Description
- As a food additive, it is listed as E number E508 in the Codex Alimentarius.
- The majority of the potassium chloride produced is used for making fertilizer, called potash.
- Potassium chloride can be used as a salt substitutefor food, it is often mixed with ordinary table salt (sodium chloride) to improve the taste, to form low sodium salt.
- As a chemical feedstock, the salt is used for the manufactureof potassium hydroxide and potassium
- It is used as a supplement in animal feed to boost the potassium level in the feed. As an added benefit, it is known to increase milk production.
- Glass manufacturers use granular potash as a flux, lowering the temperature at which a mixture melts.
