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One of the growing dietary trends in both the United States and abroad, is a focus on decreasing salt intake on a daily basis. This presents a delicate situation of balancing an essential mineral with real health concerns. Cargill is accepting that challenge by opening its first food grade potassium chloride facility at the…

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One of the growing dietary trends in both the United States and abroad, is a focus on decreasing salt intake on a daily basis. This presents a delicate situation of balancing an essential mineral with real health concerns. Cargill is accepting that challenge by opening its first food grade potassium chloride facility at the salt plant in Watkins Glen, New York.

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