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What’s in a name?


Carpe Diem. Status Quo. Caveat Emptor... which one means you should check the label? Does it matter? Shouldn’t consumers check the label anyway, if they’re about to eat or drink something? Well, for a start, people can misinterpret what is being read. For potassium chloride, very much the Skoda of the ingredients’ world, its name has caused some concern when it appears on labels. Emma-Jane Batey explores the rise of potassium salt – a healthier solution with the same properties.


hose wondering why potassium chloride has recently had its official name changed to potassium salt by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), should cast their minds to consumers reading the term sodium chloride on a label. To the majority of non-scientific people – most consumers – sodium chloride sounds like a random chemical, perhaps a flavour enhancer or


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a preservative sprinkled in alongside the ingredients they may or may not have heard of. What they don’t realise is that sodium chloride is commonly known as salt. The salt intake of the global population needs to be monitored as overconsumption can raise blood pressure, which in turn increases the risk of heart disease and strokes.


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