The FDA is encouraging food manufacturers to use the mineral salt in its products. Here’s some foods that already have it. Share on Pinterest Some potato chips already contain potassium chloride ...

Potassium chloride then comes into the picture as a seemingly serendipitous alternative to your typical sodium chloride. While on average, people eat much more salt than they need, they don’t get as ...

Salt substitutes can reduce your blood pressure and risk of heart disease and stroke. These include citrus, herbs, vinegar, ...

While potassium chloride tastes similar to salt, it's not exactly the same, Rizzo says. So, whether you want to use this substitute or not, she recommends folks on low-sodium diets up the flavor ...

Allowing companies to label potassium chloride as ‘potassium salt’ on food labels would ‘demystify’ the ingredient for consumers and help the industry achieve the dual goals of lowering ...

In draft guidance issued Friday, the FDA advised food manufacturers of its “intent to exercise enforcement discretion for the name ‘potassium chloride salt’ in the ingredient statement on ...

The FDA has approved use of “Potassium Chloride Salt” for "potassium chloride" on food labels. New guidance allows use of alternatives names on packaging ...

Too much salty goodness isn't great for health. Food companies looking to cut the sodium while keeping the flavor have a promising candidate: potassium chloride. But it's far from perfect.

FARGO -- NuTek Food Science, a Minneapolis company that sells a potassium chloride alternative for sodium chloride, or table salt, has opened a 100,000-square-foot production facility here near ...

One alternative health experts tout is potassium-enriched salt, or potassium chloride. Like sodium chloride, it's a naturally occurring compound, containing more potassium than it does sodium.