Yellow Prussiate of Soda

[Guest guest]

I figured since it had a fancy common name

it was some nasty-sounding chemical… J But it doesn’t

appear to be any nastier than anything else we eat considering it is approved

as an anti-caking additive in food. The regulation also says it has to be

less than 13 ppm. So there is not much there. 13 ppm would be

0.0013%. And it is not particularly toxic under normal conditions though

it is listed as a marine toxin by the DOT when it is pure. I’m

beginning to think I will stick to my non-iodized table salt…

Sorry, the chemistry geek in me had

to look up the details. I can’t help it, I even carry a periodic

table in my wallet… you never know when you might need one!

K.

yellow

prussiate of soda

I would not want

to put yellow prussiate of soda up my nose. It is better known as sodium

ferrocyanide, but you can understand why they would not want to call it that on

the list of ingredients for a food item!

RE:

Sea salt (or salts)

I have some sea salt

(from McCormick’s) that is labeled as French Mediterranean Sea Salt and

the ingredients list sea salt, magnesium oxide and yellow prussiate of soda.

It says the last two are anti-caking agents. My other sea salt, which

is coarse for a grinder, says 100% sea salt. So that could explain the

difference in taste. I know my horse thinks magnesium oxide tastes bad

(he gets it as a supplement) so it could explain the difference I taste.

I’m guessing the 100% stuff is what you are talking about. And I

agree, I really don’t want to put clay or who knows what else from

unrefined salt up my nose! J

Thanks for the info.

K.

[Guest guest]

Here's from the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) on the link from the

Physicl & Theoretical Chemistry Lab site

http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/

Toxicology

No hazardous according to Directive EC 67/548. FAO/WHO acceptable

daily intake 0 - 0.025 mg kg-1

Transport information

Non-hazardous for air, sea and road freight.

Personal protection

Minimize contact.

Parashis

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