Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Evil spirits know their stuff when it comes to breakfast! Try this trick for yourself!
Equipment: dishes, new needleless syringe, 4 g (1.5 tsp) edible sodium alginate and 20 g (6–7 tsp) calcium lactate, 300 mL (10.2 fl oz) water, 100 mL (3.4 fl oz) soda, blender.
Blend 4 g (1.5 tsp) sodium alginate with 100 mL (3.4 fl oz) water. Add 100 mL (3.4 fl oz) soda and blend again. Dissolve 20 g (6–7 tsp) calcium lactate in 200 mL (6.8 fl oz) of water and transfer to a bowl. Fill a needleless syringe with the solution of sodium alginate and soda, and squeeze it into the calcium lactate solution in the bowl – this creates an edible jello-like worm with soda inside.
When the sodium alginate and calcium lactate solutions mix, they instantly form a new insoluble jello-like compound, calcium alginate, yielding elastic tubes resembling worms.
Safe and exciting experiments await you in the MEL Chemistry subscription!
Warning! Only under adult supervision
Evil spirits know their stuff when it comes to breakfast! Try this trick for yourself!
Equipment: dishes, new needleless syringe, 4 g (1.5 tsp) edible sodium alginate and 20 g (6–7 tsp) calcium lactate, 300 mL (10.2 fl oz) water, 100 mL (3.4 fl oz) soda, blender.
Blend 4 g (1.5 tsp) sodium alginate with 100 mL (3.4 fl oz) water. Add 100 mL (3.4 fl oz) soda and blend again. Dissolve 20 g (6–7 tsp) calcium lactate in 200 mL (6.8 fl oz) of water and transfer to a bowl. Fill a needleless syringe with the solution of sodium alginate and soda, and squeeze it into the calcium lactate solution in the bowl – this creates an edible jello-like worm with soda inside.
When the sodium alginate and calcium lactate solutions mix, they instantly form a new insoluble jello-like compound, calcium alginate, yielding elastic tubes resembling worms.
Safe and exciting experiments await you in the MEL Chemistry subscription!
Warning! Only under adult supervision
