Go to the Article: Stock Options: Store-Bought Chicken Stock Substitutes and How to Use Them
If I want to add some Knorr gelatin to Better than Bouillon, how much should I add?
If I have a grocery store roast chicken carcass in the freezer, I just roast it for 45min and instant stock...
I can understand using the Totole as a seasoning or umami booster, but it seems sacrilegious to recommend it as a chicken stock substitute given that it is devoid of anything derived from a chicken.
The starting percentage I like to use for giving stock "body" with Knorr gelatin is 2% to the total weight. I also use this percentage for broths made with concentrates.
Hey Tom! I totally hear where you're coming from. Ingredient labels can be very ambiguous, especially in the states. I was curious if it's actually devoid of anything derived from chicken so I went to their site. Not going to lie their story/mission inspires me to start my own bouillon company. But lets set my hopes and dreams aside.
On the Xian Q&A page they note: "6. Is granulated chicken bouillon really made from chicken?
Totole insists on adding fresh chicken as raw material. Mixed with other raw materials, Fresh chicken is finely processed into granulated chicken bouillon through multiple processes Insisting on high-quality raw materials is one of the outstanding features of Totole. Anyone who is Interested can visit the Totole headquarters for an industrial tour to learn more about how the granulated chicken bouillon was produced."
Will try and give them a call today when they open to get more info!
Thanks for the feedback, Nicholas! Call me skeptical, but that Q&A is for granulated chicken bouillon. Their site shows that they sell granulated chicken bouillon as well as chicken powder seasoning and granulated chicken flavor soup base mix (which apparently is only sold outside China). Both the granulated chicken bouillon and chicken powder seasoning discuss their use of chickens in their production, but the granulated chicken flavor soup base mix does not. I’m thinking the ingredient list is accurate for the chicken “flavor” soup base mix.
