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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.

No, Morton® Tender Quick should only be used to cure meats.

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.

No, water softening products should not be used for canning or eating.

Each food salt product package has a Nutrition Facts Panel on the label.

When salt supplementation is advised, Morton recommends using Morton® Pure and Natural™ or Morton® Canning and Pickling Salt for fish ponds and fresh water aquariums, as these products do not contain additives. Note that it may be advisable to make a solution from the salt before adding it to the pond or aquarium. Please see your fish expert or veterinarian for the proper use of salt in a pond or aquarium.

Yes. In 1911, Morton created free-flowing salt by adding magnesium carbonate as an absorbing element. Following that, Morton decided to run a series of ads in Good Housekeeping magazine promoting its new product. An ad was developed featuring the little girl carrying the round container and holding an umbrella during a rain shower. The original copy read, “Even in rainy weather, it flows freely.” Everyone agreed on the ad’s appeal, but thought the copy was too wordy. It was reworded and a new advertising slogan was born!

There have been seven official Morton Salt Girls. She first appeared on the Morton table salt package in 1914 and her image was updated in 1921, 1933, 1941, 1956, 1968 and 2014.

She is known as the Morton Salt Umbrella Girl, or the Morton Salt Girl for short. To us, she’s ageless. But in our historical documents, she has been referred to as an 8-year-old.

Salting and plowing help to maintain community and societal standards. Emergency and police units are better able to respond when roads are salted and plowed. Fewer accidents occur on maintained roadways. People are able to go about their daily travels at or near normal rates. Businesses, schools, and municipalities can operate. Foodstuffs and goods may be delivered to businesses, preventing disruption of commerce.

Table salt will melt snow and ice. Table salt grains are fine and relatively fast-acting. However it would not be cost efficient for large-scale snow melting.

Proper spreading of road salt, adequate covered storage for salt stockpiles and pre-wetting salt with salt brine have combined to make salting of roads the most cost-effective and safest method for snow and ice control.

Improved spreading equipment and proper calibration can ensure that only the minimum amount of salt is used for the job. Proper salting procedures and techniques are covered in “The Snow Fighter’s Handbook” published by the Salt Institute. In addition, the Institute offers Sensible Salting training to public works agencies.
Adequate covered storage of salt stockpiles and placement on non-permeable pads are necessary to limit run off into the environment. Non-permeable covers are used to cover the Morton Salt network of stockpiles used for customer deliveries. Morton Salt also uses asphalt or concrete pads at the stockpiles.
A relatively new development in salting is the use of pre-wetting salt brine to moisten the salt at application. Studies have shown that pre-wetting salt reduces salt scatter on the roads by 15 to 30 percent. (Michigan DOT, “1974-5 Pre-wetted Salt Report’, June 1, 1975). Pre-wetting with salt brine can reduce the chlorides released into the environment by 14-29 percent. (Asset Insight Technologies, LLC, “Review of Two Documents Pertaining to Chloride Reduction and Cost Savings Resulting from the Use of Pre-wetting in Winter Maintenance”, Dr. Wilfrid A. Nixon, March 24, 2003.

Instructions for the correct use of a salometer may be found in the Morton Salt Sodium Chloride Brine Table. A copy of this table may be obtained from your Morton Salt sales representative.

There are three methods used to produce salt: solar evaporation, rock salt mining, and vacuum pan evaporation.

Solar Evaporation Method

The oldest method of salt production known to man is solar evaporation. Solar salt production is the capturing of sea water in shallow ponds where the sun evaporates most of the water. This method uses two types of ponds — concentrating ponds and crystallizing ponds. In the concentrating ponds, the water from the sea or ocean evaporates due to the effects of sun and wind. The highly concentrated salt brine is then drained into the crystallizing pond. In the crystallizing pond, the salt crystals begin to grow. When the salt layer is thick enough, the salt is harvested with a mechanical harvesting machine.

Rock Salt Mining Method

The underground mining of salt is the second oldest method of producing salt. There are two shafts in each Morton mine: one for personnel and one to lower equipment and materials into the mine, as well as to hoist the mined salt to the surface. Large chunks of salt are crushed and the salt is then loaded into “Skips” (large holding bins) and then hoisted above ground.

Vacuum Pan Evaporation Method

In this method, salt from any of several sources is dissolved to create saturated brine. This brine is then pumped into vacuum pans. The steam vessels are normally in a series of three. The brine is pumped into the pans, steam is then introduced. When the brine reaches the boiling point, the brine separates into steam and the salt begins to crystallize. The heavier salt crystals will fall to the bottom of the pan in a slurry. The salt slurry is then drawn off and sent to the dryer wheel.

• 2000 lb. semi-bulk totes = 1 tote bag per pallet
• 80 lb. bags = 30 bags per pallet
• 50 lb. bags = 49 bags per pallet
• 40 lb. bags = 63 bags per pallet
• 25 lb. bags = 100 bags per pallet

Morton does not recommend adding pool salt to a pool without a chlorine generator. Adding pool salt to a pool not equipped with a salt chlorine generator will not generate the free chlorine agents necessary to maintain a safe swimming pool environment.

You should only use pool salt if your pool is equipped with a functioning salt water chlorinator or generator system. If you are unsure if you have a salt water system, please consult your pool installer or a pool professional to confirm.

Morton® Pool Salt does not contain any anti-caking agents.

The additives used in Morton® Clean and Protect™ or Morton® Clean and Protect™ Plus Rust Defense™ are normally removed from the water system during the brine and rinse cycle of the regeneration process. Even though it is unlikely that the additives in the salt product could be the cause of the skin itch, you may wish to try a product with no additives, such as Morton® Pure and Natural™ products or Morton® Potassium Chloride Pellets. It would be prudent to consult with a dermatologist.

With a water softener that is operating properly, the water should not taste salty. The salt should be totally rinsed from the system during the brine and rinse cycle of the regeneration process, except for the sodium which exchanges onto the water softener’s resin replacing calcium and magnesium. During the service cycle, hardness in the water is exchanged for sodium.

Yes, all Morton water softening products are safe for septic systems. In recent years the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a special facts sheet summarizing studies by NSF and the University of Wisconsin on home water softeners and onsite treatment systems. What they found was softener effluent has no deleterious effect on bacterial functions, increased volume of wastewater does not cause hydraulic overloading and that the calcium and magnesium actually improve soil stability and percolation in the leach field. A link to the EPA web page is given below:

https://www.epa.gov/ordntrnt/ORD/NRMRL/Pubs/625R00008/html/fs3.htm