6 functions of salt in food

Hi everyone,

Continuing the theme of Salt Awareness Week here's a link about how salt affects our food in ways we don't all realise. Salt has been used as a preservative for a very long time but I didnt know that when salt is added to sausages and processed meats the salt it causes gelatinization of proteins and thus acts as a binder. It is also used to help control yeast fermentation in bread baking.

So here's a link about the functions of salt, please see:

thespruceeats.com/functions...

I for one find the science of food very interesting.

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Very interesting Jerry. I do find The Spruce Eats is a very good website.

We only ever hear of bad things about salt, not the good things. It's like everything else we consume, it all should be in moderation.

Thank you for sharing.

Alicia