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This simple ingredient plays so many roles in food production:
Taste and flavour
Improving shelf life
Texture
Water holding capacity
Yeast growth
It's a critical control point for food safety and processing.
So when you're looking to reduce sodium in your food manufacture process, it's not a straightforward process.
Collaborate with us
SALTSMITH. LESS SALT. MORE FLAVOUR.
We're developing bespoke blends of low sodium salts suitable for your product. Saltsmith was created by Peacock Salt, the largest distributor of salt products in the UK since 1874.
Work in partnership with food manufacturers
Maintain your competitive market advantage
Co-create your lower salt products of the future
Develop healthier versions of your top brands
Satisfy your customers
With less salt but more flavour. Better for them. Better for you.
You may have tried salt substitutes before and not got the results you hoped for. We want to collaborate with you, as an extension of your in-house food scientist and new product development team, to find exactly the right blend for your product.
Tailor a bespoke blend that enhances your product whilst significantly reducing salt content.
Understanding how different minerals can enhance food is not straight forward; the flavour profile of different salt blends is dependent on the blend of the elements within – the impact of combining them creates a very different result from using each in isolation. And, we need to understand the senses that are influencing the flavours, to get the right balance of the elements.
Saltsmith brings an opportunity to enhance the flavour of food by establishing a unique combination of minerals that will improve the end mouthful.
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT — CO-CREATING LOWER SODIUM FOOD PRODUCTS
FEEDBACK, REFINE, REPEAT, REVIEW & ADJUST
1
Collaborate to scope product requirements and processes
2
Current product tastings, recommend blends, sampling and bench cook tastings, feedback & adjustment
3
Small scale trials
4
Trial product tastings, technical review, pricing
5
Scaled factory trials
6
Production and launch
WE WANT TO BRING OUR KNOWLEDGE INTO YOUR TASTING KITCHEN.
We’ve been working with researchers from University College Dublin to identify a range of salt substitutes and techniques that lower salt level or increase salt perception.
Sodium Chloride forms the foundation of most Saltsmith blends. The natural enhancement it gives to food has been established. But it is by balancing this with other key minerals that we can create the exact Saltsmith blend to enhance your food product. For example:
Potassium chloride is a good substitute in small doses, but can become bitter and metallic as concentration increases
Magnesium Chloride’s bold bitter connotations can generate the sweetness in bakery and will also increase shelf life
Calcium Chloride tastes bitter on its own, but brings out a sweetness in beer. Even just changing the amount diluted in water effects the bitter/sour/sweet taste experience
The key to a good blend is to ensure we have the right balance of sweet, bitter and umami to ensure our taste buds give the right reaction each time. We can trial multiple blends with differing combinations of salt substitutes until we get it just right. Together.
“Happy to be working with Peacock Salt on non-flavour modifications whilst reducing sodium content using the Peacock Salt specially selected blends.”
Paul Mcknight, Open Innovation Manager, Macphie of Glenbervie.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
We’re industry leading experts in the field of lower sodium salt blends and we will bring this expertise into your production process
Be ahead of your competitors in helping consumers reduce their daily salt intake, improving the health of your product without compromising on taste, smell, texture and shelf life
Position your brand as a healthier choice in your category
Show your commitment to adhering to the UK Government’s voluntary salt reduction targets
Future proof your brand in the light of the threat of mandatory targets for salt reduction
We’ve developed a range of sample blends of low sodium salt, suitable for different food production processes, but the beauty of Saltsmith is that we can tailor-make a blend for your brand, to make sure you’ve got exactly the result you want for your customers.
Saltsmith can be used to replace salt in any food manufacture process. Our research has particularly focused on products which currently make the biggest contribution to our salt intake: bakery, ready meals, meat products, snacks, cereals and smoked salmon.
