Vegetable Parchment Paper; a Grease Proof Paper Widely Used In Baking and Cooking
Vegetable Parchment Paper , also known as vegetable parchment or parchment paper, is a grease resistant sheet widely used for cheese wrapping, food wrapping, butter & margarine packaging. It is a hard transparent paper usually made of either cotton fibers or chemical cellulose wood pulp. The fiber sheet is mechanically processed by soaking in a solution of sodium hydroxide or zinc oxide to make a translucent paper having a semi-translucent gloss. Vegetable parchment paper is quite absorbent and has wet strength properties. Parchment papers are resistant to grease and moisture, and thus, they are used for various purposes such as wrapping of food items, reheating, roasting, and baking. It can be obtained in the form of rolls, precut rounds, and sheets. Vegetable Parchment Paper are manufactured by passing parchment paper, using the parchmentizing technique, through sulfuric acid or zinc chloride, resulting in the bulging of parchment fibers, which makes the paper grea...