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They can't call it a salt substitute because it still has salt. Some people are told to cut down on salt, so would be attracted to something that tastes salty but has less salt in it. I get why it's funny, but it seems reasonable to me.
It's also great for those on keto diets since potassium can be difficult to get from that diet.
It's less sodium as in NaCl, and more potassium (why do English have so awful names for elements?) KCl. It's still salt, and it taste similar to NaCl.
Normal table salt is ~99% NaCl
but is it asbestos free?
Except that, in food, "organic" just means no pesticides or synthetic chemicals were used in making it.
No fillers, just two ingredients: iodized sodium and potassium chloride.
No, they replaced half of the sodium chloride with potassium chloride. It really is half salt. No one is being taken advantage of.
There are a lot of words on packaging that are unregulated, but "organic" isn't one of them. If they use it, it has to mean what the FDA says it means, and that's not the opposite of inorganic.
And then put twice the amount because it's only half as salty. Still dumb imo.
It's only good if you are deficient in potassium though, which I believe a lot of people are (although I don't know how easily our body can get potassium from KCl)
KCl is 60% as salty as NaCl, which means lite salt is ~80% as salty as regular salt, so it should still result in less sodium being used overall. KCl also reduces blood pressure, acting like an opposite to NaCl, which raises the blood pressure. Lite salt is great for people with high blood pressure.