Guest guest Posted September 30, 2000 Report Share Posted September 30, 2000 >From: intothemistic@... >you can get dentritic salt at snowdriftfarms.com dolores That's correct. At Snowdrift Farms you can buy 50 lbs of dendritic salt for $40. Five pounds will costs $5. I have to believe that Morton's Snow Flake is considerably cheaper. I just called my local distributer for pricing, but they're closed on Saturday. But, you can also buy " natural " Potasium Sorbate at Snowdrift Farms and I'm quite sure Morton doesn't handle that item. Do we have a credabilty problem here or what? Lucy ------ The Dark Angel A Kitchen Witch from Down Under _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2000 Report Share Posted September 30, 2000 >Hi, >Not sure if I am being impatient again but I posted a question a few >days ago about Dentritic salts and ROE. Maybe someone is looking into >it but thought I would just mention it again as I feel sure I will get >accurate information from this list. Here's what I said............ You're correct, I was " looking into it " . > " Could someone tell me exactly (chemical name) what dentritic salt is. Chemically Dentritic Salts is 99.8% Sodium Chloride. http://www.foodproductdesign.com/archive/1994/1094AP.html The dendritic process uses sodium ferrocyanide, known as yellow prussiate of soda (YPS), to alter the crystallization process. Low levels of YPS added to the brine prevent normal crystallization, and the result is a porous, star-shaped crystal. " The YPS dopes the crystal so it honeycombs, " explains Dave Strietelmeier, technical director of the Morton Salt Div. of Morton International, Inc., Chicago. " This gives the salt a light bulk density-1.7 grams per cubic centimeter versus 2.0 to 2.1 grams per cubic centimeter for common granulated salt. " http://www.foodproductdesign.com/archive/1994/1094AP.html Morton Salt sells Dendritic Salt under the trade name " Snow Flake " . I sure if you looked in the Yellow Pages under Food Supplies, Food Products or simply under salt, you would find a local supplier. >I >was told that it helps retain fragrance of essential oils if mixed into >bath salts. True? Because of the high surface area and porous structure, dendritic salt will reatin fragrance oils and esential oils. The ues of dendtritic salt as a carrier for fragrances is covered in US Patent 5,041,421. If you search this patent for the word " dendtritic " you find many examples of its use. However, you'll note that dendtritic salt is not specificaly mentioned in the patent claims, so I doubt that you'll have any problems with patent infringment. You can find a copy of this patent by seaching the USPTO Web Patent Databases. Go to <http://164.195.100.11/netahtml/srchnum.htm> and add the patent number 5,041,421 to the query box. Also what percentage of ROE is necessary to reduce >rancidity in oils. " I'm sorry I can't help you here. I've never used ROE as an antioxidant. I understand it works quite well, but I find Vitamin E or mixed tocopherols work very well also and much easier to find. I've found that 0.2% to 0.25% mixed tocopherols works in my formulas. You might try reposting a new message with a subject heading " How do I use ROE? " , I'm sure you would get some responses. >Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as I have not been able to >find dentritic salts but had a chemical supplier ask for a chemical name >as they had not heard of it. As I mentioned earlier, check the Yellow Pages under the heading of Salt, Food Supplies or Food Products and ask for Morton's Snow Flake salt. Maurice --------- Maurice Hevey Convergent Cosmetics Chanhassen, Minnesota FAX: mhevey@... The Virtual Lab Bench - WWW Resource for Cosmetic Scientists URL: http://www.skypoint.com/members/mhevey/virtual_lab.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2000 Report Share Posted September 30, 2000 ypu can get dentritic salt at snowdriftfarms.com dolores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2000 Report Share Posted September 30, 2000 , Please do not take this response the wrong way. Both Maurice and I work as consultants to earn a living and we freely give information to the members of this list. When we know the answer off the top of our heads we can respond quickly but at times it may require some additional research to provide you with correct information. All this has to fit into our work schedules also. I cannot speak directly for Maurice for this but I try to answer either early in the morning or late at night and do some work in the meantime. We both try to answer all of the questions posed to the list but it is important that you and others be patient while we respond. There are occasions that the Internet will burp and a message may be dropped and a simple repost is required. I know that Maurice has now responded to this question with more detail than I would have because all I would have said is that the salt has been crystallized in a way to increase the surface area without the specifics of how it was done. This I knew from the top of my head but I have been in NJ the last several days on business and was too tired to respond when I got back home. Young KY Labs Innovators of Fine Personal Care Products www.kylabs.com Dentritic Salts Hi, Not sure if I am being impatient again but I posted a question a few days ago about Dentritic salts and ROE. Maybe someone is looking into it but thought I would just mention it again as I feel sure I will get accurate information from this list. Here's what I said............ " Could someone tell me exactly (chemical name) what dentritic salt is. I was told that it helps retain fragrance of essential oils if mixed into bath salts. True? Also what percentage of ROE is necessary to reduce rancidity in oils. " Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as I have not been able to find dentritic salts but had a chemical supplier ask for a chemical name as they had not heard of it. Thanks so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2000 Report Share Posted October 1, 2000 , > Please do not take this response the wrong way..... When we know the answer > off the top of our heads we can respond quickly but at times it may require > some additional research to provide you with correct information. Humble apologies, I was not aiming my question specifically at you but at anyone who could answer it. I am used to other lists where I often post questions and get no response at all so forgive me if I was persistent and made you feel pressured. I will sit quietly at my computer until a response arrives in future. :-} Thanks again for any past or future help. sincerely, (Behaving her self patiently!!(lol)) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2000 Report Share Posted October 1, 2000 , No problem. It's just that sometimes people forget that we chemists do have other priorities too. Please feel free to post your questions as you have them and we will try to answer them in a timely fashion. . Young KY Labs Innovators of Fine Personal Care Products www.kylabs.com Re: Dentritic Salts , > Please do not take this response the wrong way..... When we know the answer > off the top of our heads we can respond quickly but at times it may require > some additional research to provide you with correct information. Humble apologies, I was not aiming my question specifically at you but at anyone who could answer it. I am used to other lists where I often post questions and get no response at all so forgive me if I was persistent and made you feel pressured. I will sit quietly at my computer until a response arrives in future. :-} Thanks again for any past or future help. sincerely, (Behaving her self patiently!!(lol)) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2000 Report Share Posted October 1, 2000 > Maurice, Many thanks for your comprehensive answer. I truly appreciate it, especially the thoroughness and scope of the reply (i.e. patents). I will definately research this further. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2000 Report Share Posted October 2, 2000 > >From: intothemistic@w... > > >you can get dentritic salt at snowdriftfarms.com dolores > > That's correct. At Snowdrift Farms you can buy 50 lbs of dendritic salt for > $40. Five pounds will costs $5. I have to believe that Morton's Snow Flake > is considerably cheaper. I just called my local distributer for pricing, > but they're closed on Saturday. > FWIW: Morton Salt sells their dendretic salt under the brand name " Star Flake " not " Snow Flake " The cost is about $7.10 per 50lb bag, That's a pretty signicant costs savings. Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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