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jamesgreenleaf

I noticed this on a box of Diamond Crystal brand kosher salt.

You can tell they were really reaching for that third bullet point to list on the side of the box:

- No Additives (Just Salt!)

- Kosher for Passover

- Sticks to food well

I like to imagine they held a serious design meeting about it.

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Third one is true and verifiable and actually useful for cooks :)

I think it's that the flat flakes increase the surface area to mass ratio to well within that which surface tension (from moisture in the food) can adhere the flake to the food?

Fun fact: The “sticks to food well” part is the reason it’s considered kosher salt.

All salt is actually kosher. “Kosher salt” is a special kind of salt that sticks to food well, to be used when “koshering” meat (removing all blood) by completely covering it in salt.

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