Thornes Aluminium Honey creamer, legal?

[Dodge]

Hi all.

Thornes are still selling an Aluminium Honey creamer. Is the use of Aluminium still allowed for tools used to process Honey for sale, I thought it wasn't so a little confused?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

confused. No prohibition on using aluminium in food preparation. Majority of pans in commercial kitchens are aluminium.

 

[Millet]

Apparently Aluminum cooking pots can cause Dementia over a period of time..

 

[Apiarisnt]

..in case you had forgotten something

Apparently Aluminum cooking pots can cause Dementia over a period of time..

Myth 4: Drinking out of aluminum cans or cooking in aluminum pots and pans can lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

Reality: During the 1960s and 1970s, aluminum emerged as a possible suspect in Alzheimer’s. This suspicion led to concern about exposure to aluminum through everyday sources such as pots and pans, beverage cans, antacids and antiperspirants. Since then, studies have failed to confirm any role for aluminum in causing Alzheimer’s. Experts today focus on other areas of research, and few believe that everyday sources of aluminum pose any threat.

https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-alzheimers/myths

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Myth 4: Drinking out of aluminum cans or cooking in aluminum pots and pans can lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

Reality: During the 1960s and 1970s, aluminum emerged as a possible suspect in Alzheimer’s. This suspicion led to concern about exposure to aluminum through everyday sources such as pots and pans, beverage cans, antacids and antiperspirants. Since then, studies have failed to confirm any role for aluminum in causing Alzheimer’s. Experts today focus on other areas of research, and few believe that everyday sources of aluminum pose any threat.

https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-alzheimers/myths

one of those apocryphal stories that noone can ever put a finger on the documentary evidence (or can remember where they put it)
Did a lot of research on it when we were trying to standardise the fleet galley stores and there was a push to go from stainless steel to Ali (and many were up in arms) even the Alzheimer's society, when contacted said there was no proof of it.

 

[MartinL]

Aluminium, or as the illiterate (across the pond) like to call it, "Aluminum", is the most abundant metal on Earth. So highly likely that we are going to have some significant contact with it through life here.
It is also highly reactive and reacts/oxidises immediately when in contact with the air. This reaction forms a protective layer which is very difficult to remove, thus making it safe for food.

Don't confuse it with Zinc.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Don't confuse it with Zinc.

...or copper.

 

[blackcloud]

All our pots and pans went to make hurricanes and spitfires-or so the scrap metal gypsy told me.....

 

[oliver90owner]

This misconception by the daily mail readers was caused by the Camelford problem of about 30 years , or more, ago. A driver mistakenly dropped a 20 tonne load of aluminium sulphate solution into the local mains water supply.

Aluminium metal oxidises quite rapidly to form an inert surface layer of Al2O3. As long as shiny, the surface is very inert. If corrosion can start beneath that surface, aluminium can oxidise quite quickly. Aluminium is more susceptible to alkaline conditions.

Here is one Guardian report of the possible cause of death of one resident, years after the accident. Included because it describes the initial accident and problems recounted by some of the 7000 local water users at the time.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/14/camelford-water-poisoning-inquest

 

[Dodge]

Many thanks all.

 

[For want of a better word]

Aluminium, or as the illiterate (across the pond) like to call it, "Aluminum", is the most abundant metal on Earth. So highly likely that we are going to have some significant contact with it through life here.
It is also highly reactive and reacts/oxidises immediately when in contact with the air. This reaction forms a protective layer which is very difficult to remove, thus making it safe for food.

Don't confuse it with Zinc.

Is not iron is the most abundant metal on Earth... the core is supposedly made from it.
I am sure Thrones aluminium honey creamer is food safe or I doubt if they would be selling it?

 

[MartinL]

Is not iron is the most abundant metal on Earth... the core is supposedly made from it.

Should have said "Element" and no Iron is not.
At least it wasn't when I did Chemistry 35 years back!

 

[madasafish]

...or copper.

Or lead.. Pewter used to contain lead. Water pipes were made of lead..