Chinese call jian (碱) or jian shui(碱水) and what the Japanese call kansui(かん水). Sometimes kansui can also be a solution of sodium hydroxide or a powdered...

former effect, sodium carbonate is therefore one of the components of kansui (かん水), a solution of alkaline salts used to give Japanese ramen noodles their...

ingredients in instant noodles are flour, starch, water, salt and/or kansui (かん水), a type of alkaline mineral water containing sodium carbonate and usually...