Celery salt
Celery salt is a seasoned salt used as a food seasoning, made from ground seeds, which may come from celery[1] or its relative lovage.[2] It may also be produced using dried celery or seed oleoresin.[3][4]
Additives
Celery salt normally contains an anticaking agent such as silicon dioxide[1] or calcium silicate.[2]
Some brands of celery salt are very high in the preservative sodium nitrate.[citation needed] When added to foods, sodium nitrate forms small amounts of nitrosamines, a family of possible human carcinogens.[5] As a vegetable, celery seeds have potassium as the dominant ion over sodium (ninefold more). [6]
Uses
Celery salt is an ingredient of the Bloody Mary cocktail and the Caesar cocktail.[7] It is also an ingredient in KFC's secret spice mix.[8] It is also commonly used to season the Chicago-style hot dog, the New York System wiener, salads, coleslaw and stews. It is a primary ingredient in Old Bay brand seasoning.[9]
Celery salt is often used by food producers to prevent spoilage while avoiding listing sodium nitrate on the ingredients list directly.[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b Celery Salt | Ingredients, Nutritional information & Usage Ideas | Schwartz
- ^ a b Celery | Bart Ingredients
- ^ Culinary Herbs - Ernest Small. p. 177.
- ^ Coffee and Tea Industries and the Flavor Field . 1914. p. 270.
- ^ Nitrosamines and Cancer
- ^ https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/257?manu=&fgcd=
- ^ Herbs and Spices, Buy Herbs, Spices & Seasoning - Seasoned Pioneers
- ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11698101
- ^ List of ingredients provided at: http://www.oldbay.com/Products/Old-Bay-Seasoning.aspx
- ^ Nitrates: Facts About Sodium Nitrate
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