"In particular, around 1980 the practice of using potassium iodate as dough conditioner in bread and baked goods was gradually replaced by the use of other conditioning agents[5] such as bromide.[citation needed]" Wikipedia
So potassium iodate can be used to 'condition' dough, presumably including noodles which are a form of unleavened dough. Interesting ...
My chemistry isn't good enough to know about dosages, half-life, etc. A very interesting find, though, Underdog. Intriguing
Potassium Iodate is used to accelerate the rising of bread (https://asbe.org/article/potassium-iodate/). Noodles aren't baked goods, however. They're dried. There's no yeast in them (or, there shouldn't be), so they can't 'rise'.
I would testify, in my entire time of reading every type of noodle packet I've encountered (this includes, but isn't limited to stores such as: Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, Co-op, Morrisons, and on rare occasions, Sainsburys, Waitrose, Holland & Barrett), I have *never* read iodised salt in any of them.
It is so hard to acquire, it's easier to order in liquid iodine (I have some behind me).
It's such a weird set of expertise to have to invoke. How many other folks regularly read ingredients of packets of noodles consistently for 10 years?
Iodised salt is basically that (I don't recall clearly if it was iodate or iodine, but I'm pretty sure the salt sold back in 2013 used iodine). In this case, it is potassium *iodate*. It's not as effective as iodine, but has a much longer shelf life. We're talking many years (easily past the sell by date, if I was to speculate).
As if this stuff is supposed to be stockpiled.
When you pair it with Norway stockpiling grain and Ukraine attacking radiation sensors near nuclear plants... something is afoot.
I seem to recall iodised salt was the normal table salt in the 1970s. The term 'iodised salt' seems familiar to me. What did they commonly add to table salt to prevent thyroid problems and cretinism? Wasn't that iodide? I agree potassium iodide is relevant to nuclear attack, but is it also relevant to avoiding some forms of prenatal disability?
I kept tabs on iodised salt in 2011-2013, because it was within the years after the Fukushima nuclear plant explosion. I was making sure to purchase the stuff, and there was only one brand out of numerous sea salt products.
Then in 2013 they stopped selling it, which coincided with when the UK government noticed people were buying it in droves regarding concerns of nuclear accidents.
"In particular, around 1980 the practice of using potassium iodate as dough conditioner in bread and baked goods was gradually replaced by the use of other conditioning agents[5] such as bromide.[citation needed]" Wikipedia
So potassium iodate can be used to 'condition' dough, presumably including noodles which are a form of unleavened dough. Interesting ...
My chemistry isn't good enough to know about dosages, half-life, etc. A very interesting find, though, Underdog. Intriguing
Potassium Iodate is used to accelerate the rising of bread (https://asbe.org/article/potassium-iodate/). Noodles aren't baked goods, however. They're dried. There's no yeast in them (or, there shouldn't be), so they can't 'rise'.
I would testify, in my entire time of reading every type of noodle packet I've encountered (this includes, but isn't limited to stores such as: Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, Co-op, Morrisons, and on rare occasions, Sainsburys, Waitrose, Holland & Barrett), I have *never* read iodised salt in any of them.
It is so hard to acquire, it's easier to order in liquid iodine (I have some behind me).
It's such a weird set of expertise to have to invoke. How many other folks regularly read ingredients of packets of noodles consistently for 10 years?
I think perhaps iodised salt was salt with iodine added to it, whereas as you point out it is now salt with potassium iodide added. Hmm
Iodised salt is basically that (I don't recall clearly if it was iodate or iodine, but I'm pretty sure the salt sold back in 2013 used iodine). In this case, it is potassium *iodate*. It's not as effective as iodine, but has a much longer shelf life. We're talking many years (easily past the sell by date, if I was to speculate).
As if this stuff is supposed to be stockpiled.
When you pair it with Norway stockpiling grain and Ukraine attacking radiation sensors near nuclear plants... something is afoot.
https://www.rt.com/russia/600033-zaporozhye-npp-radiation-sensors/
https://fortune.com/2024/06/25/norway-stockpiling-grain-prepping-for-unthinkable-world-end/
I seem to recall iodised salt was the normal table salt in the 1970s. The term 'iodised salt' seems familiar to me. What did they commonly add to table salt to prevent thyroid problems and cretinism? Wasn't that iodide? I agree potassium iodide is relevant to nuclear attack, but is it also relevant to avoiding some forms of prenatal disability?
I kept tabs on iodised salt in 2011-2013, because it was within the years after the Fukushima nuclear plant explosion. I was making sure to purchase the stuff, and there was only one brand out of numerous sea salt products.
Then in 2013 they stopped selling it, which coincided with when the UK government noticed people were buying it in droves regarding concerns of nuclear accidents.