17-08-2003 04:46									#1
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I saw a can of salt that said "now with 30% less sodium". What the heck's that supposed to mean? Isn't salt sodium chloride?

	17-08-2003 04:50									#2
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I suppose they added some flour / sugar / cocaine / any white powder in their product, and seel it as a "salt" package.

	17-08-2003 04:52									#3
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Mmmm... cocaine salt.

	17-08-2003 04:56									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Mmmm... cocaine salt.

That would sure boost their sales

	17-08-2003 04:57									#5
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quote: Originally posted by Smiley I saw a can of salt that said "now with 30% less sodium". What the heck's that supposed to mean? Isn't salt sodium chloride?

It means they shrunk the size of the container and the serving size 30%, but they are still charging you the same price.

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	17-08-2003 04:58									#7
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Someone at the factory has severe issues and tossed some bleach in the mix. No sodium there, just chlorine. Either that, or they wanted a clever way of saying the package is 30% smaller and making it sound like a good thing.

	17-08-2003 05:04									#8
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More seriously, our usual products rarely correspond to their exact chemical composition. When you buy a bottle of water, you don't get pure H₂O, but a bunch of various mineral mixed in the water. I don't know for the US, but in France, this mineral composition is an advertising factor.

I'd suppose it the same for salt. You don't get pure NaCl, but I guess there are many elements in the contents which makes salt X slightly different from salt Y.

	17-08-2003 05:12									#9
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Note: said salt was sold in New Jersey. Should that mean something?

	17-08-2003 05:44									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor That would sure boost their sales

Have you ever tried sniffing salt? -Don't!

	17-08-2003 06:43									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Richard I Have you ever tried sniffing salt? -Don't!

Aargh, why didn't you say so before?

	17-08-2003 09:16									#12
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Is Sodium bad??

	17-08-2003 09:33									#13
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It probably has some KCl and possibly KI in the mix.

	17-08-2003 09:38									#14
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Well, it seems to me that if salt is half sodium and half chlorine, then 30% less sodium would mean that there's a good deal of unbonded chlorine just lying around in the package. And since unbonded chlorine is, IIRC, a highly poisonous gas, if I were you I'd stay away from that brand, or at least open it in a highly ventilated area with a gas mask on.

	17-08-2003 11:48									#15
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well the chlorine of salt is an ion, not a gas. but you can't just have unbonded ions floating around unless it is in water or dissolved in something similar.

Me thinks that they just have some other crap in the salt.

	17-08-2003 11:54									#16
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It's probably just some garbage that some marketing idiot put there under the delusion that it would sell better.

	18-08-2003 01:28									#17
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30% less sodium, 30% less chloride too They've probably cut it with brick dust or concrete powder or something, in true drug trafficker tradition

	18-08-2003 01:31									#18
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Maybe it's NaCl2..

	18-08-2003 01:32									#19
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I think the Mad Monk is on the money, man.

	18-08-2003 01:33									#20
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They have replaced the NaCl with something else, normally KCl as Mad Monk said.

	18-08-2003 01:36									#21
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Yeah, I wasn't been serious...it probably contains more KCl in it.

	18-08-2003 01:37									#22
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NaCl with 30% less sodium =

Na+ + Cl- <---> NaCL

x(Na) + y(Cl) <---> 1(NaCl)

x = 1 - y
x - 0.3 = 1
y = 1.3
x = 0.7

0.7(Na) + (1.3Cl) <---> 0.7(NaCl) + 0.6(Cl) = Clorox bleach

	18-08-2003 01:40									#23
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Yeah, go KCl!

I wanted to switch to the healthy salt for ages.

	18-08-2003 01:49									#24
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That's SIR to you, ya mercurious, presumptive poo.

	18-08-2003 02:06									#25
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Lifesalt!

This salt contains lots of KCl and MgSO4 to replace the NaCl, but the best part is:

quote: 100% Natural and Chemical free!

	18-08-2003 02:07									#26
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soon, there will be no sodium. Just powdered chlorine....


Its an evil commy plot to chlurinise out precious boodily fluids, Mandrake.

	18-08-2003 07:47									#27
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I checked the label again, it says "30% less Sodium per Teaspoon". However, checking the ingredients list, the second largest ingredient was not KCl. It was SILICON DIOXIDE. That's right, SAND. KCl didn't even come in third, that position went to MgSO4.

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quote: Originally posted by Smiley I checked the label again, it says "30% less Sodium per Teaspoon". However, checking the ingredients list, the second largest ingredient was not KCl. It was SILICON DIOXIDE. That's right, SAND. KCl didn't even come in third, that position went to MgSO4.

So, the natural and "chemical-free" label actually means that it is full of impurities. It's a lower grade than normal salt, but they use that as an argumant to sell it to the ignorant consumers who believe it's a better product.

	18-08-2003 14:12									#29
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Just use a 30% less normal salt! (or none, which is what I do, no need to add salt to anything these days the amount they put in everything).

	18-08-2003 15:23									#30
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Exactly!

I just use garlic powder on everything instead!