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Electrostatic_salt_coating

Level 2 — Generally safe

Electrostatic_Salt_Coating is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.

Also: electrostatic salt application, static-cling salt

What the research says

Robert Lin's invention at Frito-Lay to apply salt to chips using static electricity — would have reduced waste and let the company control sodium per chip — but shelved because salt was so cheap (~10¢/lb) that reducing usage wasn't financially worthwhile. [salt-sugar-fat] Robert Lin's invention at Frito-Lay to apply salt to chips using static electricity — would have reduced waste and let the company control sodium per chip — but shelved because salt was so cheap (~10¢/lb) that reducing usage wasn't financially worthwhile.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary

Sources

  • Salt Sugar Fat (Moss) — Chapter 14 (I Feel So Sorry for the Public): From a purely financial perspective, salt was so cheap — at ten cents a pound — that using less wasn't worth worrying about