Morton Salt

Morton Salt is a manufacturer of a variety of food-grade salt (sodium chloride) products including table salt, kosher salt, flour salt, flake salt, French fry salt, and seasoned salts for retail, food processing and foodservice applications.

Chile Introduces Mandatory Warning Statements on HFSS Foods

Chile’s draft law on nutritional composition and advertising approved in May 2012 will be the world’s first to require warning statements on foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS foods), announced the European Advisory Services (EAS). The legislation also expanded the ...More
June 13, 2012
Posted in News, Bakery / Cereal
Stealth Mission: Lowering Sodium in Baked Goods

Manufacturers have come through with reductions in notoriously high-sodium categories like meats, soups, sauces and snacks. Bakery, meanwhile, hasn’t exercised the same low-sodium passions, largely because sodium and the ingredients that deliver it are critical to ...More
April 27, 2011
Posted in Articles, Bakery / Cereal, Colors
Critics Cry Foul over Proposed Dietary Guidelines

Curbing America’s obesity epidemic was a driving factors behind the newly proposed 2010 Dietary Guidelines that suggest reductions in sodium, sugary drinks and saturated fats among others. The report, released in June by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, has been ...More
July 13, 2010
Posted in News
Reducing Sodium, Maintaining Flavor and Functionality

Hypertension problems seem to be going into hyperdrive, as is the push to reduce the sodium content in processed and foodservice foods. ...More
June 28, 2010
Posted in Articles, Bakery / Cereal, Flavor, Sauces / Gravies / Soup
Sodium Reform

The general consensus is that processed foods contain too much sodium. But take out the salt and other ingredients, and you can lose flavor and functionality. But there’s help, sans sodium. ...More
September 29, 2009 By Donna Berry
Posted in Articles, Bakery / Cereal, Flavor, Sauces / Gravies / Soup
Heat-and-Eat Meat

More heat-and-eat meats are stocked by retailers, and consumers can microwave these fully cooked, ready-to-eat entrées and have a home-style main course in less than 10 minutes. ...More
September 25, 2008 Donna Berry, Contributing Editor
Posted in Articles
Salt by the Sea

Salt has been in general use before history was even recorded. According to the Salt Institute, Alexandria, VA, about 4,700 years ago, the "Peng-Tzao-Kan-Mu" was published in China, and is regarded as the earliest known treatise on pharmacology emphasizing a discussion of ...More
March 26, 2008 Deb North, Contributing Editor
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IFT 2006, Orlando

IFT 2006, Orlando — Where Food Fantasy Meets Reality SEASONINGS, FLAVORS & EXTRACTS A Savory Solution Natural and kosher boiled-beef flavor is a new addition to the Gb Select® family of yeast extract-based process flavors from DSM Food Specialties USA, Inc. Utilizing ...More
November 7, 2006
Posted in Articles, Flavor, Sauces / Gravies / Soup
Food Puduct Design - Spotlight

A line of oils, shortenings and margarines with no- or reduced-trans fat, NovaLipid™ from ADM helps eliminate trans fat and lower saturated fat in snack foods. Visit www.admworld.com Cooling agents and a heating flavor from Bell Flavors & Fragrances help release and ...More
March 5, 2006
Posted in Articles, Colors, Flavor, Sauces / Gravies / Soup
Worth Its Salt

For many food products, salt is indispensable. Imagine the flat flavor of a dill pickle, a cured ham or a potato chip without salt. Try to effectively and economically make an emulsified meat product or a crispy cracker if salt goes missing. While excessive use and ...More
January 1, 2004 Lynn A. Kuntz
Posted in Articles