Post by lucky on Aug 25, 2012 16:57:00 GMT -5
Hello all,
Just a note to caution that some brands of salt contain sugar (or dextrose / corn syrup / invert sugar), and in varying amounts.
It seems there are two main reasons...
feelgoodfood.net/2010/11/exploring-ingredients-table-salt/
1... Sugar and salt are both flavour enhancers:
"so adding a bit of sugar to salt makes it taste saltier. And since sugar is cheaper than salt, then it just makes plain old economic sense to sub in one white granular substance for the other. (Any other coloured fleck and consumers would start to ask questions)."
Note:
Kosher salt is naturally "less" salty. Caution that sugar is not added to make it "saltier" and therefore more like other types of salt.
2.... Potassium iodide:
"is added to a lot of table salt – it’s a nutrient that we rarely get from our diet and it helps prevent goiter, a thyroid gland problem caused by lack of iodine, and to prevent mental retardation associated with iodine deficiency."
Glucose (Dextrose):
"is a sugar (the main sugar in corn syrup), and is added in small amounts (0.04%) to salt to prevent the potassium iodide from breaking down into iodine, which evaporates away (sublimes)."
Other Potassium iodide stabilizers:
"include sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), sodium carbonate, and sodium thiosulfate…and so you may also see these on the ingredients list of your salt package."
"So it seems that we need potassium iodide, so we add it to salt. But to keep in from evaporating, we add the sugar."
sci-toys.com/ingredients/table_salt.html
Calcium silicate:
"is an anti-caking additive. Salt is hygroscopic, meaning it absorbs water from the air. This water dissolves the salt, and the resulting salt water combines with the remaining salt, cementing the grains together into a solid mass."
"Calcium silicate absorbs moisture from the air better than salt, and does not dissolve in the water it absorbs. This protects the salt from caking, and ensures that it pours freely. Less that 0.5% is generally used, so in very humid weather, the salt may still become lumpy."
Morton Salt : Why is iodine added to salt? ** Why is dextrose added to salt?
www.mortonsalt.com/faqs/food-salt-faqs
"In 1924 Morton became the first company to produce iodized salt for the table in order to reduce the incidence of simple goiter. Dextrose is added to stabilize the iodide."
"Iodine is vital to the proper functioning of the thyroid gland and the prevention of goiter. Actually, the amount of dextrose in salt is so small that it is dietetically insignificant."
"Morton® Iodized Table Salt contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100 grams of salt. Morton® Plain Table Salt contains neither iodine nor dextrose. All Morton Salt products containing potassium iodide are labeled as such."
Salt containing some form of "sweetener"
1. Windsor : Iodized Table Salt
Ingredients : salt, calcium silicate, sugar, potassium iodide
2. Morton : Iodized Table Salt
"contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100 grams"
The above are just 2 examples. I am sure there are many more brands (and varieties within each brand) that also contain sugar (or variation of such).
HFI safe salt (iodized to protect thyroid)
1. Windsor : Iodized Fine Sea Salt
Ingredients : sea salt, potassium iodide, sodium thiosulphate, sodium ferrocyanide decahydrate (yellow prussiate of soda, an anti-caking agent)
Likewise, the above is just one example of HFI safe salt. It is the one we use.
Interestingly, you will notice that none of the individual company websites below address specific ingredients in each of their products. So, the only way to verify fructose is an added ingredient is to actually look at the product packaging in a store (or in your home).
Links...
* Feel Good Food: Exploring Ingredients: Table Salt
feelgoodfood.net/2010/11/exploring-ingredients-table-salt/
* Science Toys: Ingredients--Table Salt
sci-toys.com/ingredients/table_salt.html
* Invert Sugar: What is it...
alifelesssweet.blogspot.ca/2009/05/because-you-askedinvert-sugar.html?m=1
* Windsor Salt:
www.windsorsalt.com/food_salts/salt.html.htm
* Windsor Salt: HFI safe: Iodized Fine Sea Salt
www.windsorsalt.com/food_salts/seasaltfine.html.htm
* Sifto Salt:
www.siftocanada.com/en/products-applications/culinary/table-and-gourmet/
* Morton Salt:
www.mortonsalt.com/for-your-home/culinary-salts/food-salts
Just a note to caution that some brands of salt contain sugar (or dextrose / corn syrup / invert sugar), and in varying amounts.
It seems there are two main reasons...
feelgoodfood.net/2010/11/exploring-ingredients-table-salt/
1... Sugar and salt are both flavour enhancers:
"so adding a bit of sugar to salt makes it taste saltier. And since sugar is cheaper than salt, then it just makes plain old economic sense to sub in one white granular substance for the other. (Any other coloured fleck and consumers would start to ask questions)."
Note:
Kosher salt is naturally "less" salty. Caution that sugar is not added to make it "saltier" and therefore more like other types of salt.
2.... Potassium iodide:
"is added to a lot of table salt – it’s a nutrient that we rarely get from our diet and it helps prevent goiter, a thyroid gland problem caused by lack of iodine, and to prevent mental retardation associated with iodine deficiency."
Glucose (Dextrose):
"is a sugar (the main sugar in corn syrup), and is added in small amounts (0.04%) to salt to prevent the potassium iodide from breaking down into iodine, which evaporates away (sublimes)."
Other Potassium iodide stabilizers:
"include sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), sodium carbonate, and sodium thiosulfate…and so you may also see these on the ingredients list of your salt package."
"So it seems that we need potassium iodide, so we add it to salt. But to keep in from evaporating, we add the sugar."
sci-toys.com/ingredients/table_salt.html
Calcium silicate:
"is an anti-caking additive. Salt is hygroscopic, meaning it absorbs water from the air. This water dissolves the salt, and the resulting salt water combines with the remaining salt, cementing the grains together into a solid mass."
"Calcium silicate absorbs moisture from the air better than salt, and does not dissolve in the water it absorbs. This protects the salt from caking, and ensures that it pours freely. Less that 0.5% is generally used, so in very humid weather, the salt may still become lumpy."
Morton Salt : Why is iodine added to salt? ** Why is dextrose added to salt?
www.mortonsalt.com/faqs/food-salt-faqs
"In 1924 Morton became the first company to produce iodized salt for the table in order to reduce the incidence of simple goiter. Dextrose is added to stabilize the iodide."
"Iodine is vital to the proper functioning of the thyroid gland and the prevention of goiter. Actually, the amount of dextrose in salt is so small that it is dietetically insignificant."
"Morton® Iodized Table Salt contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100 grams of salt. Morton® Plain Table Salt contains neither iodine nor dextrose. All Morton Salt products containing potassium iodide are labeled as such."
Salt containing some form of "sweetener"
1. Windsor : Iodized Table Salt
Ingredients : salt, calcium silicate, sugar, potassium iodide
2. Morton : Iodized Table Salt
"contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100 grams"
The above are just 2 examples. I am sure there are many more brands (and varieties within each brand) that also contain sugar (or variation of such).
HFI safe salt (iodized to protect thyroid)
1. Windsor : Iodized Fine Sea Salt
Ingredients : sea salt, potassium iodide, sodium thiosulphate, sodium ferrocyanide decahydrate (yellow prussiate of soda, an anti-caking agent)
Likewise, the above is just one example of HFI safe salt. It is the one we use.
Interestingly, you will notice that none of the individual company websites below address specific ingredients in each of their products. So, the only way to verify fructose is an added ingredient is to actually look at the product packaging in a store (or in your home).
Links...
* Feel Good Food: Exploring Ingredients: Table Salt
feelgoodfood.net/2010/11/exploring-ingredients-table-salt/
* Science Toys: Ingredients--Table Salt
sci-toys.com/ingredients/table_salt.html
* Invert Sugar: What is it...
alifelesssweet.blogspot.ca/2009/05/because-you-askedinvert-sugar.html?m=1
* Windsor Salt:
www.windsorsalt.com/food_salts/salt.html.htm
* Windsor Salt: HFI safe: Iodized Fine Sea Salt
www.windsorsalt.com/food_salts/seasaltfine.html.htm
* Sifto Salt:
www.siftocanada.com/en/products-applications/culinary/table-and-gourmet/
* Morton Salt:
www.mortonsalt.com/for-your-home/culinary-salts/food-salts