Staying Smart About Salt
Salt plays a key role in preserving and enhancing food products. But its link to potential health problems has prompted ingredient suppliers and food manufacturers to explore creative new approaches to sodium reduction.
For centuries, the ubiquitous mineral salt has had economic, political, health, and religious importance, and has been a subject in mythology, literature, and warfare. At one time used as currency, a symbol of good luck, and to ward off evil spirits, salt’s most identifiable role today is that of flavor enhancer and food preserver. It is a supermarket staple and something we find in every home cook’s cupboard and on every restaurant table. The usefulness of salt goes beyond the kitchen; it serve…
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