Potassium chloride finds applications in various fields. Food Sodium intake, globally, is exceeding the guidelines and potassium chloride can effectively be used for salt reduction in food products. ...

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Potassium chloride finds applications in various fields.

Food

Sodium intake, globally, is exceeding the guidelines and potassium chloride can effectively be used for salt reduction in food products. Therefore, a modeling study was conducted using Dutch National Food Survey data to examine the impact of the reformulation diet. It could be considered safe for the adult general population and recruitment remains compatible with EFSA guidelines. Based on current models, potassium chloride is a precious and safe substitute for sodium chloride (salt) in food products (1).

Medicine

It is commonly used in the homogenization buffer and in protein extraction procedures and is known to facilitate the release of membrane-associated molecules (2).

Agriculture

During the cultivation of the Panax notoginseng tuber, potassium chloride and potassium sulfate were used as a fertilizer additive. The results showed that potassium chloride as a fertilizer significantly improved the growth of Panax notoginseng and increased the yield and saponin content (3).

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(1) Dietary Impact of Adding Potassium Chloride to Foods as a Sodium Reduction Technique.
van Buren L, Dötsch-Klerk M, Seewi G, Newson RS. n - Nutrients. 2016 Apr
(2) Molecular Integrity of Mitochondria Alters by Potassium Chloride.
Mishra S, Mishra R. - Int J Proteomics. 2015
(3) Different proportion of potassium chloride and potassium sulphate application on cultivation of Panax notoginseng.
Zheng DM, Ou XH, Mi YH, Jing H, Yang Y, Liu DH.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2014 Feb

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