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Baby powder is fine, given that I don't know that one can even buy talc powder anymore. It's all made with corn starch now. Go right ahead and bread those nuts
by mikestew 7y ago
Baby powder is fine, given that I don't know that one can even buy talc powder anymore. It's all made with corn starch now. Go right ahead and bread those nuts (verifying that it's non-talc breading, just to be safe).
- alexis_fr 7y agoThank you, the difference between talc and baby powder wasn’t obvious for me (especially as a non-native). Quoting Google: “Talc is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula Mg3Si4O10(OH)2.”
- ncmncm 7y agoIt's not all corn starch now. Talc is still big business.
- rootusrootus 7y agoTalc is still very much commonplace. What is actually somewhat hard to find is pure talc with no fragrance at all. Not everyone wants to smell like baby powder.
- mikestew 7y agoThanks for a different POV. Here in Redmond, WA I’m either not looking (which is quite possible), or corn starch dominates the shelves.
- rootusrootus 7y agoI've no doubt it varies considerably by store. Maybe by area, as well, though I'm not all that far from you, so that probably isn't a big factor. To get actual unscented pure talc I had to find it on Amazon.