[PLUG-TALK] Cheap KCl

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Sat Jul 27 03:09:09 UTC 2013


On 07/26/2013 07:27 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I desire to use potassium chloride in food in place of sodium chloride.
> The cheapest I can find in grocery stores is $7.99 for 11 oz. The box
> stores will sell you a 40 pound bag for ~$27 which they label "for
> water softeners" (Morton and other brands). They also sell an even
> cheaper version as an ice melter.
>
> I am thinking that the water softener stuff ends up in the household
> water, so it must be pure enough for human consumption.
>
> Is there something I have failed to consider? Why pay $465 for 40
> pounds of the stuff on the grocery store shelf? Where has my thinking
> gone wrong?

Are you planning on grinding your crystals? From the very brief reading 
I just did on the web, water softener KCl comes in pellet form. Probably 
too big to fit through the holes in a standard salt shaker. Maybe too 
big to work in a pepper grinder?

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Regards,

Dick Steffens




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