Are round salt granules a big deal? They are for two Indian scientists working on developing the spherical crystals. In a recent Food Navigator interview, Parthasarathi Dastidar and Pushpito K. Ghosh said that round salt granules are less apt to cake in extreme heat and would, in general, be easier to pour. The two created the dodecahedron-shaped granules of salt with the help of a glycine, a sweet amino acid. Since round salt wouldn't need any anti-caking agents, it would be totally clear, the scientists told Food Navigator. Crucial to the survival of mankind? Probably not. Neat and interesting? Sure.
Round salt?
by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Jun 10th 2006 @ 6:36PM
Are round salt granules a big deal? They are for two Indian scientists working on developing the spherical crystals. In a recent Food Navigator interview, Parthasarathi Dastidar and Pushpito K. Ghosh said that round salt granules are less apt to cake in extreme heat and would, in general, be easier to pour. The two created the dodecahedron-shaped granules of salt with the help of a glycine, a sweet amino acid. Since round salt wouldn't need any anti-caking agents, it would be totally clear, the scientists told Food Navigator. Crucial to the survival of mankind? Probably not. Neat and interesting? Sure.
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6-10-2006 @6:47PM Kate said... Easier to pour? Yes. That's a pretty big problem. Especially NOW, when coarse ground salts, flavorerd salts, sea salts, even volcanic ash salts, are now readily available, waiting to be picked up in your finger tips and flung onto your food as a sensory pleasure. Let's take that away and replace it with easy pouring salt sprinkles. Seriously, can't we assign these guys something important to do?
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