Well, at least they weren't as confident as they were inaccurate?! Silver linings or something.
Botzo
Ferrous gluconate is prescribed for anemia (ferrous sulfate is the most common in multivitamins). You could go to any number of stores close to you and find it in the supplements section.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9818626/
And yeah, lye is used in many traditional food preservation and preparation techniques.
Chemistry aside, what I takeaway is that this is a wild process for a relatively tasteless product (compared to traditionally processed olives).
Layoff at least 3% of staff!
Also my favorite to use with the smart junior engineers who keep saying we should "just do ___."
This has the same effect as the old saying "The beatings will continue until morale improves."
The violence is the point. The argument is absurd.
It's a game I play too. Sometimes you even get lucky with terrain and you can see the whole period of a wave and determine a speed to nullify it entirely. So satisfying.
Pretty sure this is the original unglamorous premise of Severance before it got hopped up by the what ifs from the producers.


For sure! It's also preservation technique.
It has the unfortunate side effect of making the olives somewhat tasteless compared to their possible result.
I say this as someone who finds excuses to eat olives in just about any form (including these). Anchovy stuffed being my favorite at the moment.