Caking resistant salt compositions
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsJanice Marie Johnson, Robert Scott Koefod, Julie R. Schuette
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Abstract
Salt compositions with reduced caking tendency and improved clean label acceptability comprise a blend of dry ingredients comprising a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, iodized sodium chloride, iodized potassium chloride and mixtures thereof; and a dry particulate flow agent selected from the group consisting of flour, corn bran, soy fiber, inulin, whey, casein, starch, sugar, protein, lecithin, citrus fiber and mixtures thereof. The salt compositions are especially useful for use in food preparation, manufacture, and seasoning.
Claims20
A salt composition with reduced caking tendency comprising a blend of dry ingredients comprising
- at least 85% by weight of a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, iodized sodium chloride, iodized potassium chloride and mixtures thereof;
- and
- a dry particulate flow agent comprising a pre-gelatinized starch.
A salt composition with reduced caking tendency comprising a blend of dry ingredients comprising
- at least 97% by weight of a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, potassium chloride and mixtures thereof;
- and
- at least 0.1% by weight of a dry particulate flow agent comprising a pre-gelatinized starch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.