Compositions of low sodium salt and methods of making and using
AssigneeS & P Ingredient Development, LLC
InventorsNeil Osterwalder, Sambasiva Rao Chigurupati, Pratik Nandan Bhandari
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to salt compositions and methods used to make them. Embodiments may include methods for preparing salt compositions that include aerosolizing a melted salt composition to form droplets, where the droplets form rounded particles. Embodiments may further include solid compositions, including rounded salt particles, where the particles are formed by aerosolizing a melted salt composition. The particles can have semisolid interiors with void spaces.
Claims24
A method for preparing a salt composition, the method comprising:
- heating a salt composition to yield a melted salt composition;
- aerosolizing the melted salt composition to form droplets;
- and
- cooling the droplets to yield rounded particles defining internal voids,
- wherein the salt composition, the melted salt composition, and the rounded particles comprise a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium salts, potassium salts, magnesium salts, and calcium salts.
A solid composition comprising rounded salt particles defining internal voids and consisting essentially of chloride salts.
A food product comprising:
- a food material;
- and
- rounded salt particles produced from molten salt, wherein the rounded salt particles define internal voids and comprise sodium chloride, potassium chloride, or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.