02 May 2016

Why sugar is added to commercial salt


Explained by a professor of food science:
What really piqued my curiosity was the inclusion of “sugar”... Including only about four one-hundredths of a percent (i.e., 0.04%) of this additive protects or stabilizes the potassium iodide. If no glucose was present, the potassium iodide would eventually break down into its component parts - namely potassium and iodide ions. The iodide ions could then combine to form iodine that could actually vaporize and leave the salt.
Image cropped for size and color-corrected from the original.

3 comments:

  1. not even salt is pure anymore. :-(

    I-)

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  2. At least they didn't supply the iodine in the form of NI3. (Yeah--just shake that salt shaker ...)

    :)

    Lurker111

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