Morton Salt

All Morton products have an ingredient statement on the label. If you have further questions about specific ingredients, please contact us through Ask Morton Salt

The following products do not contain gluten in the form of wheat, barley, rye, oats and triticale:

• Canning & Pickling Salt
• Coarse Kosher Salt
• Evaporated Granulated Salt
• French Fry Salt
• Garlic Season-All® Seasoned Salt
• Iodized Salt & Pepper Shakers
• Iodized Table Salt
• All-Purpose Iodized Sea Salt
• All-Purpose Natural Sea Salt
• Extra Coarse Sea Salt Grinder
• Roasted Garlic Sea Salt Grinder
• Black Pepper Grinder
• Extra Coarse Sea Salt Grinder Refill
• Lite Salt™ Mixture
• Nature's Seasons® Seasoning Blend
• Nature's Seasons® Seasoning Blend 25% Less Sodium
• Pepper Season-All® Seasoned Salt
• Plain Table Salt
• Popcorn Salt
• Salt & Pepper Miniatures
• Salt Balance™
• Salt Substitute
• Sausage & Meat Loaf Seasoning
• Sea Salt (Fine and Coarse)
• Season-All® Seasoned Salt
• Season-All® Seasoned Salt 25% Less Sodium
• Seasoned Salt Substitute
• Smoke Flavored Sugar Cure®
• Spicy Season-All® Seasoned Salt
• Sugar Cure® (Plain)
• Tender Quick®

Table salt contains 590 mg. of sodium per 1/4 teaspoon.

There are about 10,000,000 crystals per pound. For additional salt information, visit www.saltinstitute.org.

In 1924 Morton became the first company to produce iodized salt for the table in order to reduce the incidence of simple goiter. Dextrose is added to stabilize the iodide. Iodine is vital to the proper functioning of the thyroid gland and the prevention of goiter. Actually, the amount of dextrose in salt is so small that it is dietetically insignificant. Morton® Iodized Table Salt contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100 grams of salt. Morton® Plain Table Salt contains neither iodine nor dextrose. All Morton Salt products containing potassium iodide are labeled as such.

Calcium silicate is a white, odorless, tasteless, anti-caking agent with no nutritional characteristics. Anti-caking agents absorb moisture inside the package that would otherwise be absorbed by the salt. In this manner, it allows salt to keep its free-flowing characteristics. It is added at less than one half-percent.

Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt is made by compacting evaporated salt into thin flakes. Evaporated salt is made by dissolving the salt deposit to make a brine and then evaporating by a vacuum pan method to produce small crystals. Generally, Sea Salt refers to salt that is evaporated from seawater.

You may use Coarse Kosher Salt in place of table salt in recipes. Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt may be used whenever a coarse flake salt is desired, such as garnishing the rim of margarita glasses; as a topping for bread, rolls, bagels and soft pretzels; or for brining meat and poultry. Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt may also be used to kosher meat and poultry, and in cooking where salt is used to encrust meat, fish or chicken. We do not recommend using Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt in baking recipes, unless used as a topping, where a coarse salt would be desired. For more suggested uses click here for the Morton Salt Guide

Morton® Coarse Sea Salt may be used in place of table salt in recipes or whenever a coarse salt is desired. We do not recommend using Morton® Coarse Sea Salt in baking recipes, unless used as a topping, where a coarse salt would be desired. Used in a salt grinder, it is perfect as a finishing touch to a prepared dish. Morton® Fine Sea Salt may be used in place of plain table salt. It is excellent for use as a finishing touch to a prepared dish. For more suggested uses click here for the Morton Salt Guide.

Generally, you may use Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt in place of table salt in recipes. We do not recommend using Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt in baking recipes, unless used as a topping, where a coarse salt would be desired. For general use in teaspoon amounts, use the same amount of Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt as table salt. For amounts greater than a teaspoon, please refer to the Morton Salt Conversion Chart.

Morton® Canning and Pickling Salt is a pure granulated salt which does not contain potassium iodide, dextrose or an anti-caking agent. In other words, it does not contain any additives. This salt product can be used in cooking, baking, canning, pickling and for the table. Please note that since there is no anti-caking agent added to Morton® Canning and Pickling Salt, it may form lumps in humid weather or if exposed to moisture. This product is available in four-pound boxes and can be found in your local grocery store. Morton® Iodized Salt contains potassium iodide, dextrose to stabilize the iodide and calcium silicate which is an anti-caking agent. This product is fine for baking, cooking and normal table use. However, since the anti-caking agent in this product is not water-soluble, we do not recommend this salt for some canning recipes as the calcium silicate may settle at the bottom of the jar and the water may cloud. This is really not a problem but it could be an aesthetic issue for some users.

Morton® Iodized Salt contains potassium iodide, dextrose to stabilize the iodide and calcium silicate which is an anti-caking agent. This product is fine for baking, cooking and for the table. However, because the anti-caking agent in this product is not water-soluble, we do not recommend this salt for some canning recipes as the calcium silicate may settle at the bottom of the jar.

Morton® Canning and Pickling Salt is a pure granulated salt which does not contain potassium iodide, dextrose or an anti-caking agent. In other words, it does not contain any additives. This salt product can be used in cooking, baking, canning, pickling and for the table. Please note that since there is no anti-caking agent added to Morton® Canning and Pickling Salt, it may form lumps in humid weather or if exposed to moisture. This product is available in four-pound boxes and can be found in your local grocery store.

No, Morton meat curing products --- Morton® Tender Quick, Morton® Sugar Cure® (Plain) and Morton® Smoke Flavored Sugar Cure® should only be used to cure meats.

It has been estimated that salt has 14,000 specific industrial uses. Several hundred of these are direct uses such as food seasoning, curing of animal hides or the preparation of saline solutions for intravenous injection. However, the greatest number of applications is indirect through the use of thousands of chemicals derived from a dozen or so basic chemicals produced from salt. Salt also plays important roles in the manufacture of steel, aluminum components, lubricants, rubber tires, seat covers, vinyl tops, paint removers, soap, textiles, ceramics, inks and dyes to name a few.

Morton® Ice Cream Salt is not intended for food use. You may find edible rock salt at house wares stores where salt grinders are sold.

Brining is soaking meat, poultry or fish in a saltwater solution prior to cooking so it will retain moisture. Brine can be made from water and Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt, Morton® Table Salt or Morton® Canning & Pickling Salt. Learn more about brining in The Ultimate Guide to Brining. For Morton brining recipes, please go to Recipe Search and do a keyword search using the word "brine."

Over the years, we have received many other suggestions that we market "colored salt." However, to date, all of our research into colored salt has shown that the vast majority of salt users prefer a pure, white product. This is the principal reason we have not marketed such a product.

Even though an anti-caking agent is added to Morton® Table Salt, salt can cake under extreme humidity. If these conditions are experienced, you may wish to keep salt in a Tupperware®-like container or sealed in a plastic bag to prevent the salt from absorbing the moisture from the air.

The salt itself does not expire but added ingredients such as iodine may reduce shelf life. The shelf life of Iodized Salt is about 5 years.