Essential Depot5 oz Food Grade Sodium Hydroxide Lye Evenly-Sized Micro Pels (Beads or Particles) - 5 oz Bottle - Lye Drain Cleaner - HDPE Container with Resealable Child Resistant Cap and Handle

We use this for making pretzels and pretzel burger buns. It shipped well sealed and works very well in our home kitchen, I would definitely recommend if you are making pretzels and want to move beyond just baking soda.

Perfectly good baking lye at a fair price.

When I told my experienced baker friend that I wanted to make real, authentic German pretzels, he told me I must have food-grade lye and diastatic malt powder. Be sure to read the instructions completely since lye is corrosive—wear gloves. German bakers dip the unbaked, shaped pretzel dough in a diluted lye bath. This gave my California-made pretzels taste like the real thing! I used the King Arthur recipe.

I know it is my own fault for not really looking at the volume amount, but I was sorely disappointed at how small this bottle was for the price. However, it did its job. I use sodium hydroxide in handmade soap and it serves its purpose. I will not be repurchasing only due to the price, I can find it much cheaper elsewhere.

Made pretzels. The lye works better than boiling in water.

Worked as advertised but take caution when using this product

Got tired of poor results from baking soda dips. I was afraid lye would be too tricky but with proper precautions it sure does the trick. Just be careful and read all precautions for safe use lye. We have Septic so I dilute carefully before dumping down sink.

Worked great in my hydrogen machine