Experts have warned against a 'dangerous' trend circulating on TikTok of deep frying water, which they say could lead to fiery explosions. The pointless trend involves combining water with calcium alginate to form a sphere of water, before coating it in flour, egg and breadcrumbs and dropping it into a fryer. But if the calcium alginate membrane splits and the water leaks into the hot oil, it could give explosive results that could cause a gruesome injury. Footage posted by TikTok user @trendychef_ shows the various stages of preparing deep fried water – which has little taste or nutritional value. Dr Christopher Cramer, Fellow of the American Chemical Society, called the trend 'somewhere between insane and suicidal'.