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Identification & Functionality
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
- Ingredient Statement
Additives: This material contains Tricalcium Phosphate (TCP), which is added to improve caking resistance and flowability in accord with 21CFR 182.1217. When this salt is incorporated into a food product, the additive is considered incidental, non-functional and exempt from label declaration under 21CFR 101.100(a)(3).
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Product Highlights
More of the salty taste they crave, with less of the sodium they don’t.
With Diamond Crystal® Fine Kosher Salt, you can serve up more satisfying taste than ever. The finer cut of Kosher Salt can be used as a flake salt for dusting. The finer flakes provide superior functionality compared to granulated salts for fried foods and seasonings.
Diamond Crystal® Fine Kosher Salt delivers superior salty taste at lower usage levels than standard table salt – helping to reduce sodium, waste, and potentially lower overall cost per serving.
A harder-working addition to your kitchen.
Created through a proprietary process, its unique, crystal structure enables Diamond Crystal® Fine Kosher Salt to outperform table salt in flavor delivery and topical adherence, so you can do more with less.
Enjoy superior fried food performance.
Superior adherence means less salt falloff, helping to minimize waste, reduce cleanup, and deliver an exceptional salt that adheres consistently.
Improve flavor at the same sodium level.
Diamond Crystal® Fine Kosher Salt can help to increase saltiness and flavor compared to table salt at the same sodium level, all while helping to maintain consumer-friendly ingredient lists. Sensory research on salted fries compared table salt to Diamond Crystal® Fine Kosher Salt on fries with the same sodium content. The sensory panel found that the french fries salted with Diamond Crystal® Fine Kosher Salt tasted saltier than those salted with table salt.
Reduce sodium without compromising great taste!
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Recommended Applications
This material is recommended for use in topping potato chips, corn chips, corn curls, puffed snacks, popcorn, nuts, as an ingredient in seasoning blends, prepared soup and sauce mixes, candy, and cookies.
Properties
- Taste
- Characteristic saline
- Odor
- Slight halogen odor
- Chemical Properties
- Physical Properties
- Other Properties
- Nutritional Information
- Nutrient Statements
Other Properties: This material contains no known allergens, and exhibits virtually no microbiological activity.
- Note
- Purity calculated prior to conditioning.
- Sieve analysis is reported as percent retained.
- Bulk Density is reported as loose (uncompacted).
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| TCP (For prepared) | 0.8 | % | Tricalcium Phosphate Content in Salt |
| Surface Moisture Content | 0.03 | % | Surface and Interstitial Moisture |
| Sodium Chloride | 99.86 | % | Purity of Sodium Chloride by Difference |
| Calcium and Magnesium as Calcium | 0.04 | % | Calcium & Magnesium by EDTA Titration |
| Sulfate Content | 0.06 | % | Sulfate by Barium Chloride Precip. |
| Water Insolubles | 0.003 | % | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Sieve (Retained on USS 50 mesh) | 15.0 | % | Particle Size Distribution (Screens) |
| Bulk Density | 881.0 | g/l | — |
| Sieve (Retained on USS 100 mesh) | 27.0 | % | Particle Size Distribution (Screens) |
| Sieve (Retained on USS 70 mesh) | 31.0 | % | Particle Size Distribution (Screens) |
| Sieve (Retained on Pan) | 26.0 | % | Particle Size Distribution (Screens) |
| Sieve (Retained on USS 40 mesh) | 2.0 | % | Particle Size Distribution (Screens) |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Arsenic Content | 0 - 1 | ppm | EPA 3050/6020 USP 730 |
| Heavy Metals (as Pb) | 0 - 2 | ppm | EPA 3050/6020 USP 730 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Energy | 0.0 | Calories/1.1g | — |
| Total Fat | 0.0 | g/1.1g | — |
| Sodium | 430.0 | mg/1.1g | — |
| Total Carbohydrate | 0.0 | g/1.1g | — |
| Protein | 0.0 | g/1.1g | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- Regulatory Statements
- Compliance: This Material is of food grade quality, complying fully with the standards for Sodium Chloride as set forth in the Food Chemicals Codex. It is approved for direct use in meat and poultry products by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service.
- Methods of Analysis: Methods of analysis are taken from ASTM E 534-08, Cargill and the Food Chemicals Codex.
Technical Details & Test Data
- Test Results
Achieve the same flavor with less salt on French Fries.
Sensory testing demonstrates that Diamond Crystal® Fine Kosher Salt delivers the same flavor as table salt at a 75% reduction in usage levels.* Consumers rated french fry samples against a reference sample (control) and results showed no statistical difference in overall flavor or liking between control and samples with Diamond Crystal® Fine Kosher Salt, which provide 30% less sodium per 100g of fries.
Salt Treatments Amount Used (grams)1 mg Sodium per 100g Fries2 Overall Flavor 3, 4 Overall Liking 3,4
Table Salt (control) 13.8 310 7.4a 7.4a Diamond Crystal® Fine Kosher Salt (test) 3.4 210 7.5a 7.5a Note: Cargill Sensory Research, 2013.
- 1 Per 1.5 lb frozen fries applied post frying
- 2 p-value = 0.17
- 3 9-point hedonic scale (1= Dislike Extremely, 9=Like Extremely)
- 4 Means followed by different letters are significantly different from each other at p<0.05
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Information
Available sizes:
- 4 lb. box (12 per case)
Storage & Handling
- Storage Conditions
To improve caking resistance, the product should be stored in a dry, covered area at humidity below 75%.