Yeah but it says right on the front that it's half potassium chloride and half sodium chloride.
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It'd be funnier if the package was just half empty
Let me introduce you to the rapid ramen cooker, a microwaveable tray that claims to make ramen with only half the regular amount of sodium.
You know how the cooker enables this?
You add half the flavor packet.
Can't make this shit up.
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Well I'm glad they used KCl, I thought this was going to be a container half-full of chlorine--concerning, if you intend to put it on your food.
Half the sodium, double the chloride! Perfection 👌
Quadruple the reactivity!
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(I am not a chemist, and I am not your chemist. These statements should not be construed as chemistry advice.)
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I don't understand this post. Salt doesn't mean sodium. NaCl and KCl are both salts, and this is a 50/50 blend with less sodium (Na) for the people who need/want that. Am I missing something?
you're not missing anything, you paid attention in chemistry.
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As stated right there on the label, some of the NaCl has been replaced with ~~taster’s choice~~ KCl. So it was never pure sodium to begin with, due to all that pesky chlorine and now about half of the Na has been replaced with Potassium.
Imagine making pasta and salting the water with pure sodium. There’s a reason they don’t sell that in the supermarket.
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"Pure sodium"
OP is as deranged as Morton.
Being somebody who has to watch their sodium intake due to heart health concerns I would say that Morton is not at all deranged in creating this especially considering I've got a container of it sitting on my spice rack right now.
Though it should be noted I do my best not to think about the fact that KCL is used in lethal injections. 😒 I just thank the gods I don't have any ulcers.
Potassium is totally normal and required by the body. It’s actually hard to get the RDA of potassium.
It’s just that too much stops your heart.
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It's more the pure sodium part. Stop, drop, and roll would be a lot more important if it was pure sodium.
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Does it still work against demons and spirits?
Yes but you have to use twice as much.
This demon is trying to trick you into spending twice as much on summoning salt because they have stock in the company!
Also it won't work and demons will eat your ass in a non-consensual way, salt is used as a symbol of purity and the additives/mixture by definition make it non-pure (salt).
No, the question really is whether potassium chloride by itself would work, also being pure (potassium) salt.
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Imagine getting murdered by faeries because you used low-salt salt for your magic circle like an idiot.
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They can't call it a salt substitute because it still has salt. Some people are told to cut down on salt, so would be attracted to something that tastes salty but has less salt in it. I get why it's funny, but it seems reasonable to me.
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It’s half potassium chloride, that can cause you heart issues too if you get to much of it.
There is a risk if you have an extreme intake, but it's going to be pretty hard to do that by seasoning your food with lite salt unless you're doing something really extreme. Most people have a RDA of at least 2g of potassium, and I would hazard a guess that most people who are being told by their doctors to cut down on sodium intake probably aren't getting a ton of potassium from what they're eating.
Wikipedia quotes an LD50 of 2.6 g/kg in rats, so assuming (big assumption) that the figure is similar for humans, an average 80 kg human would need to consume 208 g of the stuff. Which is probably the whole container's worth.
I'm sure you'd die of other problems from eating that much salt before you die of KCl poisoning.
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True, but doctors will still recommend it because of you tell people they can't have any seasoning they might just ignore you.
If you tell them they can have the other stuff, they'll find it much easier to comply and it's still much better.
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Kinda embarrassing for the original poster on Twitter
/r/confidently_incorrect
We Dutch call it “Kalium zout” or Low Sodium Salt. The brand I buy is iodized and has 70% less natrium. And yeah, it is for health reasons, like heart condition, high blood pressure and other medical ailments, or people who want to eat less salt in their diets.
Anyway, what you are looking at is 100% salt and original op (the one on xitter) is an idiot.
The container is only half full.
Or is it half empty?
It's twice as large as is necessary to contain this volume of product.
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i've seen salt with high fructose corn syrup added to it... so technically less salt?
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Wait until you see "lite Vodka" which is just Vodka watered down to 40 proof and sold at the same price.
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Would be cool to find out it's 50% sodium chloride and 50% chlorine.
Open the box to eternal peace.
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