By Andrew Liszewski
Well this is rather fascinating. PepsiCo (who owns Frito-Lay, who makes Lay’s chips) researchers have developed a proprietary, and of course patent-pending technology, that allows them to reduce the amount of sodium in their chips by about 25 percent “with no impact on taste.” Research shows that standard cube-shaped salt crystals only dissolve about 20 percent of the way in your mouth, leaving the rest of the cube to be swallowed and dissolved later on in your digestive tract, where you can’t taste it.
But working with scientists from all over the globe, PepsiCo’s research team have found a way to restructure the standard salt crystal, making it dissolve more quickly in your mouth where it’s actually tasted. So you’ll need less of the stuff to produce the same salty flavor we all know and love. Apparently since the restructured salt crystals are still made of good ol’ sodium chloride, once they’re dissolved they’re no different than regular salt, so FDA approval isn’t needed. However, it will still be at least a year before the new salt starts being used in the company’s products.
[ Food Processing – PepsiCo Reduces Sodium by Restructuring Salt ] VIA [ Popular Science ]
I'm so looking forward to this. But cant they use a 'salt substitute'? Ive seen shops selling those things.
Nice stuff lays! many of us hardly think of sodium right! its not just the oils that will kill us.
Frankly just milling the salt to a smaller size should produce the result they are looking for. It not only would make the salt crystals smaller but would expose more surface area.
+1 didnt think of this.
This is a very solid post.
It helps to be in the nanotechnology field.
This is a very solid post.
It helps to be in the nanotechnology field.