Potassium Chloride

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Product Name: Potassium Chloride
Packing: 25-50 Kg 

Potassium chlorides are used for surface treatment and galvanizing, as hardening and soldering salts, and as smelting salts in foundry chemistry. Industrial rock salts are essential materials in industrial for the metal processing industry.

What is potassium chloride used for in food?

            What is potassium chloride used for in food? Answer: According to the GRAS-affirmed uses of potassium chloride, it is used as a flavor enhancer, flavoring agent, nutrient supplement, pH control agent, and stabilizer or thickener. However, potassium chloride is used for two main purposes in food products. The first is to provide potassium enrichment to foods. The second is as a salt replacer to reduce the sodium content in foods. Like salt (aka sodium chloride), potassium chloride provides a salty flavor and can also often play other functional roles (e.g. microbial management, protein modification, flavor enhancement) that impacts the taste, texture, and shelf life of food products.

        Potassium chloride is widely used as a salt replacer or to provide potassium enrichment in many different food products including:

Baby formulas

Cereals

Frozen entrees
Meats
Snack foods, such as chips or crisps
Sports/electrolyte drinks
Soups
Sauces
Snack/meal bars

What are other non-food uses of potassium chloride?

 Answer:  By far the largest use for potassium chloride is as a fertilizer. Like humans and many other living organisms, plants also need potassium to flourish. Fertilizer/industrial grade potassium chloride is commonly referred to as potash.

Potassium chloride is also used in the pharmaceutical industry in dialysis fluids, among other things. Potassium chloride in dialysis fluid helps keep the body’s electrolytes in balance.

What are the different grades of potassium?

        Three common forms, or grades, of KN are: Chemical grade, typically USP, BP, Technical grade, or similar. The purity of this grade is high, greater than 99%.

What is pharma grade KCl?

            Refined (pharmaceutical grade) potassium chloride is used as the main ingredient in the preparation of intravenous infusions for correcting and maintaining correct electrolyte balance in the human body. It is used as an oral rehydration salt, as well as for the treatment of potassium deficiency.

What is K1 vs K2 potassium?

        Vitamin K1 is primarily found in leafy green vegetables, while K2 is most abundant in fermented foods and some animal products. Vitamin K2 may be absorbed better by the body and some forms may stay in the blood longer than vitamin K1. These two things may cause K1 and K2 to have different effects on your health.