help needed with tinned green lentils

dawn_rose

hiya I'm making tea and opened a tin of green lentils in water but some of them are coated in white. Are they OK to eat do u think?

lilian1977

Yes they'll be fine - they probably have calcium chloride added as a firming agent which will be causing the whiteness. Give them a rinse if you're uncomfortable with it x

Pipkin

Just rinse them, it's just a starchy liquid they are stored in xx

Tiddlywinks

I always dump canned lentils into a sieve and rinse them under the tap.

I once had a tin where the contents come out in one big can shaped lump :eek: which prompted me to always rinse them now.