From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!zehntel!sytek!menlo70!hao!seismo!rocheste!bryan Newsgroups: net.cooks Title: Re: Sulphites in food preparation - (nf) Article-I.D.: rocheste.1038 Posted: Mon Mar 21 19:33:32 1983 Received: Thu Mar 24 08:39:30 1983 References: fortune.850 One minor correction to the note on using sulphites in beer and wine making: potassium or sodium metabisulphite is used. Sodium sulphite is an antioxidant (I use it when compounding photographic developing solutions) but is not used to sterilize. -Bryan Lyles