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Below are three photos to give you an idea of how much product you will receive in each size package. We filled up each size bag with marbles and placed them next to a quarter to provide a clear representation. There are two different photos, one for standard spices/seasonings and one for herbs. Since many herbs are so leafy the same weight will fill up a much larger bag. This is why some of the herb prices seem a lot higher than the spice prices, but you are actually receiving more product.

The third image is of our 1 cup Bottle with Sifter next to a popular national brand found in most grocery stores. You can see that our bottle holds close to 2.5 times more product than the national brand bottle. Plus, ours often costs less! Please be aware some other online retailers only offer 1/2 cup(4 fluid ounces) bottles. We choose to offer double the size 1 cup (8 fluid ounces) bottles to give you the biggest bang for your buck!

We hope you can see from these images that regardless of which size you order, you are getting a lot of product and a very good value compared to the supermarket.

Alum Powder

$6.00
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SKU: 00531004
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Alum Powder
Also Known As: Powdered Alum, Iron-Free Aluminum Sulfate, Potassium-Free Aluminum Sulfate or Alum Baking Powder
Ingredients: Pure Food Grade Alum Crystals
Taste and Aroma: Alum Powder is not used for its flavor, but for its chemical properties in pickling and baking.
Uses: Pickling, baking and as a preservative. The main reason pickles are crispy! Use roughly one ounce of alum powder per gallon of water when pickling. **This alum powder cannot be used to grow crystals.**
Substitutes: Pickling Spice,Calcium Chloride Food Grade, Ascorbic Acid Vitamin C Powder, Cream Of Tartar, Arrowroot Powder and Citric Acid.
Fun Fact: During the roaring twenties Alum Powder was often used in comedy acts, causing performers to pucker their lips in a comedic fashion.

Customer Reviews

Based on 20 reviews
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Rodney B. (Saugerties, US)
Alum powder

Love the zip lock bags. They are heavy duty. Alum works nice. Keeps the pickles crisp.

D
Dottie Y. (Philadelphia, US)
Dyeing to Use Alum

The alum available works well as a mordant for my natural dyes...and the price is reasonable!

K
Kari W. (Puyallup, US)
Easy to use website

My spice sage, was quick to process my order, and I received the order very quickly. The packaging is great and easy to read what is in the individual packets.

M
Maria S. (Independence, US)

Alum Powder

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Karla (Hoxie, US)
Not what I expected

When I ordered the alum I was expecting to get alum powder as described, but what I got was granulated alum. I could have bought the same thing at my local grocery store for a considerably lower cost. It would certainly not keep me from trying another spice.

C
Charles C. (Hampton, US)
Alum

It's fantastic stuff. Not only do we use for pickling, but when our well water becomes discolored from surface water, we drop some in the well. Walla , we have clear water!!

G
Geneva M. (Fairbanks, US)
Fine Alum

I bought 5 lbs for tanning rabbit skins. It worked as expected and arrived fast.

R
Roger B. (Rigby, US)

Alum Powder

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Gerard D. (Baltimore, US)
nice

5 star to this team. Service is fast

P
Petra S.T. (Carpinteria, US)
Alum

Great stuff for making Christmas Ornaments! I dyed the dough, put a hole in it, cooked it and WHAMMO! instant ornaments. Easy for children to make.

Customer Reviews

Based on 20 reviews
90%
(18)
5%
(1)
5%
(1)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
R
Rodney B. (Saugerties, US)
Alum powder

Love the zip lock bags. They are heavy duty. Alum works nice. Keeps the pickles crisp.

D
Dottie Y. (Philadelphia, US)
Dyeing to Use Alum

The alum available works well as a mordant for my natural dyes...and the price is reasonable!

K
Kari W. (Puyallup, US)
Easy to use website

My spice sage, was quick to process my order, and I received the order very quickly. The packaging is great and easy to read what is in the individual packets.

M
Maria S. (Independence, US)

Alum Powder

K
Karla (Hoxie, US)
Not what I expected

When I ordered the alum I was expecting to get alum powder as described, but what I got was granulated alum. I could have bought the same thing at my local grocery store for a considerably lower cost. It would certainly not keep me from trying another spice.

C
Charles C. (Hampton, US)
Alum

It's fantastic stuff. Not only do we use for pickling, but when our well water becomes discolored from surface water, we drop some in the well. Walla , we have clear water!!

G
Geneva M. (Fairbanks, US)
Fine Alum

I bought 5 lbs for tanning rabbit skins. It worked as expected and arrived fast.

R
Roger B. (Rigby, US)

Alum Powder

G
Gerard D. (Baltimore, US)
nice

5 star to this team. Service is fast

P
Petra S.T. (Carpinteria, US)
Alum

Great stuff for making Christmas Ornaments! I dyed the dough, put a hole in it, cooked it and WHAMMO! instant ornaments. Easy for children to make.

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