Sodium-free salt substitute
AssigneeWorking Bugs, LLC
InventorsKris A. Berglund, Erik A. Berglund
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Abstract
A composition that is a substitute for food grade sodium chloride includes crystalline particles containing both potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride such that the potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride are not susceptible to separation. A process for making the composition includes steps of providing a supersaturated water solution of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride at a temperature of from about 10 to about 70° C., adding ethanol to the solution in an amount sufficient to precipitate crystalline particles containing a combination of potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride, separating the crystalline particles from the solution, and drying the crystalline particles.
Claims10
A composition which is a substitute for food grade sodium chloride providing a salty taste, which comprises:
- crystalline particles in which the individual particles comprise both potassium chloride (KCI) and lysine monohydrochloride (LMC).
A process for providing a composition which is a substitute for food grade sodium chloride, which comprises:
- (a) providing a supersaturated water solution of potassium chloride (KCl) and lysine monohydrochloride (LMC) at a temperature between about 10 and 70° C.;
- (b) adding ethanol to the solution in an amount sufficient to precipitate crystalline particles that contain both LMC and KCI;
- (c) separating the crystalline particles from the solution;
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- (d) drying the crystalline particles to provide the composition in a flowable solid particulate form.
A food grade dietary substitute for sodium chloride comprising crystalline particles containing potassium chloride and lysine monohydrochloride, wherein an x-ray diffraction pattern for the product does not have peaks at 2 theta values of approximately 8, 18 and 53, which are characteristic of lysine monohydrochloride crystals alone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.