| COOKING WITH ALUMINUM COOKWARE |
The intended use for home tamale steamer is expressly for steaming tamales. We do not recommend
using our steamer to cook or store acidic foods.
Cooking or storing acidic foods, such as tomato sauce or sauerkraut, in aluminum pots may result in
a minute amount of aluminum leaching into the food. Tamales are non-acidic, wrapped in corn husks
and steaming paper, and do not come into direct contact with the steamer; therefore there is no
danger of leaching.
Still a little apprehensive? Read on...
Here’s what FDA researchers have to say about aluminum cookware: “Aluminum is ubiquitous. It is
the third most abundant element in the earth's crust (after oxygen and silicon). It is in air, water and
soil, and ultimately in the plants and animals we eat.” Research on whether aluminum can leach from
cookware into foods indicates that "in a worst-case scenario, a person using uncoated aluminum
pans for all cooking and food storage every day would take in an estimated 3.5 milligrams of
aluminum daily." By contrast, "one antacid tablet can contain 50 milligrams of aluminum or more,
and it is not unusual for a person with an upset stomach to consume more than 1,000 milligrams,
or 1 gram, of aluminum per day. A buffered aspirin tablet may contain about 10 to 20 milligrams of
aluminum." If you use these products, look for aluminum-free antacids and plain, non-buffered aspirin.
The point is that any aluminum leached into foods from aluminum cookware is negligible.
using our steamer to cook or store acidic foods.
Cooking or storing acidic foods, such as tomato sauce or sauerkraut, in aluminum pots may result in
a minute amount of aluminum leaching into the food. Tamales are non-acidic, wrapped in corn husks
and steaming paper, and do not come into direct contact with the steamer; therefore there is no
danger of leaching.
Still a little apprehensive? Read on...
Here’s what FDA researchers have to say about aluminum cookware: “Aluminum is ubiquitous. It is
the third most abundant element in the earth's crust (after oxygen and silicon). It is in air, water and
soil, and ultimately in the plants and animals we eat.” Research on whether aluminum can leach from
cookware into foods indicates that "in a worst-case scenario, a person using uncoated aluminum
pans for all cooking and food storage every day would take in an estimated 3.5 milligrams of
aluminum daily." By contrast, "one antacid tablet can contain 50 milligrams of aluminum or more,
and it is not unusual for a person with an upset stomach to consume more than 1,000 milligrams,
or 1 gram, of aluminum per day. A buffered aspirin tablet may contain about 10 to 20 milligrams of
aluminum." If you use these products, look for aluminum-free antacids and plain, non-buffered aspirin.
The point is that any aluminum leached into foods from aluminum cookware is negligible.
