Love your channel! I wish you had more subs, guessing the algorithm hasnt been very good to you- very unfortunate bc you should be wayyyyy bigger!

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hans-willi_kallert 2 years, 3 months ago

never cook again that was the worst stake sear attempt ever

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sierrahayes217 2 years, 8 months ago

Anyone else "triggered" by her 3 massive basic cooking skill mistakes equivalent of a war crime? First using metal tongs on a non stick pan, second adding onions without oil/fat and third the worst is adding that steak on top of the onions spread out..

melanie.campbell
melanie.campbell 2 years, 8 months ago

How not to sear a steak

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hans-hinrichhendriks264 2 years, 8 months ago

God examples.

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christine_ferrand 2 years, 9 months ago

🍽🤤

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kristen_brooks 3 years, 1 month ago

Science is like some speaks English, could please add more technical details , so we can enjoy even more of your content ?

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josué_costela 3 years, 3 months ago

Dr. Kiki I was wondering, I'm a professional chef. And I vacuum seal my vegetables such as garlic onions apples carrots and excetera and then I put them in a sous-vide bath and 182.5 degrees Fahrenheit for 36 hours and I'll I'll have like garlic like apple and excetera how is the reaction different when it's sealed

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graham_harvey 3 years, 7 months ago

Was all good till she put the metal into the Teflon pan, then doubles down with the steak on top of the onions to prevent searing. Oh well, of to Tesco. Tesco. "BBC trying to be Sarcastic, Ends up being relevant. (Feminism)".

virginiedelta14
virginiedelta14 3 years, 8 months ago

Brilliant video but please dont cook a steak on top of onions like that ever again ;-)

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marcelladörschner483 3 years, 9 months ago

2:33 she got possessed by Hank Green

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corinne.daniel 3 years, 10 months ago

I feel like I saw an episode of you guys on Strawberry DNA back in chem/bio 10th/9th

danieladams607
danieladams607 3 years, 10 months ago

Good video… but the way you “seared” the steak on top of the onions triggered me

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zoé_rousset 4 years, 1 month ago

Just a note, caramelised has an 'a' after the r, it's not 'carmelised'

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sarah.zuniga 4 years, 1 month ago

Nice one. Could be good to dig a bit deeper into Maillard reaction. All in all, great video.