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Morton makes a 50% sodium reduced salt. The other half is potassium chloride. Americans probably eat 3x as much sodium as they need. Adding potassium seems like a good thing according to this study so switching to that is probably good for anyone looking to control blood pressure.

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IIRC the recommended Daily Value for sodium is strictly LESS than 2300 milligrams (mg) per day, while potassium should be over 4700, nearly 2:1. If anything, it sounds like there ought to be a >50% product.

I see cream of tartar is 1 cent per gram in bulk, ~5 cents per 1000mg potassium.

I get around 1600 mg of Salt from my medicine alone. ideal limit is 1500 mg while recommended limit is around 2300 mg (teaspoon of table salt) as you indicated.

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